BendSprinter
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I was thinking about posting something similar but thought I might get dog piled.
I love the Ecoboost. Have had mine about 6 months and just enjoy the engine more than a I think I would a normally aspirated V8. I won’t go through the list of cars owned but they have included plenty of V8 trucks and a few high performance V8 Euro vehicles. For me the dual personality of the motor has a lot of appeal. Normal driving it’s super tame and muted but when you decide to go it absolutely rips! I even enjoy the sound (interior) especially the turbo spool. I am a little more techy than brawny so maybe that’s it.
One critical piece for me - I did put the MPT tune on mine at 45 days in. I struggled with the decision and I worry about the warranty some. I am hoping I don’t have any problems and if I do I will switch back to the stock map and hope they don’t look too hard. The tune solved the problem I had which was lugging/surging. I changed spark plugs to 542s (or whatever the number is) and didn’t notice any change. Even had the tires rebalanced because I thought that might be it. After tuning I forgot about it completely until just going back to stock for a while before planning to get the recall done. The surging came back. I am sure it’s due to the aggressive shift program built in from Ford for MPGs. I looked the other day and I was in 8th gear going 26 mph. I reloaded the tune and it’s completely gone. Plus I HATE the auto stop / start feature. The way my Valentine is wired it restarts every time the start/stop recycles. Tune eliminated that too.
Overall I am super pleased with the engine. There are a few dumb engineering items (plastic oil drain plug, etc) but that doesn’t negate what I love about it enough to matter.
I love the Ecoboost. Have had mine about 6 months and just enjoy the engine more than a I think I would a normally aspirated V8. I won’t go through the list of cars owned but they have included plenty of V8 trucks and a few high performance V8 Euro vehicles. For me the dual personality of the motor has a lot of appeal. Normal driving it’s super tame and muted but when you decide to go it absolutely rips! I even enjoy the sound (interior) especially the turbo spool. I am a little more techy than brawny so maybe that’s it.
One critical piece for me - I did put the MPT tune on mine at 45 days in. I struggled with the decision and I worry about the warranty some. I am hoping I don’t have any problems and if I do I will switch back to the stock map and hope they don’t look too hard. The tune solved the problem I had which was lugging/surging. I changed spark plugs to 542s (or whatever the number is) and didn’t notice any change. Even had the tires rebalanced because I thought that might be it. After tuning I forgot about it completely until just going back to stock for a while before planning to get the recall done. The surging came back. I am sure it’s due to the aggressive shift program built in from Ford for MPGs. I looked the other day and I was in 8th gear going 26 mph. I reloaded the tune and it’s completely gone. Plus I HATE the auto stop / start feature. The way my Valentine is wired it restarts every time the start/stop recycles. Tune eliminated that too.
Overall I am super pleased with the engine. There are a few dumb engineering items (plastic oil drain plug, etc) but that doesn’t negate what I love about it enough to matter.