Wow! Ford Ecoboost 1.0L 3-cyl Turbo

[C.E.Divine]

I think the coolest thing about the 1.0 block from ford is the fact that you can set it on a sheet of 8 1/2 by 11 paper and it won't be hanging off the sides. Think how much flexibility a block that size gives in the engine bay. I think it's a pretty cool little engine, even though I hate ford down to the bone.

 

[sonic hotness]

Ya its such a tiny motor , I thought we had a small one

 

[HADES20]

Damn should had waited

 

[RichieRocket]

redline at 6500?...last time I had a 1 liter triple it redlined at 10,000 and was fast as hell...It didn't even have a turbo...(only weighed 500 lbs though).

Why do they knock the redline back so far for a car?

gdideric, it's all about torque. The car engine needs to have longer stroke to get better torque to move that 3000 lbs. With longer stroke, the max piston speed goes up, so the rpm redline has to come down.

The Triumph Speed Triple 1050cc, has 130hp at 9500RPM, but only 80ft-lbs at 7700RPM

Ecoboost 1.0T__bore/stroke= 3.1/3.2 = 0.97___6500RPM

Ecotec 1.4T_______2.85/3.3 = 0.86__________6500RPM

Speed Triple______3.1/2.8 = 1.1___________10,000RPM

Yamaha R6_______2.58/1.75 = 1.5_________16,000RPM

F1 Racecar_________98/40 = 2.4_________~20,000RPM

 

[RichieRocket]

America is turning into Australia and Europe with all these tiny, 1.0, 2.0L engines.

I want the days when every car came with either a v6 or v8, no questions, no choices.

Austrailia?!? They love V8's! You know that all the GTO's and G8's sold in the USA were manufactured by Holden in Austrailia, right? They even have a V8 Supercars race series...
V8 Supercars - The Official Website

Not to be a jerk, but why did you buy the 4-cylinder Sonic? There's plenty of V6 and V8 cars out there...

 

[gdideric]

gdideric, it's all about torque. The car engine needs to have longer stroke to get better torque to move that 3000 lbs. With longer stroke, the max piston speed goes up, so the rpm redline has to come down.

The Triumph Speed Triple 1050cc, has 130hp at 9500RPM, but only 80ft-lbs at 7700RPM

Ecoboost 1.0T__bore/stroke= 3.1/3.2 = 0.97___6500RPM

Ecotec 1.4T_______2.85/3.3 = 0.86__________6500RPM

Speed Triple______3.1/2.8 = 1.1___________10,000RPM

Yamaha R6_______2.58/1.75 = 1.5_________16,000RPM

F1 Racecar_________98/40 = 2.4_________~20,000RPM

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....yes...i see...