I just watched the new 2015 F150 they put in the Baja 1000 disguised as the current model body. It has the all new 2.7L Ecoboost in it! Enjoy!

 

That's pretty sweet. I'm surprised that they used the all new aluminum allows with the old body panel shapes. Based on some of the articles I've read about the problems they've had with forming aluminum, I wouldn't have guessed that they'd have the stamps and forms to make the out-going body in aluminum.

I wish they would have expanded a bit more on the 2.7. I'm really interested in hearing more about the motor as it probably would have been a better fit for my use in my '13 than what the 3.5 ecoboost is.

 

Yep I hear ya...this video was sort of a tease on the new truck and the new motor...I am sure things will start to come out now that SEMA is going to show the new truck.

 

Wha'?? Ok, let me go back and watch that...

Ok, I watched it. I have one MAIN concern - money. I don't know if I have enough to buy one!! Hehehehehee. Well, I do wonder about that variable oil pressure stuff a bit. Hmmm, oh me, Ford canno' have any issues with that! I've never heard of variable oil pressure pump, have y'all?

 

Class:L2 - 2 Class Score 1 DNF Olliges, Steve 227
Sponsors: Ford, BF Goodrich, Fox Shocks, KC HiLites
SAT 00:00:00.000 0
00:00:00.000
00:00:00.000
That ought to put a damper on their advertising.

 

No one in that class was scored:

Class: L2 - 2 Class Score
1 DNF Olliges, Steve 227 Sponsors: Ford, BF Goodrich, Fox Shocks, KC HiLites
SAT 00:00:00.000 0 00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000

2 DNF Sohren, Pete 222 Sponsors: Maxxis, Rustys Offroad, Powertrax, KING, KC, FORD ECOBOOST
SAT 00:00:00.000 0 00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000

3 DNF Rivera, Jorge Ivan 201 Sponsors: SONORA TRUCK & EQUIP, BAJA CONCEPTS
SAT 00:00:00.000 0 00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000

I think that might be a non-scored demonstration type class.

 

Aluminum prices are about twice that of mild steel. Mostly because the process of taking it from Bauxite takes a lot of electricity, would be higher but recycling the metal has made it cheaper. But from other articles however, Ford was using Military grade aluminum (found on Hummvees on the blast shield protecting the machine gunner). But I have no idea what alloy it is.

Top of that is Ford said they used about 700 pounds of Aluminum in the new trucks....I want to know what that comparison to the steel they had used for the previous years. All I know is they ended up taking about 600 lbs off the overall weight going with Aluminum.

I wonder also how hard it will be for body shops to repair any damage or if they'll order the new parts and put them on or if they'll attempt to repair it.

 

Interesting would they still report DNF though. I'd think they'd have something else. "N/A"? lol

 

So what does this mean? We don't know anything about them. And for certainly does not hold up long term. Was motor any good after the Baja 1000? was it stock? What kind of times that get? What kind of horsepower / torque output does it have? How does it hold up to the start stop technology? How are the bearings rotating assemblies going to hold up? There's just too many questions, especially as a Ford owner realizing how little ford stands behind their products. Sure for me to make that kind of an investment. Trucks are becoming ridiculously overpriced as it is now trucks are only going up and up and up in dollars

 

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I wonder why they disabled comments and ratings for the video? Dont they want to know what the public really thinks? Its a pure marketing piece

 

Of course it is marketing. It's all marketing at this point.

 

I could run a 1.2L "ecoboost" in the Baja 1000 - so what? Unless it could beat a 6.2L Raptor it's a step backwards!

 

mmmkay.

first why are you comparing a new middle tier engine to what used to be considered one of the top end engines.

second define beat? peak hp and torque better than 6.2? no. may have better low end than the 6.2 though with a much flatter curve.

better mpg on 2.7? yes.

reliability? unknown for both the 6.2 and 2.7. theres not enough data for any of the 2011+ engines to make a call as to whether or not these engines are reliable. thats something better answered 10 years down the road.

i don't understand all the hate against lower displacement turbo engines.

 

Nice work Einstein...