Why not put turbos on 2500 gas trucks
I hear all these great reviews on the Eco-Boost engine and all the power it creates. Somewhere I read a few years back it had more HP and torque then my 2500 HD gas. Why doesn't Ford or Chevy offer ...
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2112 wrote:
The F250 weighs over 2000lbs more than an F150. I get 20.5 MPG running empty on the highway in my EB. If I dropped 1 ton of payload in my bed I would get probably about 12 MPG. Hitch a trailer to it and it would only get worse.
The turbos load up at about 1800 RPM and I can see it happening on the instantaneous fuel usage indicator. The turbos on a 3.5EB F250 would always be loaded, 100% duty cycle and would suck the gas. Forget 4WD. That would only make it worse.
An F250 with a 3.5EB would get horrible gas mileage empty.
That would remove the incentive of owning the truck.
This is one of them yes no reasons. NOT ALL 25 series trucks weigh 2000 lbs more than a 15 series. My C2500 weighs in at 4800 lbs empty! Yeah granted it is a reg cab with literally 3 chargeable options....None the less, we are talking maybe 300-500 lbs more than an equal 15 series truck depending upon motor and trans options. Same could be said with larger trucks, I've seen upwards of 700+ lbs differences between a stripped crew cab and a fully loaded leather diesel crew cab in dually!
Many of us that drive these moderately loaded reg cabs in the construction trades would find these smaller motors to work when empty, yes, they will suck the fuel when loaded! Even my 350 V8 sucks fuel when loaded. 12-17 mpg. 12-22 or so loaded vs empty would be better. As most of the time I am empty vs loaded to max gvw or gcw. Even the GM 4.3 V6 with 300 ponies would be better than my 255hp 350 V8.
Marty
