Best engine of the year (again)
Second year in a row for Ford to win the award. http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/the-humble-ecoboost-drives-ford-to-greatness.html/?ref=YF
Forum Discussion
travelnutz wrote:
About as much HP and Torque as my motorcycle engine had 20+ years ago, as it was a 4 cycle 4 cylinder and got roughly 65 MPG. OR My long and very heavy 4 cycle touring snowmobile engine about 10 years ago but never measured the MPG closely but it was easy on fuel. I don't see a rubberband 1.0 liter engine being any good for anything but a very small and light commuter vehicle for a couple people in the USA or a family of 2 adults and 2 small kids crammed inside in Europe as they drive such little distances and the fuel is outrageously priced there. Yes, we've been there and know as our son owned an automotive components manufacturing business in the Midlands of England which he has sold and moved back to Michigan.
I'm not impressed in the least with this engine!
Take your bike engine out of it's 600 lb. motorcycle frame and put in on a 3,000 lb. auto frame and see which one you like. If the bike engine was a shovel head then factor in the 35,000 mile overhaul necessary (factory specs) against well over 150,000 miles also.
