patriotgrunt wrote:
I wonder what's the power output for the 3.5 ecoboost without a turbo? Same for modern diesel engines. I know the old IDI diesels from Ford had 170-185 HP and about 380 ft lbs of torque but they were designed Naturally Aspirated. It's amazing what good turbos do to modern engines.
Yeh but... yeh but... there is no replacement for displacement, don't you know?
I always chuckle when I see that posted on these forums. Some folks are so proud of their ignorance they want the whole world to know!
Back in the good ole days 6.6L diesels put out 100-110 hp and we had power! Moving from the Detroit 238hp to the Cummins 250hp and we had the bull by the tail pulling 80,000lbs. My uncle made his living driving a C series Ford with a 534 CDI GAS engine in his rig. Don't know how many horsepower it was but now I get knocked for having a 5L 360 hp pulling 14500lb gcvw.
Did the definition of horsepower change or what?
