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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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mich800
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Nov 18, 2016
romore wrote:
And there lies the rub. Most of us need low and mid range torque, not high rpm horsepower which the turbo provides. We are not street racing. For heavy rv application there is no substitute for displacement


?? High rpm for turbo power? The turbo is displacement and high revs are not required to get decent power as the ecoboost shows.

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