Chevy 2.7 turbo 1500 truck.
Out of sheer curiosity I watched a video of the 2.7 turbo 4 cylinder Chevy 1500 truck being tested towing a trailer. I was surprised to hear them say that they thought it towed as god as the 6.2 lite...
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twodownzero wrote:We'll See wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
There is a reason you are seeing the turbo engines in the 1/2ton trucks and not the 3/4 or 1 ton trucks.
The bigger trucks are designed to run at a higher percentage of peak HP. In the short term when all is going great, yes, it can keep up but at 100-150k miles of hard towing, lack of oil changes, etc...do you really think it will hold up as well as a big block?
They are great engines for 1/2 ton trucks that tow 5-10% of their miles with modest loads...but take claims like this with a big grain of salt.
Umm, all the current diesels in light duty trucks have turbos and have for years...
I am amazed at how many people believe that turbos are a godsend in diesels but poison to a gas engine. It is not the turbo or the fuel, it is whether the engine was designed and built to handle extended boost. Judging from the number of State Trooper Explorers on the road and that the number is growing I think it is a pretty good guess that the 3.5 EcoBoost is holding up quite well.
The rotating assembly in any diesel engine is way tougher than anything in this truck. The operating RPM is also half what this engine will operate at. That is not a meaningful consideration at all.
I would be surprised if this engine lasts even 75k miles with heavy use. Applying a greater load across a smaller area is a recipe for wear. 75k of life in this application would be exceptional. If one were to stay out of the boost, it'd probably last much longer, but with a trailer back there, that engine is going to be working hard 100% of the time.
