new 4.2?
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Originally Posted by Busa01
huh, I don't hear ya....oh, oops, sorry, i had my head up my butt. Ok, i hear ya' now too 
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Well, normally, when a manufacturer decides to re-design a vehicle from the ground up, they usually focus alot on engineering the frame and body to be stronger "As Well As" LIGHTER. Making a newly designed vehicle lighter while maintaining the same overall strength or better is usually one of the manufacturers main priority. So Fords new truck has a stiffer frame, big deal. If they had to sacrifice weight reduction to gain a little body roll advantage, it doesn't make sense. They are both equally important. One is simply a trade-off for the other, so basically the new Ford has no advantage over the old. I think their R&D department needs some lessons from Kawasaki, or any other performance motorcycle manufacturer.
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I hear you. But I thought they had redesigned the frame and weight to be more competitive towards the other trucks out there. The Titan certainly can haul, with or without a load. My rommates ran a 15.8 stock, no power breaking or anything, a couple months ago. I was assuming that the extra frame strength wasnt for performance as in 0-60, as it was in tow capacity and what not.
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OK....The 4.2 - weenie mobile in the f150
the new f150 seems to be designed with the v8 in mind, hence why the 4.2 was not available in 04.
the frame and whatnot was made to have a higher payload capacity so it could be competitive (numbers wise) with the dodge and chevy truvks.
Make more sense?
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the new f150 seems to be designed with the v8 in mind, hence why the 4.2 was not available in 04.
the frame and whatnot was made to have a higher payload capacity so it could be competitive (numbers wise) with the dodge and chevy truvks.
Make more sense?
Garrett
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They should save the high payload capacity for the high payload trucks, like the 250 and superduty and so forth. the 150 is your basic everyday shlomoe pickem up truck, that's it and that's all it should be. If your hauling heavy stuff and need and ball bustin' heavy payload truck, than you should get a 250/350 or superduty. Leave the darn 150 alone. I don't know too many people who buy them other than for fun anyway, and maybe to put a rake and some bags of leaves in the back.
