Interesting thought on Ford's Eco Boost engines

Ford made a big decision when they decided to go with boosted smaller displacement engines in their half tons and good on them that it has worked out so well. More choices are a good thing. As far as turbo 4’s replacing V6’s go in other vehicles, the industry has been moving that way for some time.

I have the Explorer Sport with eco boost and twin turbos. It goes like a rocket. Gas mileage, who cares when heading down the road rocking out with Sirius radio! I have always loved fast cars.

hone eagle wrote:
Dont dismiss single vs twin too lightly, they dont spend that kind of money X a million units without a very good reason ,in this case pressure ramp up is earlier in the torque curve then a single - more torque more sooner.

I'm not dismissing them, of course there are reasons. I mentioned spool up time. Two smaller turbos spool up quicker than one big one. They also work well with V engines because they can put a single small turbo on each bank instead of running all the exhaust through a single larger one. Four cylinder Ecoboost use a single turbo. Ford didn't invent twin turbo's, they had been around for some time.

Dont dismiss single vs twin too lightly, they dont spend that kind of money X a million units without a very good reason ,in this case pressure ramp up is earlier in the torque curve then a single - more torque more sooner.

dieseltruckdriver wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Ecoboost is Ford speak for turbocharged, direct injected, pretty common in smaller vehicles these days. Power costs fuel, the advantage is not having to operate a bunch more machinery when you don't need the power. I own a DI turbo from another make. They are no different.

I thought the Ecoboost engines were twin turbos. That would make a difference.

That said, our 16 Taurus will squeal the tires, and that is with a plain 3.5.

Single, twin. Same thing. Twin turbos are mainly used to shorten spool up time and give better throttle response, not necessarily to produce more power.

wilber1 wrote:
Ecoboost is Ford speak for turbocharged, direct injected, pretty common in smaller vehicles these days. Power costs fuel, the advantage is not having to operate a bunch more machinery when you don't need the power. I own a DI turbo from another make. They are no different.

I thought the Ecoboost engines were twin turbos. That would make a difference.

That said, our 16 Taurus will squeal the tires, and that is with a plain 3.5.

justme wrote:
I's stick with diesel. Even the 1/2 ton trucks are now offering diesel alternatives these days-- finally :-)

Hard to make the numbers work on the 1/2 diesel.

More expensive fuel (around me anyway), more expensive maintenance, marginally better fuel economy, but not enough to offset the extra $$ for fuel and maintenance.

Plus the upfront $4000 extra....I realize you'll recoup that on resale to some degree.

Plus...the weight cuts into your payload...rending the 1/2 ton useless for towing anything over 5000lbs legally.

A friend of mine has the a 2015 Ecodiesel...it has 908lbs of payload.

He can barely put his family of 6 in his truck without going over payload.

Sounds like a great idea, but I think diesels in the 1 ton segment make the most sense.

Ecoboost is Ford speak for turbocharged, direct injected, pretty common in smaller vehicles these days. Power costs fuel, the advantage is not having to operate a bunch more machinery when you don't need the power. I own a DI turbo from another make. They are no different.

Likes to tow wrote:
I own a Ram Cummins but found this video interesting because it parallels what we have noticed about our new Ford Escape with Eco Boost. This little 1.5 has unbelievable power....when called for..and good economy...when conditions are right. I believe all those folks I have talked to about pulling a trailer with an F150 Eco Boost experience the same thing. Watch this short video, interesting observation!! It won't do both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVVqr5xS8s

Fifth Wheel Forum..

Hmmmm - If it (the Escape) was a pickup - could you tow your 27 ft 5th wheel with it?..:h

Besides the "Gee Whiz" here - it would seem your thread might generate some interesting *towing* discussion on the Travel Trailer forum by those who *do* tow with an Eco Boost

:W

Likes to tow wrote:
I own a Ram Cummins but found this video interesting because it parallels what we have noticed about our new Ford Escape with Eco Boost. This little 1.5 has unbelievable power....when called for..and good economy...when conditions are right. I believe all those folks I have talked to about pulling a trailer with an F150 Eco Boost experience the same thing. Watch this short video, interesting observation!! It won't do both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVVqr5xS8s

Clicky

Chris