[DMCForum] Re: performance engine specifications (Andrew)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly how many 1.8 liter F Series is Ford selling these days?

Every single person who works for a company or governmental agency
that uses service trucks will sooner or later experience this sad
story: someone gets the bright idea to buy a truck with a small
displacement engine to save fuel costs. The poor thing is so
underpowered that it can barely haul itself around, much less all the
equipment. The fuel economy truck gets relegated to running errands,
and a replacement vehicle (often with disproportionately LARGER power
plant) is quickly purchased.

And the genius who made the purchasing decision in the first place
gets promoted...

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, content22207 wrote:
> 
> > I'm not talking about a bass boat. I mean the kind you see going to
> > and from the beach:
> > http://www.shorelandr.com/images/t_b_19.jpg
> 
> Yeah, so am I.  It's my brother's 24 foot boat which he uses for 
> waterskiing.  (You'd have to ask him for detailed specifications.)  Oh, 
> and he drives a 260 horsepower 1.8 liter turbocharged "buzzy engine"
and 
> tows it, too.
> 
> Your misguided assertions about the abilities of little engines were
true 
> in the past, but they're just plain wrong today.  Modern turbochargers 
> spool up very very quickly and let their engines reach maximum
torque as 
> low as 2000 rpm.
> 
> The only replacement for displacement is technology.  :)
> 
> -andrew

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