pfbz

6.2L is definitely more "Harley". Power through big displacement rather than sophistication, heavy, old school, look-at-me-i'm-loud exhaust note.

The fact that you can have a quicker and better handling truck with a lightweight thoroughly modern engine just doesn't go with the Harley motif. You guys are right. The 3.5TT simply doesn't belong in the Harley edition. Buell proved that it is the image, not performance, that sells HD's.

I do think the EcoBoost is is perfect for the Raptor, and my guess is that it will make it to the Raptor, but perhaps not in 2012.

Uh-oh... probably just unleashed the full wrath of both Harley lovers and 6.2L lovers!

Wondertwin1

If the ecoboost weighed as much as the 6.2. The 6.2 will win. And as said before, whens the last time harley came out with a superior, completely different logic based engine?

Just sayin?

swiffer

The 6.2 is a better fit for the Harley's. I understand what you are saying, but the 3.5L is already a TT. You can slap a SC on the 6.2 and that's a wrap. The 6.2 has more mod potential....

I am EB friendly, trust me. I have nothing against the engine, but you have to put your biggest and most potential engine in your "excusive" trucks...

Dhaskjr

If Ford sees alot of people asking to get enough orders they will build them. And there is alot especialy the Raptor

TurboSalsa

I get what you're saying, but how many F150 owners actually supercharge their trucks? There aren't many people who are willing to spend $6k on something like a supercharger. A lot of the Dodge guys say things like "Yeah, well, if the Hemi was turbocharged it would walk away from the EcoBoost." That argument is moot since the Hemi is not turbocharged and it probably never will be.

I do love the 6.2 and if gas money were no object I would get it in my next truck. I still haven't ruled it out. But for the average F150 driver who probably leaves the truck stock the EB is more than enough engine.

Bgoptmst

I think your last line is truth for most of us. If you want a bad ***** motor on a great truck that doesn't require modding the EB is for you. I have buddies with trucks with tuners and programs that have netted them significant power and mpg gains. That isn't what I am looking for, and love the fact I have a truck that takes off like something half it's size, gets what I think is good gas mileage for a 6000 brick, and can still have the torque to tow a heavy load.

For me the EB is having my cake and eating it too.

Harley6.2

Hopefully for 2012 I will turn my Harley into an Eco Boost! Lol

I have a friend who is a hardcore turbo tuner and wants to do the install for me for fun. Trying to find a twin turbo kit is hard. The only ones seemly venturing into this is Hennesy. Just started looking into this about a week ago. 6.2 is such a new motor not the market is small so companies are not focusing on it.

The raptor forums are the best places to get info on guys tuning motors.

TurboSalsa

I'm the same way. I know the EB won't be for everyone - aluminum block, direct injection, and turbochargers are just too much technology for some people to wrap their heads around.

If they want to get the 6.2 because it sounds cool and its fun to modify, more power to them. But the people I really don't understand are the people who are willing to swallow $800/year in increased fuel costs so that they don't have to worry about replacing turbos once in the life of the vehicle.

I don't think the EB was designed solely to please the EPA, I think it was designed because when the 6.2 was conceived gas prices were about 1/3 of what they are now. Most people just don't want to stomach the additional cost if they don't have to.

Sorry for the rant, I've just been reading too many "real truck engines have cast iron blocks and big displacements so the engine doesn't have to work too hard" posts.

AndrewM

I wouldn't have gotten the Harley if it was only offered with the ecoboost. I wanted the large displacement v8 for all the reasons mentioned. Don't give a crap about gas mileage, my carbon footprint, or organic chicken. The twin turbo v6 sounds great for a car. Just not what I'm looking for in a truck. But to each his own.

pfbz

Yup, why have a direct injection, twin turbo, 4V per cylinder, aluminum blocks, high specific output techy engine that when you can have a iron block, low compression, 2V per cylinder, iron block behemoth that sounds great?

The 6.2L is perfect for the Harley version...