Yeah... that's right later engines Triumph based but substantially reworked/redesigned. All I'm saying is, it was decades ago they had/used (even if not specifically their design) a small 4-cyl engine that put out 250HP and was tunable to a lot more than that, so what prevented putting that engine or that type of engine into Rangers 25 years ago?
Yup the old V4 was definitely Ford, the old Cologne V4.
We actually had a 2-stroke and gas station guys would always be telling my mom 'maam, that's not where the oil goes' while she was pouring in the 2-stroke oil.
They were real simple engines.
As to the rebadged Subarus, that's new to me, are you talking about after GM took them over?
They did have the front-wheel drive thing early on, it was an oddity then but common today. Great in snow.
Of all the ones I had even counting the Aeros, if I had one back today I think it'd be the '86 Turbo that thing would go forever and you could work on it pretty good.
Saab H engine - Wikipedia
B236R was 250HP/258 lb ft. So that's roughly equivalent to the "new" Maverick engine. My original question or comment is, since this engine existed a long long time ago why is Ford now "re-inventing" it? What stopped them from using it decades ago? Cost? Saab called it "ecopower" now we have "ecoboost". It's not a new thing, only the implementation of it is new.
The early turbos, the user manual told you, when you stop, let the engine idle for one minute to let the turbo cool down. They did get hot - you could stop, get out, and light a cig off them.
They were awesome on mileage, on the freeway I'd see upwards of 32mpg. In town, bad though, like 17, especially if you were into the turbo a lot. Then it would really use gas. Those engines had the DI module. Had some other cool things like when you shut it off, it fired the plugs like 1000 times to burn off any deposits. Something like that.
Saab weight about the same as Maverick maybe 100 lbs diff. Side comment, I think it was the 2000 Aero or maybe '97, was the fastest production car made that year.
Anyway they are nothing but a memory now. It really all ended when GM parts started showing up on them.