My have things changed
Over 10 years ago when people posted their new truck HP figures people were coming back with posts like: "When is the HP madness going to stop." "This HP thing is out of of control, it's madness". "Wh...
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ShinerBock wrote:
In regards to diesels, what many do not understand is that unlike gas engines most of the upgrades and improvements made to diesels that increase their horsepower, also increase their efficiency. Slap a turbo on a gasser and you will make a less efficient because it will need to inject more fuel for added air. Slap a turbo on a diesel and it will increase it's efficiency significantly. However, some of these improvements do not make it more reliable as many have seen with the early CP4.
So Ford was making their engines LESS EFFICIENT when they added a turbo to their ecoboost line?
If you want to produce more HP, you need more fuel...regardless of gas or diesel.
PS: My naturally aspirated diesel got 21-22mpg empty. By Brother-in-laws 2008 turbo got 17mpg. So apparently, while he could generate more HP, it wasn't more efficient.
