Going Eco: Small Displacement + Turbo, Fact or Hoax?

[niky]

Ecoboost Explorer. And economy was better. Slightly. Not really much you can do to improve the economy of a car that heavy in traffic, but it was good on the highway.

But since it was FWD, as opposed to the V6, which only comes in AWD, it's hard to tell whether more of the fuel savings are due to the motor or the lack of extra driveline drag.

[jut703]

Fifth Gear dragged the Focus Ecoboost vs the 1.6 NA. Guess who won

Fifth Gear Season 21 Episode 7

This episode came to mind too when I saw the thread title. So what gives, is it really more efficient?

[JohnM]

This episode came to mind too when I saw the thread title. So what gives, is it really more efficient?

IMO yes because off boost (like just puttering around the city) the smaller engine will use less fuel than a larger one. Talo-talo na on the hiway where more power is needed and the engine is on boost most of the time.

[Mguy]

This reminded me of the turbo era in Formula 1 wherein the displacement was set to 1.5 liters turbocharged engines in response to the oil crisis back then. They say turbo is coming back to F1 next year but this time using 1.6L engines.

[JohnM]

Yep F1's going turbo next year with 1.6 V6s.



Renault expect F1 turbo engines to deliver 600 bhp | YallaF1.com

[stickers]

Cappuccino?

657cc why not?

[lowslowbenz]

This reminded me of the turbo era in Formula 1 wherein the displacement was set to 1.5 liters turbocharged engines in response to the oil crisis back then. They say turbo is coming back to F1 next year but this time using 1.6L engines.

Yeah, that was in the 80's IIRC. Kalakasan ng TAG-Porsche Mclaren.

[ghosthunter]

Meron na kaya turbo kit for the MIRAGE 1.2L ?

[Mguy]

Meron na kaya turbo kit for the MIRAGE 1.2L ?

This would be nasty!!

[uwak18]

there is a turbo kit for picanto and chevy spark from torcon korea. and i heard that speedlab is trying to develop turbo kits for 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 liter displacements