Ford Ecoboost
According to the news Ford is having problems with the ecoboost loosing power on hard acceleration? Have not yet followed up on the exact problem, but is this the tip of the iceberg or iwhat? http:/...
Forum Discussion
Gale Hawkins wrote:
I am struggling to get that math. Are you talking apples to apples?
They rate engine displacement in liters or cubic inches. Total sweep area of all pistons = engine displacement.
IOW the amount of air a naturally aspirated engine can gulp in is = to sweep area of all pistons. This is at 100% volumetric efficiency. In real world your only going to get about 80 to 90% of engine displacement.
Atmospheric pressure on earth is around 14.7 PSI depending on where your at.
So you take the cubic inch or liter of the engine and if it is supercharged to 14.7 PSI then you take the liter displacement of the engine and times it by 2 in this case.
That little 3.5 liter engine is moving the air/fuel of a N/A 7 liter engine.
Look at what this little 6 cylinder can do. :E
