Read the attached link from Road & Track about the 2019 Chevy truck 4 cylinder turbo gas engine. Apparently the turbo 4 generates it's peak torque of 348 ft. lbs. from 1500-4000 rpm...pretty good in my view. The performance of 0-60 mph in less than 7 seconds is also impressive for a small displacement base engine, in a truck and the magazine says the turbo 4 cylinder puts out more hp/torque than the 2013 base V8 (4.8 liter) did.
I need to know the MPG , so hope there will some testing soon that reveals these figures.
I will admit that Ford got the ball rolling with small turbo truck engines..so plaudits to FoMoCo...and I'm happy to see this small engine engineering spreading. I find it fascinating and am waiting to find out all the minute engineering details that went into the design and final product of this 2.7 turbo 4.
I feel that engineers don't get the credit they deserve. Here they are, faced with what seemed to be unreasonable demands regarding MPG, power figures, ever tightening emission/environmental rules and regulations regarding the internal combustion engine and the ideas/development /final products they come up with are nothing short of astounding.
Hats off to engineers. Many of us don't realize how they make modern life..better...for the rest of us.
Chevy Turbo 4 cyl.
