A review on Ford's 2.7L twin turbo V6

[Rollo]

Just watched this and thought there might be interest in this group. It starts around the 30:20 mark.

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[Ron Quixote]

Oh no it’s a video.

 

[Satex]

Please summarize when posting a link to a video or some other source.

Just watched this and thought there might be interest in this group. It starts around the 30:20 mark.

 

[Bill W]

Getty’s Garage is one of my favorite info sites on trucks.

 

[hand-filer]

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

 

[cc1999]

I like Getty’s garage too. Generally a pretty sharp dude.
‘Good video! Lots of interesting details about all those different engines.
‘Thanks for sharing!

 

[WWilli]

Yes, This guy is the real deal...Quite the opposite of the Scotty Kilmer dynamic....

 

[cc1999]

Yes, This guy is the real deal...Quite the opposite of the Scotty Kilmer dynamic....

Yea, I agree. I can only handle just so much of Scotty’s over the top nonsense. Lol

I much prefer Getty‘s garage and a few other more detailed and focused informative style formats.

I watch a lot of YT automotive content. Getty’s is one of the best.
‘Truck king, TFL, Leno , pickup truck and SUV talk, lots of good ones.

The ones I have really started to loathe are the AI generated total BS videos.
I so really hate that I even get duped into clicking on some of those.

 

[bigb]

He mentions diesel like performance...mine does remind me of a diesel on cold startup!

 

[Jason B]

Transcript from that video with time stamps removed:


Chapter 13: 2.7L EcoBoost


The number three engine on my power rankings list is the 2.7 L EcoBoost engine. Actually, down one spot from last year, and I think at the moment,
this is the best gas turbocharged engine that money can buy in the 1500 segment.

Ever since I reviewed this engine and every time I end up driving or towing with this engine, it's just impressive.

And a lot of people think that the 2.7 L is just a a smaller version of this 3.5 L EcoBoost. And that couldn't be further
from the truth. We have a compacted graphite iron block. The same material used on the 6.7 L Power Stroke. The main
caps are casted with the engine block and then fractured, which is literally about the strongest union between two
pieces of metal you can get. Um, we have offset connecting rods, which again employ fractured rod caps. So, the
rotating assembly on this engine is extremely strong and none of which is on the 3.5 L EcoBoost.

Ford said they
wanted to try and mimic diesel-like performance out of a gas engine. And well, they put diesel-like bowl pistons in this engine, diesel-like connecting
rods, as well as extremely high cylinder pressures, which are also usually seen in diesel engines.

All of which is
rather impressive out of a mid-tier engine. Lastly, this engine is a square engine, meaning that the bore and the
stroke are the same size, something we don't typically see out of a V6, and this allows for great versatility when
it comes to low-end torque, but also high-end performance. This is Ford's base engine in the F-150 trucks, and in
terms of power and performance for a base engine, it absolutely wipes the floor with GM's uh 2.7 L Turbo Max as
well as Ram's 3.6 6 L uh Pennar V6 base engines. When I towed with this 2.7 L
EcoBoost, I was I was genuinely shocked at how well it towed for for such a small engine. There we go. 110 km an
hour. Pretty impressive that we're at 4,000 RPM. The 2.7 L Turbo Max was about
5200 RPM. The numbers don't lie. This engine is currently more fuel efficient
and handles this load much better than the rival 2.7 L Turboax from GM. I'm pretty impressed with this 2.7 L
EcoBoost. I just don't know what bad things you can say about it in terms of its towing performance today on my towing loop.
Now, clearly the engine is
not perfect. I think the biggest complaint that I would have about the design of this engine is that Ford going with a rubber oil pump belt um rather
than like a traditional chain driven oil pump. Now Ford does say this belt is good for the lifetime of the engine.

It's reinforced with Kevlar, but still it's really not um my favorite design.

It's also a pretty complex engine. It's a twin turbocharged engine. Those turbos use both oil and coolant to help cool the turbos. So, you got lines running
everywhere. And a good friend of mine was saying that he's seeing an uptick on turbo failures specifically with a 2.7 L
um EcoBoost engine, which is not necessarily a good thing to hear, but just like a modern diesel engine with a full set of emissions, having emission
related problems is sort of just what comes with the territory. And when you're buying a twin turbocharged
gasoline engine, having turbo related issues is just the game we play. which is why my top two engines don't have any

 

[WWilli]

Yes, I get that completely. Lotsa noises....It blows my mind how they go out of their way to build such a stout engine ...CGI block, fractured forged components etc and then throw on a rubber oil pump belt.....seems crazy

 

[Jason B]

Yes, I get that completely. Lotsa noises....It blows my mind how they go out of their way to build such a stout engine ...CGI block, fractured forged components etc and then throw on a rubber oil pump belt.....seems crazy

Yeah, but I have yet to hear anybody have trouble with it. It's been out for quite a few years in hundreds of thousands of F150 and other vehicles.

 

[Bill W]

The 2.7 has been around for 10 years.

I bet that they improved that wet belt since then...
At 40:50 is the inspection of the wet belt for the oil pump.

 

[RB205]

That wet belt isn't rubber y'all. There are a dozen different synthetics that you can vulcanize around a kevlar weave, that hold up to oil and fuel contamination. The OE serpentine belt isn't even rubber in the traditional sense.

 

[hand-filer]

And that above video gets posted every single time the topic of the composite belt comes up.
The belt survived, the motor didn't. It was run out oil which is what destroyed it. The excess heat and lack of lubrication damaged the belt but it was still getting the job done when the motor puked.
I Do Cars guy does great videos but he's not an engineer, he's just a guy with opinions.

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