MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 25/05/14 10:36 AM Share Posted 25/05/14 10:36 AM I think that's the 3.5 There's heaps of variations of the ecoboost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPV TRANNY Im the one and only Donating Members 3,557 Member For: 19y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: In my house Posted 25/05/14 11:56 AM Share Posted 25/05/14 11:56 AM I think testing showed that the Ecoboost was quicker over the 1/4 then the atmo 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 1m 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 25/05/14 10:34 PM Share Posted 25/05/14 10:34 PM (edited) Well apparently this thing wasn't that much slower than the v8, apparentlyYeah that would be the 3.5l v6 eco boost which is 270kw and 590nm twin turbo. Tis no slouch. Eco boost mustang might be fun.Pretty funny that Americans consider that an economical solution to v8's. Seems pretty high performance to me. Edited 25/05/14 10:39 PM by barnz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 26/05/14 01:17 AM Share Posted 26/05/14 01:17 AM Performace wise there is nothing between them, but both have their advantages and disadvantages. Check the FG section on AFF, pleanty of happy EcoBoost owners there.IMO EcoBoost will have better fuel economy regardless of how good or frugal the 6 may be on the hwy, will drive better and feel lighter due to less weight over front wheels and is a lot quiter all round. Overall the ecoboost will be much cheaper to run, service, register etc and still offer the same performance.People will argue that there is no replacement for displacement and that that 6cly is better etc etc, but at the end of the day 90% of people on this forum have chosen a smaller capacity forced induction engine over a V8 so go figure.Few of performance comparison videos to put in into perspective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danimal Member 48 Member For: 11y 5m 5d Posted 27/05/14 06:59 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 06:59 AM XtRmn8 I would think the 6 would be cheaper to service, but more expensive to feed. It doesn't need any fancy oils and really doesn't have much to brake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 27/05/14 09:57 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 09:57 AM XtRmn8 I would think the 6 would be cheaper to service, but more expensive to feed. It doesn't need any fancy oils and really doesn't have much to brake.Ecoboost does not need any fancy oil, its a DOHC engine just like the 6cly but a lot more efficient.Check Ford Capped Priced Servicing for cost.http://www.ford.com.au/ownership/myfordowners/cappedprice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 27/05/14 10:00 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 10:00 AM capped price servicing can be a lot of crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 3m Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 27/05/14 10:41 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 10:41 AM capped price servicing can be a lot of crapWhy is that?It's a good indication of regular scheduled servicing cost for those people who take their cars to Ford for servicing. Perhaps in the long run parts for the 6cly would be cheaper and maybe easier to get, but from my experiance with non Australian made Fords its never been an issue as they never needed anything above and beyond regular scheduled servicing and regular wear and tear parts such as brakes and tyres.I have no doubt that scheduled servicing can be done cheaper elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 27/05/14 10:56 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 10:56 AM (edited) The barras been proven to be pretty damn reliable over the years as well.. Million km taxis etc. I wonder if the duratec is as reliable? Edited 27/05/14 10:56 AM by Lennox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 14y 10m 16d Posted 27/05/14 11:02 AM Share Posted 27/05/14 11:02 AM I suppose it depends how you look after it lennox I've seen plenty of rooted ford sixes with only 150 thousand ks on them regular maintenance is the deciding factor usually like anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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