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Originally Posted by 455Grandville
Your lack of knowledge is showing again: yes, low speed power (velocity). In plain English : low end torque. A one ton truck kinda needs that when being used like a one ton truck. Big ports would kill the low end.
The Ford "FE" 330-361-391 uses much smaller ports on their medium duty truck engines over the passenger car 390s for the same reason.
So what if they use many different V8s ? I guess that's a problem for simple people who can't remember too many things huh ? 
Yes, you're right yak: Ford just took a 231 bent Buford, stuck on a few different things, put their name on the valvecover and presto : The Ecoboost ! 
You'd need a breakdown of how & where the people are driving to get the fuel economy they are claiming. Ive dipped down to 14 with a leadfoot and driving around St Louis in lots of stop & go traffic. Who's to say the ones dooing poorly is not linked to their driving habits ? It's tempting to wind those turbos up.
I live in a very hilly area with bluffs; any vehicle with these grades will drop their fuel numbers regardless of who built it. |
You also posted somewhere on PY, you got 23 mpg "on average" which puts you in the "only person in the US to get that mileage" catagory.....
I also qucikly established you didint read any of the many posts online about this issue. If so, you would know this (driving habits) has been covered by some, if not many on the sites ...fuley site is one........some very carefully like video, specs, and details about computer resets.
If they did in fact use a 3:12 rear for the mpg test, as I posted above stated by another member I read.... well... thats going to be interesting to see how that washes out. I dont know if thats true or not... working on it later.
Jeff
