

Ford Fiesta
Ford continues to milk the benefits of turbocharging








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RE: Virbo Wagon
By EricMartello on 6/3/2011 10:13:29 PM , Rating: -1
They can think about it all they want but the fact remains - the fewer cylinders you have on a piston engine the more its going to vibrate, and not only is this engine 3-cyl it's 1 L so you're really going to need to flog it to accelerate since it will basically have no torque.

Anyone who buys a car like this deserves its shortcomings and the mockery that follows. LOL

RE: Virbo Wagon
By lagomorpha on 6/4/2011 4:13:03 PM , Rating: 2
To be more specific - Inline-3 engines create end to end vibration which Ford will eliminate with a balance shaft. Inline-4 engines have a small vertical vibration that is sometimes solved with twin balance shafts but isn't vital for the engine sizes in compact cars.

At 105 ft-lbs this engine doesn't really have much less torque than many 1.5-1.6L I4s. Personally I think it'd be a better solution to just make a 1L-1.2L I4 with a turbo and no balance shafts but Ford probably thinks they can package and manufacture an I3 more cheaply. The balance issue is the reason many 660cc Kei cars use 4 cylnder engines but for people that don't care about a rougher engine as long as it's cheap I don't think it'll be an issue.

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By EricMartello on 6/6/11, Rating: 0
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