Some musings on future power trains
As an owner of a 32ft DP with a Cummins 6.7 diesel and two F150 pickup trucks with 3.5 Ecoboost engines I have long felt that the Ecoboost outperforms the Cummins used in this application, is quieter ...
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dodge guy wrote:
The little eco boost will not last long at 100% duty cycle! Those little turbos will be glowing red. There is a place for the little boosted motors, but in a full size MH is not one of them!
My Ecoboost motors have been used harder and with less trouble than my V10 or the older 460 that I had. I would be willing to try it as is but if detuned about 25% down to the power output of my Cummins it should hold up real well. If that doesn't work I still don't believe that the concept is invalid, it just might need an engine designed for that use.
