Your New Silverado is Ready. It's a 4 Banger.

[blackenedman]

Cummins ftw..

 

[Areoflyer09]

This would actually work really well for my truck useage. I have no need to tow anything, but the availability to be haul light loads would be convenient. I have no way to justify the mileage, cost or size of current trucks. Would be wasteful on all three counts for me.

Think I’ll stick with renting a truck or borrowing dad’s for the 1 or 2 times it’s needed a year.

 

[jgressley2003]

Weekend warrior commuter truck.

The smaller you make an engine the harder it has work, or the more you have to force [forced induction] it to compensate for it's size and it wears out faster.

There is no replacement for displacement.

You are correct, but people don’t see it that way. They just see 300 hp coming from a 4 cyl motor. If I’m buying a new truck I want a V8

 

[IndianaSoloMcfly]

This would actually work really well for my truck useage. I have no need to tow anything, but the availability to be haul light loads would be convenient. I have no way to justify the mileage, cost or size of current trucks. Would be wasteful on all three counts for me.

Think I’ll stick with renting a truck or borrowing dad’s for the 1 or 2 times it’s needed a year.

Sounds like you should look at a tacoma. Love mine.

 

[eldirector]

Cummins ftw..

Yep. Nothing wrong with a 4-cylinder turbo..... diesel. I'd rock a 4BT or the modern 3.9 in a small truck. They even have some a bit smaller that may foot the bill.

 

[indyjohn]

I had the same vomit in my mouth experience when Chevy brought the Camaro back after a short hiatus. The 4 banger had marginally more horsepower than my '98 SS LS1.

 

[HoughMade]

Cummins ftw..

Great engine...that, unfortunately, comes with Chrysler “quality” wrapped around it.

 

[churchmouse]

I can see this being something an Urbanite wanting a Cowboy Cadillac might consider.
To me, (old school) the term "Truck" and "Mileage" have never been considered applicable. If you want a truck....to work it....then you pay the freight.
We work our truck. All the time. The 5.3 is enough to do anything we need it to do inside its weight class. We can tow a loaded 26ft race trailer across country or a load of dimensional lumber in the bed....Inside of its weight class.
There is just nothing about this new package that is appealing to me including the styling. To each their own of course.

 

[patience0830]

Long bed, 8 cyl, cab and a half. Boss has an ecoboost ford with a superchip and it does ok on ponies but it sounds like a sewing machine spooling up.

 

[churchmouse]

Long bed, 8 cyl, cab and a half. Boss has an ecoboost ford with a superchip and it does ok on ponies but it sounds like a sewing machine spooling up.

It has 2 turbo's. 2 Turbo's.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

I’ve got an ‘03 Tundra that is only about halfway through its life. We’ll see what the 2030 models look like.

 

[Leadeye]

My 01 Ram CTD only has 6 cylinders, but it works well.

 

[BugI02]

It has 2 turbo's. 2 Turbo's.

Are they sequential? That's difficult to make work even in a race motor, let alone a daily driver

So few realize that from a daily driver standpoint, turbos are just a way to store engine heat in inappropriate ways

 

[Route 45]

I do not hear much about the EcoBoost these days. Wonder how one of those holds up in a truck that gets worked pretty hard.

[video=youtube;b_CXoPdTBUE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=152&v=b_CXoPdTBUE[/video]
https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-a-ford-f-150-ecoboost-held-up-after-200-000-m-1790602670

 

[Butch627]

Are they sequential? That's difficult to make work even in a race motor, let alone a daily driver

So few realize that from a daily driver standpoint, turbos are just a way to store engine heat in inappropriate ways

Are you aware that the ford ecoboost is twin turbo ? I think they may have produced a few thousand of them by now and thee must still be a few of them left on the road

 

[phylodog]

My 01 Ram CTD only has 6 cylinders, but it works well.

Indeed they do and for quite an extended period of time if taken care of.

 

[rkwhyte2]

I wonder how the turbo is being lubricated. I just see people buying these and pulling into a parking spot and just turning the engine off. I can smell the burnt oil on those turbo bearings from here. I was taught to give the turbo a minute to spool down before shutting the engine off and with the instant gratification crowd I don't see that happening.

 

[Leadeye]

Indeed they do and for quite an extended period of time if taken care of.

350K so far, people tell me it's just broken in.

 

[HoughMade]

I wonder how the turbo is being lubricated. I just see people buying these and pulling into a parking spot and just turning the engine off. I can smell the burnt oil on those turbo bearings from here. I was taught to give the turbo a minute to spool down before shutting the engine off and with the instant gratification crowd I don't see that happening.

It’s not 1986 anymore.

 

[phylodog]

350K so far, people tell me it's just broken in.

Wish I'd known at the time how good those were going to be, I'd have sold a kidney to get one.