High Power NA and Turbo Engines..... The End of an Era....

[Mona-vie]

I think I can safely say that we have come to the end of high power and high revving NA engines. They are being replaced by FI........... The days of K20A, 3SGE, 4G92, 4AGE etc........ are all but gone liao..... Even the days of high power small CC Turbo engines is coming to an end. Mit says no more Evo and no idea if Subaru will continue to come out with their WRX STI as well.

 

Now, they are all replaced by highly efficient small CC turbo engines. NA still around of course but the focus is no longer on power and RPM but efficiency. How times have changed.....

[Subarugt]

so what u implying,,,,

 

ahhaah yes now all gg towards 1.6 turbo or 1.8 turbo.... seen a S80 with 1.6T engine ahahha

[Mightymito]

I have a small cc turbo car 1.4L. The specs says 12km/l but it doesnt say that that is if you dont use the turbo. If you are heavy footed it drinks like a 2L car. The power does not appear out of nowhere for free.

[inlinesix]

I have a small cc turbo car 1.4L. The specs says 12km/l but it doesnt say that that is if you dont use the turbo. If you are heavy footed it drinks like a 2L car. The power does not appear out of nowhere for free.

Ferrari FF V12 6262cc

Lambo Aventador V12 6500cc

 

[Kianbeng]

I have a small cc turbo car 1.4L. The specs says 12km/l but it doesnt say that that is if you dont use the turbo. If you are heavy footed it drinks like a 2L car. The power does not appear out of nowhere for free.

 

I had a 1.5L turbo car as well previously but fuel efficiency was great.

 

Is your car stock? Have you done any modifications to it at all?

[Mecontle]

I have a small cc turbo car 1.4L. The specs says 12km/l but it doesnt say that that is if you dont use the turbo. If you are heavy footed it drinks like a 2L car. The power does not appear out of nowhere for free.

 

can pls share how much if heavy footed?

 

 

 

[Coupecabriolet]

if you want to drive fast, forget about fuel economy. if you want to conserve fuel, drive as conservatively as you can.

 

cannot have the best of both worlds. what these newer smaller cc turbo engines do is, they give you a choice for the above.

 

anyway, small cc turbo engines are not meant to replace big NA engines. those arent used in mainstream cars for the public.

 

what small cc turbo engines replace are small (1.6) to medium (2.5~3L) NA engines of the past, e.g 1.6NA replaced by 1.2TSI, 1.4TSI from VW.

Edited May 23, 2011 by Coupecabriolet

[Ceecookie]

Dont forget about the more advanced German cars.

 

BMW's famous I6 engines, topping out at 3 liter for NA and turbo variants. Comfort(which Japanese counterparts lack) paired with similar power

Edited May 27, 2011 by Ceecookie

[Phluvcat]

hmmm...in that case turbo sounds like just the marketing touch to a new model. the real efficiency probably comes from high tech gear boxes and weight savings, energy renewal or harnessing. that's about the only stuff i can think of at the moment.

 

turbo on only means more air and fuel, which is back to square one, or worse, it needs other aspect of the car to compensate for it.

 

that's in terms of fuel consumption, else it really gives you the oomph.

 

hmmm

 

[Shull]

I rented a Ford Falcon(4lit, Inline-6 engine) in Australia few days back. Drove the same way as i drive in SG(except for adhering strictly to the speed limit). 50:50 city/highway. And i'm getting about 8-9 km/lit.. my 2lit FD is only slightly better at 10km/lit.

[Zze121]

Some small CC have twin charger, more for city driving. Time change n regulation change too, euro standard n fuel price is the factor.

[Sunlight]

For fuel economy....go diesel