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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
No more V6??!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Lang" data-source="post: 992693" data-attributes="member: 65699"><p>I drove the Escape tonight, and plan to do so tomorrow (to play with the Sync).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 4-cylinder engine seems fine for highway-speed cruising and gradual acceleration. It still fails for acceleration from a stop or merging.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand what Ford was trying to do, you don't need a lot of power to cruise, you just need it to get there, so the NA 6-cylinder was a waste of gas once you get rolling.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, the 1.6L 4-Cylinder EcoBoost that Ford is coming out with produces less than 5 more HP and ft/lb torque than the 2.5L NA engine. So it promises much better cruising MPG, but it'll still have an <strong>awful</strong> time getting to cruising speed. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Seeing that, IMO it seems that the 2.0L Ecoboost should be the base choice for the Escape. I'm not sure that 237 HP and 250 ft/lb of torque are enough for the AWD model, so they should bring in the EcoBoosted V6 as an upgrade :bwahaha:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Lang, post: 992693, member: 65699"] I drove the Escape tonight, and plan to do so tomorrow (to play with the Sync). The 4-cylinder engine seems fine for highway-speed cruising and gradual acceleration. It still fails for acceleration from a stop or merging. I understand what Ford was trying to do, you don't need a lot of power to cruise, you just need it to get there, so the NA 6-cylinder was a waste of gas once you get rolling. That said, the 1.6L 4-Cylinder EcoBoost that Ford is coming out with produces less than 5 more HP and ft/lb torque than the 2.5L NA engine. So it promises much better cruising MPG, but it'll still have an [b]awful[/b] time getting to cruising speed. Seeing that, IMO it seems that the 2.0L Ecoboost should be the base choice for the Escape. I'm not sure that 237 HP and 250 ft/lb of torque are enough for the AWD model, so they should bring in the EcoBoosted V6 as an upgrade :bwahaha: [/QUOTE]
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