Any new Ecoboost engines coming?
Ford has had such good reviews on the 2.7 and the 3.5 ecoboost engines I went searching the web for indications they may be expanding that technology to larger engines. I found info on new little engi...
Forum Discussion
Groover wrote:
My big question for Ford is why they are sticking to the 6.2 gas engines in everything from the 250 and up after pulling that engine out of the 150 several years ago for poor fuel economy. The 150 Ecoboost got about 3 more mpg than the 6.2L did in the same truck and has more usable power. Surely there is something that Ford can do to get a more powerful and fuel efficient engine in the larger trucks. This is more important since many commercial trucks are getting away from diesels due to emissisions, emission control systems and CNG is cheaper. I guess one factor would be how hard is it to run CNG in a boosted engine?
I think we'll see something new from Ford as far as a gas engine in a 250/350 application, but not necessarily a boosted engine. So far the turbo gas engines can't handle the duty cycle requirements of this segment. Ford does use the Ecoboost in a detuned form in the Transit van, but it only has a GCWR of about 13,000 lbs. They could produce a 5.0 V8 with Ecoboost technology and if it had the same output per liter as the 3.5 it would have about 440 hp/570 torque. Those are great numbers, but would that engine survive in an F350 or larger application? If the 3.5 Eco can only handle 13K in a commercial duty cycle, I would say that there is still work to be done.
