My dad bought a 2011 F-150 3.5L
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doall
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someone kinda made fun of the 5.7 in the tundra. No 6.2 has kept up with me yet. I have always had gm trucks in the past, can't do it anymore after they raped the country. My Tundra is twice the truck my z was; in towing and in power. I still like the gm's just not they way they do business.
archerynut
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Any more updates on the new F150?
handirifle
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Speed Test Magazine, the TV show, just did a show on the Eco Boost. They were going to get a truck and torture it themselves, until they found out what Ford did. They decided to just air what their test was.
They first took the Eco boost engine, and ran it on the factory dyno, imitating normal, daily driving, for an equivalent of 150,000 miles, it was something in the range of 4000hrs, non stop. Next, they drove the truck to a logging company in Oregon, where they pulled fresh cut trees, that were something like 40ft logs. Drug them with a chain hooked to the tow ball. I will have to view the show again to catch how much they weighed, but I believe some were well over 10K ( I might be wrong).
Next, they drove the same truck/engine, to Fla, to a oval race track (Daytona?). There they hooked the truck up to a flatbed trailer, loaded with 2 race cars. Total weight of cars and trailer, was 10,300lbs. They ran the truck, at WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, non stop (except for gas and tires) for 24hrs straight. No stopping the engine to let it cool, ever. They had cameras in the engine compartment, and a tach for the turbos. The cameras showed the exhaust manifolds and the turbos glowing red, and the tach showed a steady 200,000+ rpm during the whole test. Average speed for the 24hrs was about 85mph, with slightly over 100mph on the straight aways. That is with 10,300lbs behind it.
Next, they took the same truck/engine, down to AZ, where a guy swapped the engine into one of his race prepped truck, and drove the entire Baja 1000 with this very same engine that had gone through all the other tests.
The guys driving the race truck were nothing but impressed with the power, and especially the low end torque.
When the race was over, they put the engine back into the original truck, and drove back to MI. There, they waited until the Detroit auto show, where they pulled the engine, and did a total disassemble of it, right there in the show. The engine innards, were all miked and all components were still within NEW factory specs.
They claimed to having zero breakage on the engine or any of it's components.
Now I have been, and honestly, still am leery of all the technology in this engine, but I am nothing but impressed with their torture test. The Eco Boost, project manager, was the co-host for this show, and said he would fully expect at least another 150,000 miles from this engine
If you get the chance to watch it, do so. I think there are some serious engine changes in our future folks. With all the "greenies" pushing for stricter and stricter mpg and emissions standards, the car companies have got to make some major changes. That plus $4+ for a gallon of gas makes for a big incentive.
They first took the Eco boost engine, and ran it on the factory dyno, imitating normal, daily driving, for an equivalent of 150,000 miles, it was something in the range of 4000hrs, non stop. Next, they drove the truck to a logging company in Oregon, where they pulled fresh cut trees, that were something like 40ft logs. Drug them with a chain hooked to the tow ball. I will have to view the show again to catch how much they weighed, but I believe some were well over 10K ( I might be wrong).
Next, they drove the same truck/engine, to Fla, to a oval race track (Daytona?). There they hooked the truck up to a flatbed trailer, loaded with 2 race cars. Total weight of cars and trailer, was 10,300lbs. They ran the truck, at WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, non stop (except for gas and tires) for 24hrs straight. No stopping the engine to let it cool, ever. They had cameras in the engine compartment, and a tach for the turbos. The cameras showed the exhaust manifolds and the turbos glowing red, and the tach showed a steady 200,000+ rpm during the whole test. Average speed for the 24hrs was about 85mph, with slightly over 100mph on the straight aways. That is with 10,300lbs behind it.
Next, they took the same truck/engine, down to AZ, where a guy swapped the engine into one of his race prepped truck, and drove the entire Baja 1000 with this very same engine that had gone through all the other tests.
The guys driving the race truck were nothing but impressed with the power, and especially the low end torque.
When the race was over, they put the engine back into the original truck, and drove back to MI. There, they waited until the Detroit auto show, where they pulled the engine, and did a total disassemble of it, right there in the show. The engine innards, were all miked and all components were still within NEW factory specs.
They claimed to having zero breakage on the engine or any of it's components.
Now I have been, and honestly, still am leery of all the technology in this engine, but I am nothing but impressed with their torture test. The Eco Boost, project manager, was the co-host for this show, and said he would fully expect at least another 150,000 miles from this engine
If you get the chance to watch it, do so. I think there are some serious engine changes in our future folks. With all the "greenies" pushing for stricter and stricter mpg and emissions standards, the car companies have got to make some major changes. That plus $4+ for a gallon of gas makes for a big incentive.
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I still have not seen my dads. We live 45 miles apart but I have worked the last 12 out of 14 days. Just have not had time.
He did tell me on the phone it was getting 17mpg + around town. He has not had it more then 20 miles from home and he has the 3.73 gears, the lowest available.
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I did watch the Ford Eco-boost V-6 test with great interest. I don't believe you have to be a sucker to realize most of it . It shows a lot of effort to break the V-8 barrier in the light truck field.Impressive results on the engineering, and I am not partial to Ford, by any means. It has to be tough to run 3.15 gears?
dodge man
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Lets face it, the torture test doesn't mean a thing. If it would have blown up, you never would have heard about it. Three of them may have blown up, and we don't know it.
I am not a Ford person. That said I applaud them for this effort and I hope it works out. If this technology pans out it will force other makers to up the ante so to speak.
I am all for a full size P/U that gets better mileage and has reasonble power for lighter duty towing jobs. I have a diesel for the real work.
Time as always will tell the story!
I am all for a full size P/U that gets better mileage and has reasonble power for lighter duty towing jobs. I have a diesel for the real work.
Time as always will tell the story!