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I agree, I have an 02 Honda Accord and I think it is a great little car but that truck......................yuk. I agree with the above post about the GM avalanche . That is one butt ugly vehicle and the name suits it cause every one I see I just want to bury it.
As far as the Sport Trac , I wish it wasn't a Ford.
As far as the Sport Trac , I wish it wasn't a Ford.
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From: Marion, VA
Originally Posted by Towmanjbo
Wait didn't Ford have a unibody p/u in the 60's? Or is that different because it was bolted to its frame. 
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Originally Posted by NickFordMan
It is one of the ugliest vehicles that I have seen to date. I thought it was a joke when I first saw it at the auto show, but I was wrong, lol. It will sell to people who buy vehicles like the sportrac, and avalanche. What kind of a truck motor only makes power above 4000 Rpm?
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy
It doesn't only make power above 4000rpm. Thats why vtec is integrated into the system.
A quote from some rag for the 2006:
3.5-liter V-6 rated 255 horsepower at 5,750 rpm and 252 pounds-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm
The peak HP is past that magic point of 5252RPM, where torque and HP are the same value, and the peak torque is at 4500RPM.
Without a supercharger or turbo, 3.5 litres doesn't make a whole lot of power. And it gets only 21 MPG on the highway. Compared to an SD that weighs a ton more with a V10 that gets 13-15MPG on the highway, and can tow more than twice as much, well... that little thing ain't no truck.
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Originally Posted by krewat
3500 then...
A quote from some rag for the 2006:
3.5-liter V-6 rated 255 horsepower at 5,750 rpm and 252 pounds-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm
The peak HP is past that magic point of 5252RPM, where torque and HP are the same value, and the peak torque is at 4500RPM.
Without a supercharger or turbo, 3.5 litres doesn't make a whole lot of power. And it gets only 21 MPG on the highway. Compared to an SD that weighs a ton more with a V10 that gets 13-15MPG on the highway, and can tow more than twice as much, well... that little thing ain't no truck.
A quote from some rag for the 2006:
3.5-liter V-6 rated 255 horsepower at 5,750 rpm and 252 pounds-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm
The peak HP is past that magic point of 5252RPM, where torque and HP are the same value, and the peak torque is at 4500RPM.
Without a supercharger or turbo, 3.5 litres doesn't make a whole lot of power. And it gets only 21 MPG on the highway. Compared to an SD that weighs a ton more with a V10 that gets 13-15MPG on the highway, and can tow more than twice as much, well... that little thing ain't no truck.
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