New Ford Expedition with V6
Anyone towed with the new Ford Expedition with the V6. Would really like to hear how well things are going. Can that 6 cylinder actually pull a seven or eight thousand lb TT. I find it almost imp...
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brulaz wrote:
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I dunno how Ford got the peak torque down so low with the 3.5L (think all the smaller Ecoboosts have peak torque at 3000 or higher rpms). But it does make the engine more diesel-like in behaviour.
Forced fed...meaning in this case turbo, but supercharged very similar
in how the 'small' displacement behaves
IIRC, Turtle said around 25PSI...meaning that 3.5L V6 has ~7L or more
amounts of air/fuel stuffed into it. Making it behave like a big block V8...as
it does have similar amounts of per cylinder air/fuel charge at ~25PSI
BEFORE the compression stroke
There are many, many issues us boy racers used to have to engineer
around to make it last and seems like Ford had addressed most of them.
I'm still not sold on it yet...telling for me is when rebuild history
rolls in.
The GM is NA (naturally aspired) and behaves like a traditional V8
but has cylinder deactivation for those times less HP is needed.
Both choices in direction (forced fed or not) will have different
torque/HP curves and with today's close ratio automatics...levels
that playing field.
Either will suffice and down to personal choice on badging, model, etc
