New F-150 drivetrains.....look out everyone

JScottGT said:
There was also another "torture test" just filmed down at Miami Holmstead.... Ecoboost F150 @ max tow rating, running at WOT for a 24-hour period. That should be ready for viewing soon, and will shut up all the haters about extended towing "burning" up these turbo engines.
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Yup, what ^ said. I know first hand that a LOT of extra engineering went into making this engine (and the rest of the lineup too of course) extremely durable, and able to run tests like this 24hr endurance run without skipping a beat.
 
Torture tests are nice, but it's gonna take a few years of reliability and performance to convince most doubters.


Don't they do tests like this for most engines? I know when Chrysler first came out with the 3.7 they did similar testing. They ran it at obscene rpms for days on end, they'd run it dry to see how long it would last, they'd run it under ridiculous conditions it would never see in the real world, and it was amazing how much it could put up with. That doesn't mean anything to the majority of consumers.
 
91trunk said:
Shipped weight was 5100, he must have used the information he was given. I bet he can't wait to get a RC F-150 with an Ecoboost and go Hemi hunting ;)

Oh and I was wrong about the engines that were in the non-Ford stuff. We had the same option engines as the autoblog report. My bad, I guess I should have written it down. I could have sworn they said it was the engines I posted, but I got it backwards. Oh well at least it gave the non-Ford guys hope for a little while :lol:
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:lol:

The Silverado is kind of a dog with the 5.3. I have two friends who are actually brothers. One has a 09 with the 5.3 the other has a 2010 LTZ with the 5.3, the LTZ is slow as piss and the 09 is actually semi-decent with an intake and tune. The problem being is they both have had their trucks in the dealer atleast 10 times in one year for faulty electrical shit, and the 09 blew the rear end up. At the end of the day reguardless of HP/TQ and 0-60 times, MPG and reliability are key to me.
 
jdustu said:
Torture tests are nice, but it's gonna take a few years of reliability and performance to convince most doubters.


Don't they do tests like this for most engines? I know when Chrysler first came out with the 3.7 they did similar testing. They ran it at obscene rpms for days on end, they'd run it dry to see how long it would last, they'd run it under ridiculous conditions it would never see in the real world, and it was amazing how much it could put up with. That doesn't mean anything to the majority of consumers.
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You are 100% correct. That is why the 5.0 is in the line up for now I'm sure
 
I was skeptical before I drove the 3.5. I really think we (the dealership) would be best off getting an open trailer, loading it with 4000lbs and letting customers tow it down the road.
 
jdustu said:
Torture tests are nice, but it's gonna take a few years of reliability and performance to convince most doubters.


Don't they do tests like this for most engines? I know when Chrysler first came out with the 3.7 they did similar testing. They ran it at obscene rpms for days on end, they'd run it dry to see how long it would last, they'd run it under ridiculous conditions it would never see in the real world, and it was amazing how much it could put up with. That doesn't mean anything to the majority of consumers.
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Watch this video http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/2011/experiencef150/
 
99slverZ said:
:lol:

The Silverado is kind of a dog with the 5.3. I have two friends who are actually brothers. One has a 09 with the 5.3 the other has a 2010 LTZ with the 5.3, the LTZ is slow as piss and the 09 is actually semi-decent with an intake and tune. The problem being is they both have had their trucks in the dealer atleast 10 times in one year for faulty electrical shit, and the 09 blew the rear end up. At the end of the day reguardless of HP/TQ and 0-60 times, MPG and reliability are key to me.
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If you are talking about erskine and lance... I can see why erskines rear end blew up.. Probably the same reason he put like 3 motors in his mint low mileage GTP.
 
Props to Ford for putting an awesome powertrain together. And for the price, I can't see anyone getting the V8 unless they have some giant load to haul around.

It sucks for all us f-body guys, though, because now these pickups are going to be trying to stoplight race us everywhere we go!

-Geoff
 
Justindwright said:
If you are talking about erskine and lance... I can see why erskines rear end blew up.. Probably the same reason he put like 3 motors in his mint low mileage GTP.
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Yep. :lol: He drives it hard but its a full size truck...the rear ends in those things are garbage compared to Ford. His GTP had a lot of different setups from n/a, to spray to turbo. The truck has an intake.
 
Doing some math, if you could average 27-28MPG on the highway with the Ecoboost F150 you would get around 1,000 miles per tank. :eek:
 
Sad to say, a GM guy may be coming to the dark side eventually. A standard cab long box 4x4 with the ecoboost may be appealing to me in about 5 years.

sidewayscoupe said:
Its not a 1000 hp monster, Im sure it would do OK with 22's on it.
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Agreed. I'd want it as a fun street truck, as well as something that is appealing on the eyes.
 
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