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Strictly by the numbers the I6 was rated at 260 ft/lbs at 2000rpm and the 5.8 at 300-325 ft/lbs at 2800rpm. You have to extrapolate the curve back down to 2000rpm but even if the 5.8 is down 50 ft/lbs that just puts it on par with the I6 at that engine speed and everywhere else the 5.8 owns it.
I like my 5.0 and wouldn't change it, but sometimes its a bit lacking in the low end power department.
My previous truck was a 95 I6 automatic. I can say that pulling the same trailers and boats that it did seem to do a little better since it wasn't lugging.
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This is why the 4.9 doesn't struggle to pull things. It makes its power in the lower RPMs. That makes it a great motor for an F150 that is used as a truck.
I like my 5.0 and wouldn't change it, but sometimes its a bit lacking in the low end power department.
My previous truck was a 95 I6 automatic. I can say that pulling the same trailers and boats that it did seem to do a little better since it wasn't lugging.
I like my 5.0 and wouldn't change it, but sometimes its a bit lacking in the low end power department.
My previous truck was a 95 I6 automatic. I can say that pulling the same trailers and boats that it did seem to do a little better since it wasn't lugging.
