Bowie69 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Think ford is selling the 1.0l petrol ecoboost, mo, 125bhp, turbocharged, and fits on a piece of A4 paper. You could fit two in the engine bay of a LR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I could put it in the cubby box ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Mid engined LR, nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 12 hours ago, Mo Murphy said: Does anyone sell an off the shelf 2.5l 150 bhp petrol engine like they do with the LS3 ? Mo EcoTec or EcoBoost? For example: https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-20T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Can you bolt an LT77 to it ? ? Something for a 2k budget would be good. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Grab one from a crashed Focus and slap a stand-alone loom on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I have a friend who has this engine in his focus. Its really quite impressive and not noticeable that its such a small engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Mo Murphy said: Can you bolt an LT77 to it ? ? Something for a 2k budget would be good. Mo Might well be easier to adapt a type 9 or similar to an LT230... They have made a showpiece formula ford with the 1.0l ecoboost, with sequential transmission, and 200bhp, imagine that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 25 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Might well be easier to adapt a type 9 or similar to an LT230... Maybe there's a chance the 6-speed from the TDCi Defender bolts up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Poore Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 11 hours ago, Mo Murphy said: I could put it in the cubby box ? Mo Why bother - one per wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Good point, quite likely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 25 minutes ago, elbekko said: Maybe there's a chance the 6-speed from the TDCi Defender bolts up? Good point Elbekko ! Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just a point, these small turbo lumps are not incredibly reliable, they dont last the kind of milages tht I expect before going bang in a big way. When picking a second hand engine to consider for transplant some are pretty shot at just a few years old( I accept that opinions on how important that is may vary ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Indeed, you don't know what you are getting second hand alas. When and if the time comes I'd prefer to buy a new crate engine. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 One of my colleagues chose the Eco boost lump for his company car - three engines in 100k. And he's not the only one. They don't like high mileages, driven hard over short periods... Also getting 35mpg out of them is almost impossible for normal driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Petrol or Diesel? I am beginning to come to the conclusion, that when you push engine design to get maximum power from small capacities, with forced induction, the technology just isn't there to hold it all together in one piece, quite yet. Thanks Euro6(!) We have also seen diesel starting to produce microscopic particulates that are far more damaging than 'old' diesels, which produce much larger versions -the smaller being much more damaging to lung health. My fear is now the modern high pressure turbo petrol engines will end up going the same way -looked at a small petrol engined turbocharged car exhaust recently? Yup... sooty, much more so than an old school NA car, or light pressure turbo. Anyways, I digress... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I didn't want to be the prophet of doom but 50K from the small eco boost petrols seems to be 'good' and our rep hacks were seeing a couple of engines in that mileage. As an aside the 2.0 litre 4cyl BMW 320d were doing 30mpg until the drivers gave up their fuel cards and now they see 70mpg. I anticipated seeing the maint expenditure for dpf and egr go up through the roof now but I've retired so I'll probably never know (or care) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Petrol... I've just ordered my new company car this morning. Benefit in kind goes up next year; and as the car is more of a work tool rather than a family necessity, I've opted to downgrade, take a payment back, reduce my tax and go for a petrol for the first time. I'm going Suzuki Swift 1.2 Dual jet. Thoughts are that if it break, then it's not my problem. Fuel consumption is good and seems almost true form the test drive. I claim back my business miles so I'm happy I can break even... Only issue is I won't be able to carry so much carp in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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