Gibbo205
Well-Known Member
@Gibbo205 Yet RS boys have the exact same issues due to the same cheaped out parts, RS boys have had a hell of a lot of ecobooms in the UK... Mustangs - 0.
I do agree, if building the block it'd be cheaper to just buy the V8.
We're talking numbers so on current prices:
EB - 33645
V8 - 38095
(difference of £4450 for the engine)
OPG + FPG on a v8
Say £1000 just for the sake of argument
Whipple:
Say £9000 for the sake of argument (Inc installing etc taking Gt101's prices)
That's an 800 bhp V8 for:
48k. (WITH NO OTHER MODS)
Vs
Ecoboost built motor ($6000 usd, say $7000 total to ship - £5453 in price. 24% tax duty etc, is 6741 total)
6741+2500 for Turbo (ish) then £600 for Intercooler, £280 for tune+ tune.
That's EB:
+10121
Total of £43766
so you could pay:
£43766
or
£48k
£4300 to play with on the EB gives you enough room (easily) to do the intake and other bits, yet, same power and a shedload more torques .
Good ol' man maths :lol:
A fucking shit car drive ability, sorry owned a lot of turbo stuff, big horsepower on a single turbo drives like shit. Good in a straight line race, shit at everything else, why big power EVO's don't do track days so much, trying to hold a turbo powered car, particular one with a big single turbo is not easy work through a corner, any owners here of old Sapphire Cosworths will confirm that.
An 800HP SC V8 has power at 1500rpm and at 8000rpm. The whole power band is linear and instant response.
A single turbo big power car aint spooling until 4000rpm and its all over by 7000rpm unless you seriously build the motor.
You need twin turbo setup, to drive nice but on a 2.3l its just not gonna work, best drive ability on the 2.3l will be a peak of 500HP, anything higher is a compromise its that simple and the car becomes more a racer than a daily.
Nothing beats NA, straight and simple, SC and Twin turbo works nicely but NA is the best, single turbos are fine on smaller engines upto a certain amount of power. Bigger single turbos introduce more lag, the tuning principles are the same, just improved but the absolute best twin scroll turbo has lag.
I know, driven every car Porsche offer, a company who are just about the best, but even their single turbo cars have lag. :(
So for me that extra 5k gets me a truly gorgeous noise, instant throttle response and linear power delivery, worth every penny.
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