Ericc B
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In our new FB group we discussed the final gear ratio that the EU manual EcoBoost models have. Ford has put out different specifications in their documentation, stating in 2014 that it would be 3.55 and in a newer version of the same document 3.31.
Many people have been assuming that since all EU cars come with what in the US is called the Performance Package they would all have the 3.55 gears, that are part of this package.
However when the final EU emission values came out in early 2015 the weirdest thing happened. Where the GT car showed an emisson difference of 18 grams CO2 in favor of the automatic over the manual on the EcoBoost it came out the other way around, with the manual having a whopping 46 grams less CO2 emission than the automatic. The only slightly sensible explanation for that would be a lower final gear ratio, aka 3.31 on the manual versus 3.55 for the automatic.
So ever since this has made perfect sense to me, until this week fellow forum member MakStang from Greece mentions that his manual EcoBoost has 3.55 gears. This made me look up my own car (MY 2016) plus various other Dutch 2015 and 2016 cars that I happen to have the VIN number of and they all came out having 3.31 gears.
Now this is an interesting topic. Does Ford sneakliy use different gear ratios in different countries? Or did they perhaps change it for MY 2017? Or is MakStang's car a freak error perhaps?
To find out it would be interesting to check cars from different countries around Europe and see what they come up with. You can look yours up by entering your VIN number in this page:
https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do
A double verification can be found on the label in the passenger door jamb. If it states GG you have 3.31 gears, if it states DD you have 3.55's.
Please note this is about EU spec manual EcoBoosts only. The automatics all have 3.55 gears.
Many people have been assuming that since all EU cars come with what in the US is called the Performance Package they would all have the 3.55 gears, that are part of this package.
However when the final EU emission values came out in early 2015 the weirdest thing happened. Where the GT car showed an emisson difference of 18 grams CO2 in favor of the automatic over the manual on the EcoBoost it came out the other way around, with the manual having a whopping 46 grams less CO2 emission than the automatic. The only slightly sensible explanation for that would be a lower final gear ratio, aka 3.31 on the manual versus 3.55 for the automatic.
So ever since this has made perfect sense to me, until this week fellow forum member MakStang from Greece mentions that his manual EcoBoost has 3.55 gears. This made me look up my own car (MY 2016) plus various other Dutch 2015 and 2016 cars that I happen to have the VIN number of and they all came out having 3.31 gears.
Now this is an interesting topic. Does Ford sneakliy use different gear ratios in different countries? Or did they perhaps change it for MY 2017? Or is MakStang's car a freak error perhaps?
To find out it would be interesting to check cars from different countries around Europe and see what they come up with. You can look yours up by entering your VIN number in this page:
https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do
A double verification can be found on the label in the passenger door jamb. If it states GG you have 3.31 gears, if it states DD you have 3.55's.
Please note this is about EU spec manual EcoBoosts only. The automatics all have 3.55 gears.
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