Ecoboost vs. V8 - Can you explain?
I'm nowhere near being a gearhead, and I can't seem to wrap my mind around how the Ecoboost outperforms the V8 in towing. I understand the fuel economy issue, but how is it that the V6 can actually h...
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liberty02, cmon bud. I get it you like the Ecoboost. So do I, so does he, so does everyone....well maybe almost everyone.
But think about it. If it was really just that easy and lobbed up like a grapefruit to hit, do you not think that someone would have made a big forced induction gas truck motor by now?
If anyone could do it, it would be Ford because you can get a 48 gal tank in them. And you'd need it. It would shame a whole bar full of sailors with it's drinking problem! Add 50% more power across the board to set it firmly above big new NA gassers, but still less torque than the diesels but way more hp and 4mpg pulling that big 5th wheel up a mountain or across the great plains.
He!!, my buddy could get single digit fuel mileage with his blown TRD Tacoma in the mountains pulling an open sled trailer. But it was very peppy.
But think about it. If it was really just that easy and lobbed up like a grapefruit to hit, do you not think that someone would have made a big forced induction gas truck motor by now?
If anyone could do it, it would be Ford because you can get a 48 gal tank in them. And you'd need it. It would shame a whole bar full of sailors with it's drinking problem! Add 50% more power across the board to set it firmly above big new NA gassers, but still less torque than the diesels but way more hp and 4mpg pulling that big 5th wheel up a mountain or across the great plains.
He!!, my buddy could get single digit fuel mileage with his blown TRD Tacoma in the mountains pulling an open sled trailer. But it was very peppy.
