Wes Tausend wrote:
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Yesterday (Feb. 18-2014), Ford announced it will build an Expedition with the 3.5L EcoBoost. CLICKY
This should make a nice SUV tow package. If the axles can be carried by an E Load Range tire, I guess it makes my hefty V-10 fuelish Excursion obsolete in just about every way now.
Wes
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I dunno. An Expedition is a heavy duty light truck and I think the V 10 was a perfect engine for it. Well not perfect...I don't think Ford ever did a displacement on demand feature on the Triton V10 , which if they didn't...they should of done, IMO.
I would prefer to have an Expedition with the 6.8 liter V10 as opposed to a 3.5 liter turbo V6.
But then I'm an old guy ;) who comes from the era of you can't beat cubic inches...unless you have cubic money.
But on the other hand I do recall back in the 80's when the Buick GNX with it's turbocharged 3800cc , 90 degree Buick V6 was the fastest domestic car around...capable of spanking '80's high performance stock V8's...regularly.
I don't recall any problems with the old turbo Buick V6.
So maybe I'm just behind the times.
Probably, I prefer Jay Leno over Jimmy Fallon...and I still prefer the sound of a healthy high winding V8 to a high winding turbo V6.
I like the idea of having a V8, but with a displacement on demand feature like Mopar and GM.
The other thing about a turbo V6...I always thought a turbo charger was almost like a service item , that would have to be replaced as it couldn't be expected to last the life of the engine.
I also thought that you had to be careful, for example, let the engine idle before shutting it off to allow a turbo to slow down and cool off.
Are these things not the case anymore ?
Les
