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Lessmore
Explorer II
Oct 28, 2014

Turbo small displacement - displacement on demand- a winner?

Boy Ford's new 2.7 liter turbo truck engine....375 HP out of 2.7 liters(Correction....325 HP -** Thanks Fast Mopar.).....that's about 168 cubic inches. I did the conversion in my head....so that's jus...
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rjstractor
Nomad
Nov 10, 2014
oughtsix wrote:
When my GF and I drove from Oregon to SanFrancisco and back in her Camry hybrid we averaged 38 mpg hand calculated on regular!


Direct injected gasoline engines are now getting the same or better mileage. My Passat TSI (1.8 turbocharged direct injected) gets low 30s city and low 40s highway and it's a lot more fun to drive than a hybrid. The TDI gets about 10 mpg better with similar performance although in my situation the dollars didn't pencil out for the diesel.

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