2015 Lincoln EcoBoost vs the Ike Gauntlet

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
The Lincoln waxed the GM on the Ike whether anybody wants to admit it or not.

Here is the math to show how this works out.

The GMC comes with a 420 HP NA engine. The standard formula for altitude lose is 3%/ 1000 feet. The Ike tunnel is 11,000 up. I don't know what the climb is from A to B is but lets just say it's an average of 10,000 for round figures. The math says the 6.2 WILL lose over 120 HP at that altitude! That brings the potent 6.2 down to an impotent 300 HP. That's why the Cheby was shifting over and over and over again. It was trying to keep the engine in the power band because it needed all of that 300 HP it had.

Now for the twin snail engine.

The EB is reported to put out 380 HP in this vehicle. Since most turbo engines have extra air to put out they lose very little HP if any. So as anybody can see, the EB is going to have a 80+ HP advantage.

Another advantage is this engine can pump a lot of air at a low RPM giving it a wide flat curve.

Another thing to think about is the weather. The 6.2 would have a very hard time pulling up that mountain if it was 90 degrees out. Air density would have been way down. The GMC really got an advantage when towing in this type of weather.

The EcoBoost waxed the 6.2 V8 because of the altitude of the test. Dyno test's performed in Denver on a NA V8 shows how bad HP is affected.