i'll guess by 2019 ford will only offer v6 engines in the f150....what yous think?

 

How do you know this?

 

Not sure of the year but I don't think they will offer just a V6. I think they will also offer a super-eco boost 4 cylinder.

Edit: Plus they will have the 10-speed tranny out by then. And they will say you don't really need a V-6 with the 10-speed transmission and that the super-eco boost 4 cylinder has a better torque curve than the n/a V6 anyway.

 

The V8 is not going away in the F150.....

 

As long as the competition offers a V-8, Ford will.

But I would like to know one thing, what will a V-8 do that the ecoboost engines won't?

The whole argument about sound or noise isn't a good reason. I like a throaty sounding truck too but I really like my smooth power and great MPG's.

 

wrong!!!! unless they go back to a pushrod v8 and include cylinder deactivation. likely not going to happen. also a big sign they want to ditch v8s is going with the 600 horse v6 in that gt thing

 

Okay, so you don't know. This thread is worthless.

 

i do know, i just dont know what year

 

wrong!!!!

LOL!

 

The v6 in the GT had nothing to do with ditching the v8. It had everything to do with going racing at leMans. If they really wanted to ditch the V8, would they have spent all the time and money engineering the new 5.2 flat plane crank engine?

 

Not need more computing power than the shuttle and multiple turbos or computers.

 

I hate to tell you this, but your cell phone has more computing power than the shuttle. Remember, we put men on the moon with slide rules. The Shuttle, in the last configuration, used 5 AP-101S modules, each with 1MB memory and capable of 1.2 million instructions per second. The iPhone 6 in your pocket has 1000X that much memory (RAM), 64,000X that much storage (flash), and processes 2,083X the instructions per second. Computers are nothing to be scared of, and much of the (really fairly amazing) performance from these trucks is directly attributable to the smarts the engineers have built into these trucks.

Turbos are nothing to be scared of. Almost every large prime mover (think 18-wheelers, up to locomotives, ships, mine trucks, etc.) used a turbocharged motor.

You'd be hard pressed to find a single vehicle manufactured today that doesn't use multiple computers. All F150s, V8 or not, have separate computers for engine, transmission, body, navigation, etc.

I do find it amusing that people say "ZOMG I gotta have a V8!" In reality, you need a powerplant capable of producing enough HP/torque to address your performance and towing needs. That could be a twin-turbo V6 or I6, a V8, or an electric motor driven by batteries or a gas/diesel prime mover. You might *want* a V8 because it "sounds good", but you certainly don't need it.

 

"GT thing"? LOL. Glad you are knowledgeable about Ford products. Oh wait.....

 

Which Ford GT does Thing drive?

 

A lot of variables there, Ecoboost owners defend their motor and rightfully so it is a runner and as far as pure performance nothing.

It does have known issues and some people want to stay clear of it. My two cents worth is that the engine is 4 years old in a truck, it has proved some things, others like longevity and longterm cost of ownership are just starting to be proven.