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California98Civic · 03-12-2013, 08:14 AM

In the New York TImes technology section this morning: "Ford engineers say ... the EcoBoost engine produces 90 percent of its maximum torque at a relatively low 1,500 r.p.m."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/au...r.html?hp&_r=0

The article itself needed more editing. It confuses what has already been released in Europe with what will be and is not clear about the US market. But that one line (above) seemed to make the piece worth it. Nice hypermiling car. The 1.0L with a manual trans in a Fiesta here in the USA will be an MPG champ.

03-12-2013, 08:14 AM	#72 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	In the New York TImes technology section this morning: "Ford engineers say ... the EcoBoost engine produces 90 percent of its maximum torque at a relatively low 1,500 r.p.m." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/au...r.html?hp&_r=0 The article itself needed more editing. It confuses what has already been released in Europe with what will be and is not clear about the US market. But that one line (above) seemed to make the piece worth it. Nice hypermiling car. The 1.0L with a manual trans in a Fiesta here in the USA will be an MPG champ. __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.