Originally Posted by
turnover
in my opinion they are a fantastic engine yes they rev and rev and are one of the best n/a engines on the market ,as for torque got to agree with Chip ,they are torquey for an n/a as what your forgeting is the torque is messured over a larger rev range where as a zetec is finished at say 6500rpm most v techs carry on to 9000rpm so the torque reading will took different compared,
Its one of those engines you either love it or hate it ....
Completely agree with all of that. There's no denying that dynamically they are fantastic - but the driving experience they give isn't for everyone.