Been thinking about ecoboost's, pros, cons?

[Damkid]

Ok so lately i have been thinking that in spring/summer 2012 i should be in a financial position to buy a new car and i've really had a thing for the new taurus SHO's, i mean AWD, twin turbo, and i think they are a very sharp looking car, what more could you want

I know they are a fairly new powerplant but i'm looking to hear any pro's and cons to them besides the fact of having a car payment lol

[kellen302]

runs on Premium I believe

[Damkid]

So does my festiva :lol: ecoboost's get 30+ MPG don't they?

[kellen302]

If you keep your foot out of it, and that sounds very optimistic

[Damkid]

Well that goes for any turbo engine i'm thinking more along the lines of, are they a well designed engine? reliable? etc. things that would re-assure me that'd i'd be happy owning one

[kellen302]

From what I've read, very much so, the 3.7L is based of the 3.5L Duratec I believe, which has been around for a while and we haven't had any probs in our 2008 Taurus X

[Damkid]

Forgive me, but is the 08' the same body style as the current ones?

[bhazard]

3.7 is a different family I believe.

And you will NOT get 30+ mpg out of a SHO. They're rated at like 24 hwy. Not saying its impossible, just not with you driving, and not on a regular basis.

[Damkid]

Well 24 mpg is still a lot better then my jeep lol my Festiva is roughly 28-29mpg so mileage would be any issue for me

[rollertoaster]

As far as I know the main problem with the Ecoboost is oil carbon build up on the back of the intake valves. We have the same problem with the twin turbo bmws. It's due to direct injection. There is no fuel in the intake to wash it out. Regular maintenance with some intake cleaner will keep it in check though.


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[blkfordsedan]

I believe it has the 3.5L, so the mechanicals are proven. Direct Injection is not that different from tradional in terms of hardware. Ford built hundreds of thousands of turbo engines, so they pretty much have that figured out as well. The new Taurus won the JD Powers award for highest quality.
But,

365HP and 350Lbft from 1500 to 5000 rpm........what more do you need to convince you?

[blkfordsedan]

As far as I know the main problem with the Ecoboost is oil carbon build up on the back of the intake valves. We have the same problem with the twin turbo bmws. It's due to direct injection. There is no fuel in the intake to wash it out. Regular maintenance with some intake cleaner will keep it in check though.


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Good point. Same issues that EFI has with the throttle body and intake runners, it just happens to effect the valves as well on Direct Injection. I would think that an improved PCV system would really help the issue.

[PhoenixSHO]

On the sho forum , someone just posted a 27 mpg on a road trip to Montreal.

Remember the ecoboost also comes in the Flex. They are pretty much as fast as the sho.

Livernois does also tunes for the ecoboost , Someone almost touched the 12 secs just with a tune.

[sketchman]

I would think that an improved PCV system would really help the issue.

Or a supplemental high flow TBI for when it's in boost. Hehe.

[Damkid]

On the sho forum , someone just posted a 27 mpg on a road trip to Montreal.

Remember the ecoboost also comes in the Flex. They are pretty much as fast as the sho.

Livernois does also tunes for the ecoboost , Someone almost touched the 12 secs just with a tune.

^^those are the good things I wanted to hear... Hmm 12's lol as far as the flex's, I think they're ugly as hell, either an SHO or nothing :lol:

What other things are good to know about them?