flyinfry

I had a 12 3.5 ecoboost that had close to 100,000 when I traded it in. Didn't put a catch can, or drill a hole in the intercooler. It did get the updated intercooler. Never had any engine problems with it. Now I drive a 16 3.5 and love it. Only thing I miss is how cold my seats would get in the 12 vs the 16. I believe it's all hit or miss on what motor you get.

Pierce330

2.7 or 3.5?

Cwprotek

No one knows about 2.7 reliability but I like the way it's built. CGI block and forged internals. 3.5 is moving to a CGI block also. Compacted Graphite blocks are what diesels are made of.

On youtube and everywhere else people bash ecoboost. A friend of mine said they all blow around 60,000 miles. If that were true ford wouldn't have the 3.5 eco as the premium engine and sure wouldn't be selling them.

I have a 2.7 and I'm gonna use it as a truck. I'm gonna tow and do everything I did with my 5.4 and see what happens. Its very powerful and the torque curve is unbelievable.

I dont feel any need to add a tune because it's got more acceleration than I could believe.

Pierce330

I also have a 2.7, and so far, I am more than impressed with it. Great passing capability on the highway. Great fuel economy too. Last tank I got over 800km on the tank. I could have stretched it, but was driving past cheap gas, so I filled up. I avg 13.3-13.5 L/100 km, since the weather turned.

dalola

Good Lord, I don't even know where to start with this mess.....

But in the interest of education, I'll give it a shot:
1) Flat PLANE, not flat HEAD
2) F150 will never get that motor, period.
3) 400lb/ft is NOT more than enough in a truck.
4) HP & TQ have nothing to do with ride quality.
5) .5T pickups are considered "light-duty" in the truck world.
6) If there was no need to "venture further", you'd still be riding your horse to work.

OK, I think that covers it.

Carry on.

zx12-iowa

zero legit about his answer.

The new eco is reliable as is the 5.0. You likely know they make their power different. 5.0 revs higher to make power, eco has much more torque and it hits at lower rpm.

Most people who upgrade from the midevel 5.0 to the top engine , 3.5 ecoboost, are happy with that decision.

Test drive one for yourself and ignore the child is the knuckle draggers.

Tim15

Why would the next gen GT500 get the same motor the GT350 has now?? I would like the Voodoo with two small turbos on it in the next GT500! That would make 750 easily!!

TooManyVehicles

Why do all of these threads have to end up as a mess? My number one reason on moving from Chevy to Ford was the engine choices on the F150. I choose the 3.5L EB because I wanted the low end grunt for towing, but the 5.0L NA, 3.5L EB, and 2.7L EB are all good choices. (Even the 3.5L NA is a decent engine). Which one is best depends on your needs, but there is a lot of overlap in terms of their capabilities and benefits.

Choice is sometimes tough here in the land of the free.

BertaPower

I may have been wrong about the flat plane term, but it would be a great motor for the lightning w/supercharger. (Regardless of whether on not I mixed up the gt350[r] and gt500)

I said it was enough for a half ton.

You will sacrifice ride quality if you want the rest of the truck to be able to handle a load relative to the power under the hood.

Cars with 5 HP (trucks with 30 HP) are what replaced horses, not 6 and a half foot tall trucks designed 100+ years after that fact.

I get that they're light duty.. but in some lamen, it's considered medium due to the quarter ton, and heavy duty.

Different strokes. Don't try and ridicule people over your own **** retention.

Move along.

Buttoots

I traded my 12 5.0 in for a 16 2.7, while I didn't regret it immediately, after almost a year with the new truck I find I really miss the old one. I just enjoyed driving it a lot more. I certainly wouldn't have traded it in if I knew the 3.0 Powerstroke was a sure thing.

As stated by several members every engine has problems in some regard but I don't think long term reliability will be an issue. My 2.7 needed a new oil pan at its first oil change but other than that its been great.