Fordlover wrote:
Fast Mopar wrote:
ib516 wrote:
That's the thing with an EcoBoost. You can only have one. Eco, or Boost. Your right foot chooses.
You are correct. That is why the Motor Trend long-term F150 4X4 Ecoboost averaged 14.4 mpg over 30,000 miles and the long-term Ram 1500 4X4 Hemi averaged 15.6 mpg over 30,000 miles. A year of different lead-foot drivers resulted in these numbers. But, I assume a year of careful conservative driving would have resulted in the Ford getting higher mpg.
Either way, to the OP, congratulations on your new ride. You will enjoy the power.
Turbocharged engines are a lot of fun to drive, fun to drive but ya gotta pay the man at the pump.
Props to those who can keep their tachometer below 2K RPM all day, but I've got no interest in that game. My daily driver sees 6+ grand on the tach at least once nearly every day I drive.
OP, my neighbor has had their Ecoboost Expedition for a couple months, and they are very pleased with it over their previous 5.4 powered Expy.
Well, with the low end torque, it is quite easy to keep the EB below 2k rpms for normal daily driving, without even trying to do so. It is putting out more power at 2k than most N/A engines at 3k rpm.
