New Twin Turbo V6 Today

[cordes]

I find it hard to believe that the ecoboost motors don't cost as much if not more to produce. There are a lot more parts that go on to them. Two turbos, hoses, lines, intercooler, etc. They probably spend as much if not more money per rod, piston, and valve too since it has to live with higher temps and what have you.

[HSKR]

HSKR, you're the new guy here and as such there is an informal policy on many boards to 'be nice to the new guy' for his first 100 posts. Ecoboost V6 lackluster compared to a V8 motor?? You know not of what you post Even all stock the Ecoboost made the E Sport a powerful fun to drive rig. For your reference with the E Sport, I am replacing my daily driver from the last 6 years a V10 Twin Turbo 2006 Volkswagon Toaureg TDI. It came stock with 553lbsft of torque, I know power when its under my right foot With a tuner and custom exhaust I have already added about 80 lbsft of torque to the Ecoboost motor, when I finish the downpipes from the turbos(Ford 'crimped' them going under the K frame to reduce engine output I suspect) I will re-dyno it on the same dyno that the baseline runs were made so Ill know for sure. IMO (and I do have *just a bit* of expeirience here, the Ecoboost powerplant is a much better option than the V8's for moving a 48XX lb rig like the Explorer Sport

Obviously once you start modding a vehicle beyond stock any comparison to stock performance between vehicles goes out the window.

[J&H Ryan]

That won out over a Durango R/T?

[2.216VTurbo]

That won out over a Durango R/T?

The Durango 3rd row seats are like sitting on wooden bleachers compared to the ESport seats. Point Ford.

The potential for modding the V6 turbo over the Hemi(supercharged would never fly in the Kommonwealth of Kalifornia) is another point in Fords favor.

I like the way cars drive and hate the way SUV's/trucks drive, just a personal preference. The Explorer Sport is a Taurus SHO police package with a tall body, it drives like a car, albeit a 4800lb one I suppose I should have driven the Durango but I am not a Mopar or No car guy, I like and own lotsa brands equally

Believe me, if someone woulda told me 5 years and two generations of Explorers ago that *I*would own/drive one someday, I'd have LOL'd

[turbovanman²]

Bloody hell, $47K? I couldn't afford the gas in that, lol. Should be a fun ride though,

There is a lot of negativity regarding the Ecoboost-poor MPG, mysterious driveability issues that Ford can't fix, brutally bad MPG when towing and not very good at towing. Quite a few sites bashing them.

Just have to say, that is more than my house payment, ouch! Hope you like it, I've decided I'd rather spend the money on my older cars, new ones are way too expensive. As for women and cars, My opinion is if they are that shallow about what you drive then they are not worth spending the time on. Are you going to bring it out Thursday, I have to bring my bissell machine down to my dads for them to use on their carpets, so will actually make this months meeting.

Amen. My wife loves driving my turbo Diesel van, she piss's herself laughing and calls me up when she's in hysterics.

[2.216VTurbo]

My buddy Pat (the guy can TIG weld!) and I spent 8 hours last Sunday crawling around under QuickSilver fabbing up downpipes. After driving for a few days I can say that I am 100 percent stoked! The turbos spool faster, it's actually quieter I suppose because the pulses don't have to 'fight' to get out of the exhaust?? and in the upper RPM's above 5K HOLY SH!T, HANG ON Seat of the pants tells me it's deep into the 13's now, was gonna do the intercooler upgrade next but I think I need to deal with the too soft OE motor mounts, when it spins into the second gear shift it feels like the whole drivetrain is shuddering My son Jagger was like 'what was that Dad??' I explained to him that the motor mounts wer designed for about 100 ftlbs of less torque

[Keito]

What's with the blue gloves, you scrubbing toilets later?
Nice fab work though.
Better talk to Johnny about the mounts

[johnl]

Cool stuff; I'm wondering, not asking, about the inside of that cat.

[black86glhs]

Holy cow!! Those pipes are smooshed down on the stockers. I bet it spools a good bit faster. Do you think Ford will give you any crap for the altered components? It is becoming more common to have warranty repairs kicked back is the reason I ask.

