Sport Mode
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Nothing. Its all about your right foot and how you can control the hyper active throttle in sport/performance mode All these cloak and dagger sport modes are just making very non linear throttles, few do anything to actually change timing or A/F ratios etc. A few sports cars do have raised red lines or hold shifting up to redline etc. I have found the thottle in Sport mode to be very twitchy and causes the turbos to surge too much. BTW a racer's foot making these judgements. I typically use drive/normal suspension or at most sport or paddles in sport suispension but nrmal throttle app. Performance sport is just poorly executed IMHO. You are basically at WOT by the time throttle is 40-50% down.
This just begs the question, Why? It's a 4 cylinder, smallish SUV, nothing more.
That is what the mode is all about. Keeping the engine in its optimal HP/Tq powerband. Throttle is just far too sensitive to deal with. Therefore as has been printed a thousand times, you can have Eco or Boost. You will swill gas because turbos will be running constantly.
My salesman claimed you may get better MPG in sport mode, because it holds the gears longer and uses the turbo less (his words - not mine). One would have to drive about a month in each mode -- the same route, and same driving style (nearly impossible) in order to compare.
The objective to better mileage is getting into a higher gear as quickly as possible keeping the engine RPMs lower without impacting drivability. Exactly counter to the sport mode. So the expectation is lower mileage in sport.
16/17 MPG on an MKC, what did you do an LS swap or something?
I have the 2.3 and have a lead foot and still get 23.5 MPG.
Eco and Boost are frigging stupid terms they should have never used them, it is a direct injected turbo charged engine, same as what VW has been doing for a number of years. Too bad Lincoln did not put a DSG Transmission into the MKC too. The 2.3T with a DSG Tranny would be monster, easily over 300hp without modding the engine and a lot more fun to drive to boot.
Smaller tires = Better MPG too. Your old escape has 16" tires stock, MKC has 18"-20" tires stock.
I had an 03 Trailblazer I-6 16" tires got 22 MPG, it got totaled so I replaced it with an 04 Trailblazer I-6 17" tires, it got 18 mpg, exact same truck exact same commute, different sized tires. Sold that for the MKC.
To be clear Sport performance is the throttle mapping or hyperactive issue. I tried this and it is useless IMHO unless I was at a track day (why in an MKC???) and wanted to be at peak tq/HP all the time, mileage be damned. If you can drive in this mode and not be constantly surging up on cars esp in traffic....YOU're good or can't reach the pedal anyway. hehe
Comfort/normal/sport are the suspension calibrations.
Comfort/normal/sport are the suspension calibrations.
. 99% positive that different GMT360 had different final drives. I know the Ascender Limited had a different final drive than the lesser models. Think it was 3.55 v 3.73 and btw lesser models had 16 inch tires v the 17's on mine. There's your mileage discrepancy because the minute the rpms climb in that motor mileage drops!! Shame, great motor in search of a better transmission.
I checked the vin and build codes, everything was the same with the engine and tranny and gearing. Unless someone changed it out after it was built. I was the 7th owner of the 04 when I picked it up with 72k miles on it. Both were LT's the only difference was the 04 had powered pedals, useless option btw, AM/FM/CD/CASS/Sat Radio, had the wiring to add the backseat entertainment system they was attacked to the roof and the screen folded down, like an upside down laptop and two tone leather and two tone paint job. One of the things I really liked about the TB was one could actually still do your own wrenching on it. All you needed was an ODBII reader and tools. I don't even consider working on the MKC or my CC.
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Back to the original question, I agree there is about 1 mpg penalty for using Sport.
Theoretically, if you can cruise in top gear in Sport for most of your ride time, there would be no difference.
Practically, this is impossible with the trans mapped to hold higher rpm before shifts (more power, more gas)- and that throttle tip-in is very abrupt, making it hard to drive smoothly (smooth =efficient)
But "S" sure is fun in the proper circumstances.........
Theoretically, if you can cruise in top gear in Sport for most of your ride time, there would be no difference.
Practically, this is impossible with the trans mapped to hold higher rpm before shifts (more power, more gas)- and that throttle tip-in is very abrupt, making it hard to drive smoothly (smooth =efficient)
But "S" sure is fun in the proper circumstances.........
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