AricsFX

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This^^^ my 5.0 with 3.31s has to rev out for sure, but after gear and coolers I'm cresting 7k

HCFX2013

Congrats on the new truck, lots of other great little improvements on the 17 as well despite the engine and transmission. Mine feels way more solid than my 15 did.


I love how all the 5.0 owners crap on the guy for disliking the engine. He disliked it, move on with life. I was also unhappy pulling my enclosed trailer with my 5.0. Really bogged down on the hills and I got tired of hearing it scream in 2nd or 3rd gear up hills in comparison to the Eco I had previous.

87gtNOS

Got it home last night...this thing flies without effort!
Already getting 2 mpg better mileage!

more later.....

87gtNOS

haters gonna hate....

Let me say, 300 miles in, this 3.5 puts my 5.0 to shame. hate on it all you want.

87gtNOS

tip in throttle response, blows away the 5.0.
Rolling away from the stop light, blows away the 5.0.
Will be towing my enclosed sled trailer with 2 sleds in it and a sled in the pick up box this weekend....I'm sure it'll out perform the 5.0 too.

jwanck11

It is supposed to! None of that ought to be a surprise - and there really is no need to compare the 3.5 to the 5.0; they are not supposed to be compared.

Enjoy your new truck. Put a tune to it and you will see just how much MORE there is, even with a mild tow tune.

87gtNOS

I hear ya, but there seems to be a lot of butt-hurt folks here because I didn't like the power of my 5.0!!

Apples

Correction: You did not like the torque curve of the 5.0, which is fundamentally a sports car V8. A twin-cam, four-valve V8 is made to rev, and like any NA engine tuned to run hard, it can be soggy off-idle.

That's what your EcoBoost's tiny turbos are for: for off-idle grunt.

I, for one, did not want the Eco after I learned of the new-for-'11 Coyote. The Coyote engine is a masterpiece. I had previously considered the 2.7 Eco for part-throttle mpg... but I tow light trailers and wanted the compression braking that comes with a larger engine displacement.

The 5.0, at least through this model year, makes *more* power than a thru-'17 Eco. More. That all changes for model year '18.

You just weren't driving the 5.0 correctly. It's ok. Now you have what *you* want. Have fun with it! I'm sure you will.


The only "butt hurt" I can perceive is the angst among our fellow F150 owners... we should rally as a group, each enjoying the torque characteristics of the engines we choose to purchase.

zx12-iowa

I think u hit the issue. The 5.0 has power high in the rpms and even then the torque is still lower. So getting a trailer moving isnt anywhere near as easy with the small v8. Nobody can "drive it right " to give it more low end torque. So for those that want the significant torque advantage, the 5.0 feels weak. Of course drive a full size truck like a mustang and the hp is great but well its not for everyone.

RobZ71LM7

Lot's of butthurt and people that wish they had a 3.5-especially the 2017. Simply put it out tows and outperforms the 2.7 and 5.0 when towing. The 10-speed transmission is amazing and really well tuned.