johndeerefarmer

No snow plow because the EPAS can't handle it.

tvsjr

The 15+ snow plow prep trucks have EPAS (and the 5.0 V8), but they have a special electrical mode to reduce system demand so (hopefully) the EPAS won't kill the battery.

Although I haven't seen it in writing from Ford, the reason I've always heard for no snow plow prep on the EBs was the lack of airflow due to the plow blade and slow vehicle speeds while under heavy engine load/high boost.

Foulplay

I've been looking into these myself and I see that there are some winch bumpers that specify that they allow enough air flow and are compatible with Ecoboost engines. The Warn Ascent is one example.

catinthehat

Really hoping someone develops a hidden winch mount kit for the 2015+ 3.5 EB's. I researched this a while back and it seems like there's not much room in front of the IC, but there's got to be a way...

TheGeek

My son was asking me how a turbo worked and was showing him all the components on my 2.7eb. It kind of looks like there are variable vanes in front of it. Does the 3.5 have the same?

tvsjr

Neither the 2.7 nor the 3.5EB run variable-geometry turbos. Both are fixed.

TheGeek

Was talking about the vanes in front of the charge air cooler.....

lomax

I am installing a front hitch mount winch and was wondering about the variable vanes in front of the intercooler. I was trying to find out where I could run the power wires so they could sit behind the license plate. I can't figure out a way to get past the shutters ?? 2106 Lariat.

kbroderick

Not much room is an understatement. Even with a larger off road bumper, I had to trim a lot of plastic from the intercooler shutter housing. I don't think there's any way you can fit a full size winch in front of the intercooler with a stock sized bumper, even if you removed the shutters entirely.

iknfixit

Looks like 15 up have shutters in grille. Not sure if top and bottom sections operate independently to compensate radiator and ac.... then intercooler at bottom, or both identical simultaneous