Driven: 2015 Ford F-150 FX4 EcoBoost - TheChronicleHerald.ca
The latest F-150’s newly-available 2. 7-litre EcoBoost V6 uses twin turbochargers instead of more, larger cylinders to generate 325 horsepower and a manly 375 lb-ft of torque. As such, when you leave the trailer at home, you’re just going to Sears, you’re cruising the highway in no particular rush, or you’re inching slowly through the Timmies drive-thru, engines like this one burn less gas in their smaller, fewer... Call it EcoBoost, or whatever you like, but the principle is the same — off-loading power output to a turbocharger system allows an engine to burn less, more of the time. Remember: torque is the important figure when you’re moving something heavy, and this new little EcoBoost engine has heaps of it. Hammer down, and this iron-block powerplant revs to the moon, passing 6,000 revs eagerly while breathing nicely and... And this is the little EcoBoost V6. There’s a bigger one available, with 3. 5 litres and twin-turbo making it 365 horses and over 400 lb-ft of off-idle torque. In trucks, they especially want choices that don’t make them pay for capability they don’t need when it comes time to fill up. For what the majority of truck guys use their trucks for, the majority of the time, this little EcoBoost is the one to... Source: thechronicleherald.ca
