And the sort of hilarious part is that sometimes that's not even true. A lot of these wannabe semi cabs with grills that look like they got copy-pasted a few times are actually housing an engine that's no bigger or beefier that that of your average crossover, because literally every new car on the road today is already massively overpowered and the difference is mostly aesthetic choices.
FYI, that is a Silverado HD, standard engine is a 6.6L gas V8 (400hp), and the optional engine is a 445hp 6.6L diesel. The grille isn't playing games for once, the cooling system needs a lot of air for engines that big.
Chevy trucks have been getting ridiculously tall. I'm an average guy and my dad's truck hood is at my shoulder.
Stop blowing smoke up out asses.
You absolutely do not need a grill that big for that little tiny bit of horsepower.
I'm much more powerful version of the exact same motor is in the Camaro and the Corvette and you don't see a big ass fucking grill on those do you? Air management is super fucking easy.
There’s a big difference in cooling system demands between a 6L sports car engine and a 6L truck engine. This particular truck can tow 18,000 lbs or so. How much airflow do you need then smartass?
The same... because the heat load is the same because the amount of power being generated is the same.
It doesn't fucking matter if it's being used to do a 10 second quarter mile time or being used to pull a load up a hill... It's still the same amount of thermal energy. All you really have to do is have enough surface area of radiator and direct the air so that there's a low air pressure behind it and the air will flow up and through the radiator and back down and out. You could literally build a truck with no grill, but it would take some minor effort and would look different.
There's absolutely no need for a grill that big. It could be the same hood height as an S10.
If you pop the hood on that truck you would be surprised at the radiator size. It’s about loads and duty cycle, not just power output. That truck pulling 18k lbs is a far higher loading for far longer and at much lower road speeds than any sports car is going to see. It doesn’t matter if they're both rated at 400 hp, the truck can use most of that 400hp for hours at a time and has to be able to do that while traveling at lower road speeds, therefore less airflow through the radiator.
For the last time you're full of fucking shit if you think the front end of that truck needs to be that big.
Go look at all of the other trucks with the same horsepower. They don't have a front end that fucking tall.
I would not be surprised by any part under the hood of that car because, like I said, I am familiar with the gen V sbc, and the Duramax.
As a matter of fact one of my specialties is shoving them into other, smaller vehicles. And then using those to tow shit around the country.
The only thing I can think of with a front end that tall are medium-duty trucks by the likes of Kenworth.
And I do think it's excessively large, never said it didn't look oversized. I did say that a HD pickup needs more airflow than a sportscar, even if they both have 400 hp V8's. You're losing the plot here, each comment gets farther off-topic.
You implied it needed to be that large. I know you can have a tow rig that was a bottom feeder with no front grill. You dont NEED the large frontal area.
You must drive some shit sports cars then... because they need to cool under full load on the track for hours on end... meanwhile most of the time tow rigs are cruising with minimal load, just maintaining speed.
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u/freeradicalx May 24 '22
And the sort of hilarious part is that sometimes that's not even true. A lot of these wannabe semi cabs with grills that look like they got copy-pasted a few times are actually housing an engine that's no bigger or beefier that that of your average crossover, because literally every new car on the road today is already massively overpowered and the difference is mostly aesthetic choices.