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    June 10th, 2011 03:34 PM #1
    Ford reveals 1-liter EcoBoost engine destined for global market - News | TopGear.com.ph

    Another milestone for Ford IMO.
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    June 10th, 2011 04:38 PM #2
    It's not exactly a world's first as the 2011 best new engine of the year is the Fiat TwinAir which is 875cc with 84bhp.
    Fiat 500 TwinAir driven full road test car review - BBC Top Gear - BBC Top Gear
    At least we get a chance to see the Ford engine here. I don't think Fiat has any plans of coming back to the Philippines.
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    June 10th, 2011 05:02 PM #3
    ^ yes, at least this one wll surely hit our shore. Fiat is very questionable if they will come here.
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    June 10th, 2011 08:12 PM #4
    Quote Originally Posted by cityfolk View Post
    It's not exactly a world's first as the 2011 best new engine of the year is the Fiat TwinAir which is 875cc with 84bhp.
    Fiat 500 TwinAir driven full road test car review - BBC Top Gear - BBC Top Gear
    At least we get a chance to see the Ford engine here. I don't think Fiat has any plans of coming back to the Philippines.
    Fiat's TwinAir has 2 cylinders by the way...
    The 1.0 liter EcoBoost combines turbocharging, direct-injection and twin independent variable camshaft timing, same tech found in the bigger EcoBoost engines.
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    June 10th, 2011 08:24 PM #5
    Quote Originally Posted by AG4 View Post
    Fiat's TwinAir has 2 cylinders by the way...
    The 1.0 liter EcoBoost combines turbocharging, direct-injection and twin independent variable camshaft timing, same tech found in the bigger EcoBoost engines.
    I think this ecoboost will be better. Or it's just me?
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    June 11th, 2011 12:35 AM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by Ry_Tower View Post
    I think this ecoboost will be better. Or it's just me?
    Remains to be seen as I haven't seen any specs quoted for Ford's engine yet. We'll see when Ford reveals the specs.

    As for the Fiat TwinAir, there are two turbo versions of it - 85bhp *5500 rpm / 107 lbs-ft*1900rpm and a more aggressively boosted 105bhp*5500 rpm / 115 lbs-ft * 2500 rpm. That's the current world record specific output of 124hp/liter. And look at the torque peaking at such low rpm. That's almost diesel like.
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    June 11th, 2011 11:29 AM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by cityfolk View Post
    Remains to be seen as I haven't seen any specs quoted for Ford's engine yet. We'll see when Ford reveals the specs.

    As for the Fiat TwinAir, there are two turbo versions of it - 85bhp *5500 rpm / 107 lbs-ft*1900rpm and a more aggressively boosted 105bhp*5500 rpm / 115 lbs-ft * 2500 rpm. That's the current world record specific output of 124hp/liter. And look at the torque peaking at such low rpm. That's almost diesel like.
    Malayo pa din sa diesel IMO since diesel engines can peak at just 1,400 rpm.
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    June 11th, 2011 01:11 PM #8
    How is it a world record? The Subaru/Mitsubishi rally twins have been getting 150+ hp per liter for decades. Both forced induction, yeah, but so is the Fiat.
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    June 11th, 2011 07:44 PM #9
    World record for a normal run-of-the-mill high rate production engine.
    Aren't the rally twins are racing engines that are hand built and custom tuned?
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    June 11th, 2011 07:54 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by Ry_Tower View Post
    Malayo pa din sa diesel IMO since diesel engines can peak at just 1,400 rpm.
    That's why I said almost. Compare that with the usual gasoline engines which peaks at over 4000rpm.
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