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Turtle_n_Peeps
Sep 19, 2016Explorer
The question is why?
The little V6 turbo engine they are getting 365HP. How much more do you want or need? 400HP, 500HP? 600HP?
The only advantage is duty cycle. That's all.
I drove a turbo V8 for many years as my daily driver. A lot of concessions and not many advantages.
They used a lot of fuel. (13 average in a 3000 lb car.)
The engine was hard to keep cool.
The turbo would chew up the oil pretty quickly.
The engine compartment would get really HOT.
It wanted good fuel, not the cheap stuff and that was expensive.
A few of these problems can be mitigated with modern tech. Some are still problems though.
Just think of this: with a 6.0 liter engine at 15 lbs of boost will burn as much fuel as a 12 liter gasoline engine at full throttle! I'm here to tell you; that's a BUNCH! :E
The little V6 turbo engine they are getting 365HP. How much more do you want or need? 400HP, 500HP? 600HP?
The only advantage is duty cycle. That's all.
I drove a turbo V8 for many years as my daily driver. A lot of concessions and not many advantages.
They used a lot of fuel. (13 average in a 3000 lb car.)
The engine was hard to keep cool.
The turbo would chew up the oil pretty quickly.
The engine compartment would get really HOT.
It wanted good fuel, not the cheap stuff and that was expensive.
A few of these problems can be mitigated with modern tech. Some are still problems though.
Just think of this: with a 6.0 liter engine at 15 lbs of boost will burn as much fuel as a 12 liter gasoline engine at full throttle! I'm here to tell you; that's a BUNCH! :E
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