Quite the opposite! It has a nice big lump of torque thanks to the turbocharger, producing up to 200 Nm with overboost - that's as much as a typical 2.0 petrol engine! At just 2,000 RPM it is producing 56 HP, nearly as much as the old Fiesta 1.3 at peak!
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If I could swap the 115bhp 1.6 NA in my Focus for even a 100bhp 3 cylinder turbo lump, I'd do it in a instant.
That said, if I was replacing it with a mk3 Focus, I'd probably cough up the extra for the 1.6 Ecoboost.
That said, if I was replacing it with a mk3 Focus, I'd probably cough up the extra for the 1.6 Ecoboost.
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You can tune anything you want if it's in your possessionSo you can't "tune" it anyway...
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Almost as much as my golf peaks at as well.
It's not a particularly crazy specific power for a turbocharged engine, especially one that has been designed from scratch to be turbocharged. Modern road going sports bikes are getting ~200bhp from a 1 litre engine without a turbo - which is pretty impressive.
Out of interest what's call hell? It's not an expression I've ever heard.
It's supposed to be an excellent engine. The block will fit on a piece of A4 paper apparently 
I've only heard people say it was smooth (amazing for a 3 cylinder), and it's supposed to get close to the touted 57 mpg even if you give it some beans, or so I've heard. Haven't driven it myself yet but I'd love to try one, either in the new B-max or Focus. Hopefully when it's a bit cheaper they'll have a Fiesta/Ka with it in. That means Zetec S power with maybe 57 mpg and some nice low end torque thanks to the turbo....
With the price of Diesel being a fair bit higher than petrol, this could swing things back the other way imo. I say book a test drive and judge for yourself! The new focus is a really well-equipped vehicle for the money so go for it. In terms of cabin noise, even the diesel focus hatch is very quiet, but I found the estate a bit louder for some reason. I would bet the petrol is very quiet indeed, especially the 3-cylinder.
I've only heard people say it was smooth (amazing for a 3 cylinder), and it's supposed to get close to the touted 57 mpg even if you give it some beans, or so I've heard. Haven't driven it myself yet but I'd love to try one, either in the new B-max or Focus. Hopefully when it's a bit cheaper they'll have a Fiesta/Ka with it in. That means Zetec S power with maybe 57 mpg and some nice low end torque thanks to the turbo....
With the price of Diesel being a fair bit higher than petrol, this could swing things back the other way imo. I say book a test drive and judge for yourself! The new focus is a really well-equipped vehicle for the money so go for it. In terms of cabin noise, even the diesel focus hatch is very quiet, but I found the estate a bit louder for some reason. I would bet the petrol is very quiet indeed, especially the 3-cylinder.
I thought the main reason they produce that kind of power is the higher RPM they spin at, as well as the fact they don't have as much load on the engine, hence the higher tolerances of the engine. Try and put a bike engine in a normal car and i'd imagine it'd give up pretty sharply.
pfft the output is nothing special,
i vaquely remember hill climber Andrew Varey getting 130 horses out turbo'd 1 litre nova OHV lump back in the late 90's
now what would impress me is if ford take a mad moment and bolt 2 of these bad boys together in a V6 config and throw that in a focus, perhaps with a touch of fettling and we could have a tasty 260-300 horse 2l V6 twin turbo. I would honestly wee my kecks if they did something like this I would quite happily let designers from ford abuse me if they would fit it the right way round and make a 2l v6 twin turbo with RWD
I know they have the ability ( i used to work with ford UK and i've seem some of the development stuff that never made production ) and i can imagine there would be a market for this sort of car too.
see above and bolt 2 of the 1.6 ecoboosts together with a bit of fettling for a fiesty 3.2 V8
i vaquely remember hill climber Andrew Varey getting 130 horses out turbo'd 1 litre nova OHV lump back in the late 90's
now what would impress me is if ford take a mad moment and bolt 2 of these bad boys together in a V6 config and throw that in a focus, perhaps with a touch of fettling and we could have a tasty 260-300 horse 2l V6 twin turbo. I would honestly wee my kecks if they did something like this I would quite happily let designers from ford abuse me if they would fit it the right way round and make a 2l v6 twin turbo with RWD
I know they have the ability ( i used to work with ford UK and i've seem some of the development stuff that never made production ) and i can imagine there would be a market for this sort of car too.see above and bolt 2 of the 1.6 ecoboosts together with a bit of fettling for a fiesty 3.2 V8
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They could probably squeeze a lot more out of the 1.0 engine but it's a Ford Focus, not a hill climbing rallycross formula 1 car. It's supposed to be reliable and not need servicing every 500 yards.
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it was an ancient ohv engine tinkered with in a shed. but hats off to ford for this, if it can get close to the quoted economy figures with a decent output as listed then its a win win situation for everyone
must be close to it. Cant imagine a turbo'd 1.0 litre engine kicking out much co2
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£30 a year according to the article.
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It's not difficult. Generally engines are getting smaller and more powerful. It's as simple as that really.
Only £30 per year
Interestingly, the Fiat "TwinAir engine" does not require a paid VED despite being an older engine development compared to the Ford 1.0L EcoBoost.
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It only produces 85bhp though, which works for the lighter 500c.
When Ford put the EcoBoost engine in the Fiesta and Ka it'll be tweaked for even lower CO2 output.