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ShinerBock
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Nov 18, 2016

Twin Turbocharged 4.8L V8 Ecoboost in a Superduty?

Report: Ford F-150 Getting Next-Gen 4.8L V-8 Little is known about the engine other than the fact it will replace the 5.0L at the Essex engine plant and is expected to be a “high volume” engine. A...
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DSteiner51
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Nov 19, 2016
romore wrote:
And there lies the rub. Most of us need low and mid range torque, not high rpm horsepower which the turbo provides. We are not street racing. For heavy rv application there is no substitute for displacement


I think the 3.5 is turbo'd for low and mid range towing. No substitute for displacement? From a person who drives a small displacement turbo'd truck.

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