Will we ever get an Ecoboost?
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Will we ever get an Ecoboost?
Does anyone think we will ever see an Ecoboost super duty? I would love to see ford produce them and would likely trade my f-150 for one. But my personal opinion is that they will never make one due to cutting into the higher price and profit powerstroke sales. What is everyone else's opinion?
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What will the sales gimmick of a turbo 5.0 be?
I know for 4 and 6 cylinders they say "power of a v6 gas mileage of a 4, or power of a v8 mileage of a v6".
"Torque of a diesel, mileage of a turbo V8!" ? lol
And I'm not sure mentioning ECO and turbo V8 in the same sentence is possible. I'm a little doubtful there is much they can do with a 7000+ lb truck and gas motor to get good MPG and still keep the power up to tow and haul heavy loads. I'd be more welcoming of a smaller diesel, maybe a 4.5 or 5 liter heavy duty engine with a little less towing capacity and a good bit more mpg. I only need to personally tow about 11,000 not 17,000. Don't get me wrong a turbo 5.0 gas motor would be awesome but I cannot see them putting it in a superduty. I'd be less surprised to see the 3.5 make its way into them.
I still think we are at the point that there is not a whole lot more they can do to keep putting out more powerful engines and still try to raise fuel economy, except shaving a lot of weight. People are power hungry but at the same time want to get 30mpg.
I know for 4 and 6 cylinders they say "power of a v6 gas mileage of a 4, or power of a v8 mileage of a v6".
"Torque of a diesel, mileage of a turbo V8!" ? lol
And I'm not sure mentioning ECO and turbo V8 in the same sentence is possible. I'm a little doubtful there is much they can do with a 7000+ lb truck and gas motor to get good MPG and still keep the power up to tow and haul heavy loads. I'd be more welcoming of a smaller diesel, maybe a 4.5 or 5 liter heavy duty engine with a little less towing capacity and a good bit more mpg. I only need to personally tow about 11,000 not 17,000. Don't get me wrong a turbo 5.0 gas motor would be awesome but I cannot see them putting it in a superduty. I'd be less surprised to see the 3.5 make its way into them.
I still think we are at the point that there is not a whole lot more they can do to keep putting out more powerful engines and still try to raise fuel economy, except shaving a lot of weight. People are power hungry but at the same time want to get 30mpg.
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Before Ford decided on the 2.7l v6 ecoboost, they actually wanted to put the 2.3l 4cyl ecoboost in the F150, but they couldn't quite get the drivability they wanted. Otherwise, we would have had a 4 cyl F150.
Keep that in mind when you think about the next generation Superduty. With Ford's aggressive engine downsizing and stricter emissions/mpg standards just starting to hit the trucks over 8500lbs gvwr, I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see a V6 ecoboost in a Superduty. Especially now that they're going to lighten the truck up a bit with aluminum.
Keep that in mind when you think about the next generation Superduty. With Ford's aggressive engine downsizing and stricter emissions/mpg standards just starting to hit the trucks over 8500lbs gvwr, I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see a V6 ecoboost in a Superduty. Especially now that they're going to lighten the truck up a bit with aluminum.
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Personally, I'm really curious to see what engine replaces the 6.8L in the chassis cabs (and F650). The 6.2l is the likely candidate, but right now it's a little down on torque for those applications. A slightly larger displacement version would probably be ideal.