Ford to charge $700 premium for Ecoboost
8/18/08, 11:22 AM
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8/18/08, 11:39 AM
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Brett Hinds, Ford's advanced engine design manager, said the 3.5L V6 Ecoboost slated for F-150 duty in 2010 would produce "significantly more" than 340 hp and 340 lb-ft.....
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I personally think the power/economy gains are already worth the $700. Any refinement after that is just icing on the cake
Not that I don't want it to be refined, just saying, its a pretty good value. I wish I could add an extra 40+
hp and tq and increase economy by 20-30% for $700 
Not that I don't want it to be refined, just saying, its a pretty good value. I wish I could add an extra 40+
hp and tq and increase economy by 20-30% for $700
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I agree the tech is there. But North American V6s have traditionally been way behind their Japanese equivalents when it comes to smoothness and NVH. Hopefully Ford is addressing this with Ecoboost (which is SUCH a gay name, by the way, and too reminiscent of Ecotech - should have kept Twin Force).
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Maybe the $700 is the charge for an EcoBoost single-turbo four-banger...A six would be more, especially with the twin-turbos, and an eight would be--wait, does anyone know for a fact that Ford plans to offer turbo V8s?
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They could call it the Power Puff for all I care, $700 for a TT, GDI DOHC, 4V and another couple acronyms more V6 sounds great to me, especially if the numbers are north of 340 on power and torque.
The current 3.7/3.7 seems to be very good on NVH, if not quite at the Honda/Toyota acme, but hardly a clattering bag of hammers. A lot of domestic V6s were pretty ancient and sort of hacked out of V8 designs and basically soured the impression of V6s for many as agrarian mini-van mills. Many of the newer, clean sheet efforts are much better in that regard.
The current 3.7/3.7 seems to be very good on NVH, if not quite at the Honda/Toyota acme, but hardly a clattering bag of hammers. A lot of domestic V6s were pretty ancient and sort of hacked out of V8 designs and basically soured the impression of V6s for many as agrarian mini-van mills. Many of the newer, clean sheet efforts are much better in that regard.
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