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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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ShinerBock
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Nov 20, 2016
RobertRyan wrote:

You pretty well on the money. No mention whatsoever of any form of forced induction.l could imagine under load that a turbo 5 litre engine would have miserable fuel economy


Yes, it did mention forced induction in the article. You might want to read it again.

Also, any engine gets horrible fuel mileage under load.

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