[GLHNSLHT2]

What's with the blue gloves, you scrubbing toilets later?
Nice fab work though.
Better talk to Johnny about the mounts

You want someone reaching into your spinal colomn or handling the titanium parts that are going into it with Ford grease stained all over their hands?

[turbovanman²]

Update? Has the engine survived?

[iTurbo]

LOL at the blue gloves (no offense) but I do everything nowadays with bare hands.... even sewer jobs with the various snakes we have here. Did I mention I can't even remember the last time I got sick? It's pretty disgusting what I'm exposed to as a maintenance guy at the apartement complex I work at.

Alan, are you custom fabbing most parts like the downpipes? I have seen some pretty cool stuff pop up at ATP Turbo for these vehicles. I wonder if they will come out with cool parts for the 2015 Mustang 2.3L Ecoboost Turbo.

[2.216VTurbo]

Funny you should ask Simon... I spent 5 hours last evening/night on my back in the driveway, my neck and shoulderblades are killin me today (WTF do I have a lift at the shop for anyway ) I did the 20K mile service, 3rd oil change with Royal Purple, some new plugs (the factory ones are supposed to go 100K but the gaps are too wide @ 35-38 OEM and get wider leading to misfire when running the extra boost with the reflash, it was juuust starting to miss a bit at WOT) gapped to .030, and the longest part of the 5 hours was replacing my semi-custom DP's (had stock cats) with some American Racing units that use sexy lil high flo cats One friggin nut on the rear DP was totally inaccesable with every 15MM tool I had. I was using drive up ramps and after stuggling for 3 hours with that one nut, I decided to jack the car and let the front suspension sag. That gave me barely enough clearance to go OVER the swaybar(which is mopunted ON TOP of the K frame. New DP's went in easy, cats are waaaaay smaller. The Explorer is giving me about 19MPG ave and a high of 23MPG on a drive to Vegas, not bad for 4850Lbs. It's required no nscheduled maintenance although the Air Conditioned seats are not moving as much air as they did before so either something came unplugged or the filter is blocked, so a trip to the dealer is on order for that issue.

Driving impressions, HOLY SH!T It's much faster now, zings to redline and pulls cleanly without the hesitation. Stock cats had to have been costing 30HP/30LbsFt Sore today but happy


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RE EDIT: Even with the pics sized and cut in half with Paint, they still won't load. Sux

[minigts]

You say that, but Alan and I went to the yard to pull parts. He wore them, I didn't. I regretted it for the next 3 days as the oil stains slowly disappeared. Alan did give me some really cool sheets to use when laying under my car or wherever to keep from getting too dirty.

[black86glhs]

In his defense, he can't be in an operating theater saying, "It's not oil, it's sweat from all the horsepower!"

[turbovanman²]

Glad to hear. Still too many horror story's about them exploding randomly.

[Reaper1]

I'm amazed that the modern stock cats are still robbing that much power (even though it's seat-o-the-pants dyno testing).

[Dan H]

No updates?

[2.216VTurbo]

Well, 75,XXX trouble free miles if that's an update. Other than the tune, downpipes, 170T stat, plugs at 35K, Law enforcement brake pad material upgrade and CAI I haven't done a thing except drive it hard nearly every day. I've won so many stoplight contests I barely even notice anymore. OK, that's a lie, it still makes me laugh maniacally every time Yesterday with a car full of carpool kids(I hope they don't tell their parents!) a modded GTI R32 found himself next to me in a 35-90 roll. He was 3 cars back at 90 shaking his head not beliving a 5000lb Soccer Mom rig just owned him

I bought a meth injection kit like a year ago, made plans to upgrade the IC and then did neither. Kit is still in the box and I'll probably just leave the adequate but smallish IC alone. It's served me well. For 2017 they have a new pewter silver color I like so I will likely transfer the rims/tires/downpipes/exhaust onto one of those soon. Been a great car, my first Ford ever

[wheming]

And what do you suspect it is pushing now, following those few upgrades?

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