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This will mean repeat buyers.
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Good to see Ford is heading in the right direction.....and with Chrysler and GM heading down the S bend they must be smiling.Hopefully it benefits ford Oz.
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11.5% of Mazda is worth $35m ???
Or is there a zero missing in there?
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Here's something that I was told about a year ago by ........ a Ford engine person. I have not been able to say anything about it but now Ford is talking about it.
At the Bejing Auto Show Ford unveiled the Start Concept Car. The engine in this car is a 1.0L 3 cylinder EcoBoost engine. In this article..... http://www.gizmag.com/ford-start-concept-car/14935/ .....they mention "There's no confirmation that the Start will ever see the showroom floor, but according to Ford the Concept’s 1.0-litre, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine will join its 3.5-litre V6 and 2.0-litre four-cylinder siblings on the production line "in the near future." On top of this they also mention "....Ford says that the 1.0-litre Ford EcoBoost I3 "will deliver comparable power and torque to a larger I4 engine..." So this engine will produce power and torque comparable to a 2.0L engine, the larger 4 cylinder engines. With this in mind, remember when the EcoBoost 3.5L engine came out and it was very impressive to be rated at 355 HP and 340 lb. ft. of torque. People said this would make for a very good V8 replacement engine. Then the Taurus SHO was introduced and HP went up to 360, torque moved up to 350 lb. ft. Ok, so there was some room to bump up. Now Ford is putting this engine into the F-150 and torque is now "bumped up" to 420 ft. lbs. That is 80 ft. lbs. over the original introduction capability. EIGHTY POUNDS! So, now this 1.0L EcoBoost engine will make the same power as a current 2.0L 4 cylinder engine.......when this engine is introduced. Ok. Think of how power increases went with the 3.5L EcoBoost engine. That's all I'm saying.... Steve
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Thats actually pretty exciting and very impressive to say the least.
Im seriously contemplating using an EB engine for the next motor in the soob.
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Its interesting to see a little 'milk bottle' engine making its way into the mainstream.
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Pretty sure that Europe and Asia will jump at an I-3 1.0 Ecoboost engine if it can offer great fuel economy,
it looks like the cost of supplying a small diesel Vs developing the I-3 EB now favor the Ecoboost.... |
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Add Stop-Start tech to the lower weight (a greater proportion of engine etc for a small car) and much (not all) of the difference in town economy would be recouped with the EB.
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Currently in the US the 2.0L NA engine is rated at 140 HP and 136 lb. ft. of torque. So if this 1.0L EcoBoost can hit that when it is first introduced, perhaps the "bumped up" version will be around 150 HP and 170 lb. ft.? This would be a little below the 3.3L V6 (Nissan engine) in my wife's 2002 Mercury Villager. Her minivan can spin the tires through an intersection. The earlier version of the minivan had spec's closer to my hypothetical "bumped up" 1.0L EB engine.
I am only speculating on what the 1.0L engine might be capable of as far as power ratings go. I was told of a target application for the engine but I cannot comment on that. This target was also mentioned to me early on in the EcoBoost program. Steve
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WOW.. Ford at the top.. Interesting how different it can be in different countries??
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