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I've seen that one a couple times and upon closer examination, I came to the conclusion that the semi is pushing the ford out of the way.

 

I saw the first one on NBC

 

Get used to it, I read somewhere there will be a couple of Furd Truck SuperBowl commercials this year.

 

Does anyone else see something wrong with Ford going to compound turbos but retaining their garbage VG turbo? Since the VG turbo surged really bad before why keep it? If you're running compounds why would you want a VG in there anyway, you shouldn't need it. It's just more repair expense when something breaks(which you know it will). Also, I hope they have different head gaskets on the new ones because if they couldn't take the single turbo they sure aren't going to like the compounds.

With the way the powerstrokes run it's no wonder Ford makes front tow hooks standard equipment.

 

Emissions, plain and simple. The twins allow a lower temp in the hat, which reduces NOx. Also, better spoolup. These turbos are NOT the same as the 6.0 was.

The "small" turbo is quite a bit smaller.

We take a turbo from a class 8 and install it as a big turbo to enhance airflow potential (and hence hp support). You could just as easily take a stock CTD turb and install it on a Class 8 as the "small" turbo to eliminate the black smoke that many large trucks have when the first take off.

The latter is similar to the emissions strategy that Ford and others are employing.

jh