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Old 12-05-2012, 06:48 PM   #240
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The major concern I see with a turbocharged engines is longevity of the engine, i.e. 100K, 200K, etc. of heavy duty miles. I have never seen a turbo engine rack up high miles without an overhaul. How many of the new ecotech F150 trucks will last 100K miles, not many? Turbos will lose boost after 50K miles. The bottomline turbocharged engines are not high mileage engines never have been. We have older F150 and 1500 trucks with 100's of thousands miles on them. The new ones will never match them. I can't understand why anyone would go out and buy a turbocharged 4 cyc.truck, it'll be fine for a short period, yet nolonger will it be the best selling vehicle in America.
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