Message from @LordCaledus

Discord ID: 464617635922051074


2018-07-06 02:20:39 UTC  

2.7 liters is "tiny"

2018-07-06 02:20:42 UTC  

For a 4 banger

2018-07-06 02:20:43 UTC  

Wot

2018-07-06 02:20:51 UTC  

The cylinders in that thing are massive

2018-07-06 02:21:04 UTC  

It's big for a 4banger, tiny in displacement for a truck

2018-07-06 02:21:06 UTC  

I'm willing to bet it will make torque far easier than the 2.7 ecoboost

2018-07-06 02:21:19 UTC  

For a 4 cylinder, low revving turbo engine, that's huge

2018-07-06 02:21:25 UTC  

And it doesn't even make much boost

2018-07-06 02:21:41 UTC  

For a base truck engine, it's a massive improvement over the 4.3L V6

2018-07-06 02:22:13 UTC  

I'd trust the robustness of that 4.3 more over the new 4cyl

2018-07-06 02:22:21 UTC  

Well yeah

2018-07-06 02:22:30 UTC  

That's basically any 20 year old engine, though

2018-07-06 02:23:03 UTC  

Turbocharging has not equated automatically to bad reliability since the 1980s, though.

2018-07-06 02:23:18 UTC  

No, but new engine tech usually does

2018-07-06 02:23:27 UTC  

What about this engine is new?

2018-07-06 02:23:32 UTC  

Everything

2018-07-06 02:23:42 UTC  

Not the base tech it uses.

2018-07-06 02:23:51 UTC  

That's Ecotec shit that's been used since the 2000s

2018-07-06 02:24:02 UTC  

It's not based on the ecotec

2018-07-06 02:24:16 UTC  

Not any ecotec engine in particular no.

2018-07-06 02:24:36 UTC  

Point is, yeah I wouldn't trust it either

2018-07-06 02:24:38 UTC  

For now.

2018-07-06 02:24:49 UTC  

But I wouldn't trust an N/A engine right out of the gate either.

2018-07-06 02:25:07 UTC  

No engine is trustworthy when new. Give it two or three years, though, and this one has potential.

2018-07-06 02:25:14 UTC  

Seen it

2018-07-06 02:25:21 UTC  

👍

2018-07-06 02:25:23 UTC  

lol

2018-07-06 02:25:29 UTC  

I like this direction for truck engines though.

2018-07-06 02:25:37 UTC  

Mid displacement, low boost, high compression.

2018-07-06 02:26:01 UTC  

Be interesting to see what they replace the 5.3 ecotec with. Probably either a small V8 or a large V6 turbo

2018-07-06 02:26:28 UTC  

I'd love to see like a new Nova, with this 4cyl, competing against the BRZ/86

2018-07-06 02:27:44 UTC  

I think a de-bored/stroked version of this engine (like, 2.5L maximum) would be perfect for a sporty Cruze.

2018-07-06 02:27:50 UTC  

Cruze SS would be great.

2018-07-06 02:28:25 UTC  

The world needs more small torque monsters. Been a while since we had a real torquey small sporty car like the Mazdaspeed3

2018-07-06 02:29:00 UTC  

Kinda like this...

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/420834207590514690/464618740668039179/unknown.png

2018-07-06 02:30:09 UTC  

...The hell is that?

2018-07-06 02:30:18 UTC  

Sorry, 'Murican here

2018-07-06 02:30:19 UTC  

Concept car from Chevy

2018-07-06 02:30:22 UTC  

Oh

2018-07-06 02:30:32 UTC  

Duh, didn't have the Holden logo.