UncleG

Shoulda had a catchcan on it.

JCR 56

I actually see no reason to buy an ecoboost engine. If you're going to do a lot of towing you need a f-250 to begin with or a freightliner, the gas mileage isn't that great over the 5.0. Trucks have been towing for years without blowers and doing just fine, although I understand do to their size the ecoboosts need the blowers for power. The 5.0 should tow anything a f-150 should be hooked to begin with quite easily. The ecoboosts are more Ford hype than anything else to me.

SCORGE

Marcia Andre

Thanks to those of you who took the time to give this newby a kind response. Sorry that some of you are tired of this discussion. I was looking for newer information beyond all the older threads. A very special thanks to BadAttitude for the updated info about the newer developments.

SCORGE

Yeah, if you hang around you'll see how these quickly dissolve into a pissing contest lol. I've made a vow to derail them to the best of my ability, once that happens

Eduskator

The 5.0 coyote is more reliable than the EB engines, no one can't argue that.

I'll pour even more gasoline in the fire :

As I said, and continue saying, the more parts there is in an engine, the higher the probabilities of of something failing/breaking in the course of its life, it's as simple as that. I see you coming with your ''well, the V8 has 2 aditionnal cylinders & pistons so there are as many parts as the V6TT and blablabla'' and let me clear things up right now, a turbocharging system is prone to fail much more than 2 additional cylinders in a N/A engine.

Plus, I'm pretty sure that 99% of Ecoboost owners run them on regular fuel, which ends up decreasing its lifespan (knock knock knock). I don't care that Ford says regular fuel is OK. You know why they say that? Because no one would buy their EB engines if premium fuel was a must.

But in the end, who cares? Most of us here don't keep our vehicles long enough to witness any of this.

Did I go with the EB engine on my new truck? Yes. Would I buy a 5+ years old 2.7 or 3.5 EB? No.

Joe F

DyLivn

You see no reason to buy a truck that has 470 ft/lbs of torque at 2500 RPM???

sierrafast

^^^ This..

JCR 56

You can ask about anything you want on this forum, If others don't like it they do not have to respond. Doesn't bother me in the least what people talk about or how often.