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The GT has a purpose built V6 from scratch just keeping the same displacement. From what I understand the new engine is going to be used in Ford Racing especially at Le Mans. Apparently they (whoever makes regulations for European racing) made a rule saying naturally aspirated engines could not exceed 5.5L and forced induction engines of no larger than 4.0L.
So I guess unless Ford wanted to pull a rabbit from their hat and not drop in the 5.0L and cranked up the power they were just going to drop in a turbo V6.
There will always be a place in my heart, and my garage for a v8, I love the sound and the thrust and it is an American thing, that said, I love my ford pick up with the ecoboost, runs circles around my old 5.4 v8, I think the v8 is here for a while and rumors of its demise are just that, rumors!
IMHO, the first car maker to eliminate the V-8 will be the first car maker to drive a nail in the coffin so to speak. Unless it becomes a Detroit three unilateral decision to eliminate the V-8, it ain't happenin'.
When I replace my wife's Expedition I can't even consider an ecoboost be it in a crossover or an F-150. Her driving is mainly in town with the rare freeway runs. She'd kill an ecoboost.
IMHO, the first car maker to eliminate the V-8 will be the first car maker to drive a nail in the coffin so to speak. Unless it becomes a Detroit three unilateral decision to eliminate the V-8, it ain't happenin'.
When I replace my wife's Expedition I can't even consider an ecoboost be it in a crossover or an F-150. Her driving is mainly in town with the rare freeway runs. She'd kill an ecoboost.
I agree, though I do expect V8's to change in the future...Perhaps downsized even more than they have in recent years. I was having this conversation with a good friend of mine the other day ''He's not a car guy''...He referred to my F-150's 5.0L V8 as a ''Massive Engine'' which I found kind of funny, because two decade's ago a 5.0L V8 was among the smallest of the 8 cylinder engines offered in Ford trucks.
Overall, even with my bias aside, I do not for see the V8 fading away into complete obscurity anytime soon. I always advocate the power of choice...I think having the option of a Twin Turbo V6 and a Naturally Aspirated V8 is great, I'll be happy as long as Ford continues to offer verity in it's engine lineup.
Honestly I would love to see a next generation all aluminum F-150 Lightning that utilizes the 5.2L Flat Plane V8. That would be a sweet ride.
I believe Cadillac produced a V8 as early as 1914 known as the L-Head. However, it was expensive and unattainable to the working class people of the day. Ford was the first to stuff a V8 engine in a car that the working joe could afford, and the rest is hot rod history.
No problem! Exactly if Ford could manage to make an exhaust system to sound like that on the EcoBoost F150s we would not have to that fake V8 they have playing now.
01-14-2015, 03:08 PM
Is Ford Replacing All Their Gasoline V8s with EcoBoost?
