Thats not true now a days, my GTI had damn near 11:1 with 15 psi pushing into it, full boost and torque at 1500 or so RPM to 5500. When cruising on the highway it EASILY got out of it own way and once back to cruising speed I dropped boost and MPGs skyrocketed.

So you think that Ford should have designed a high compression turbo charged four to run on 87 octane? Why? All of my premium requiring cars, all of them including the motos, get premium fuel. Again, stop trying to lower the output of this motor because a handfull of cheap fuckers will not follow the manufactures…

The ecoboost 4 is not the entry level motor the 3.7 V6 is, you can run piss in that all you want, I would not care. The dealers need to educate these consumers better, its not the engines fault an enormous cheap ass will by it and start putting 87 in it and then complain. Fuck those assholes, read your owners manual…

Does the extra 4 bucks or so a tank really kill people to put premium fuel into a car that has high compression or is forced inducted? Then don't buy those cars. My 4Runner and my FJ require premium fuel, I did a test by running the T4R down to as empty as I could then filled it up with 87 octane and removed the…

I'm sorry, are you comparing newer technology to the 80's half assed attempt at turbos? That's like saying that you hope the new Beetle has heat because those old ones never had any heat, I have heard that comment way too many times even still since those came out. I will never be stuck in one automotive era, the…

But I don't drive my 335is around at full song at all times or it would get no fuel economy and then blow up. It makes me grin like an idiot when I go out on a nice day for some back road "sight seeing" but when driven like a normal human it gets great fuel economy. Yeah, big NA engines are fun but I've always…

The march of progress right? Yay more power and better efficiency.......and another maintenance step to get accustom to.

This is happening on all Direct Injected gas engines, I have to watch for it on my 335is coupe. With DI the valves are no longer showered by gasoline which, being a solvent, helped to keep the carbon build up at a slower rate. I am putting an oil catch can in inline with the EGR system and I'm thinking it will be…

The model manufacturer has teams of people designing and getting a kit together for you to build or photograph. He did this by himself. I love models(kits and super detailed prebuilt ones) but love the intricate ones built by folks in their garage/shed/basement.

Yay humans!!!!!!

I'm currently shopping 2005 6.0 Excursions to haul my big ass dogs an my wife and I with a touch more room. Currently we cram into an 03 V6 4Runner and with our crap and the dogs and their crap we are packed in and it gets shit mpg. Never shoulda sold the Dodge.

I had a 2003 Ram 3500 when I was in construction and with just me and my couple of bins of tools in the back it crossed the scale at 8000 lbs and running 75 mph I usually saw 19-20 on a selectable tuner. When smoking tires, regardless of what spins your wheel, you will use your resources fast. I ran to and from…

Laughing and laughing....

I like this and would like to see how much room is in back for my dogs, as far as I'm concerned this is a small Porsche wagon.

Youabian Puma? Every time I look at the name I hear in my head Fallopian Tuba....

Looks real nice, could be a contender for the Tacoma. I will watch and see if they do an edition that either gets the 4.3 or, what the hell, a 5.3 because I like that idea. I know it means nothing at all but I feel like that 3.6 is for cars because that's where it's been and 270 ft lb is not much more than my 03 4.0…

Gonna hafta drag the river again....

The four front wheels were the distraction from the flux capacitorDoc Brown gave them.

A pick up is a pick up. If they are "going" after the F150 thats the ubiquitous truck in those vast areas. We will find out if they go after that or make a limp wristed city pickup ala the Subaru Brat or Ridgeline.

In the city they do that but out by my brother in western South Dakota they are used hard and the distances that have to be covered just to get the kids to school are vast. Better come up with a fast swapping LARGE battery pack for these.