Any experience ith ford f150 ecoboost
 

I have heard nothing but great things about these trucks, can anyone shed any light on real life experiences

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/t...-ecoboost.html

There you boss man, multiple pages of it for ya.

I was a Ford certified master tech, went to a class when the Ecoboost came out. Ford tested those motors at nearly 30 psi of boost making over 500 hp on the dyno with no durability issues. We did not have many come in for warranty problems although non warranty repairs on them will likely be very high in a few years.

On another note a Ford engineer showed us how to rig the wastegates to make 26psi lol then let us test drive.

Buddy of mine has one and he loves it. Pulls his formula 271 without issue.

Yup lots of experience. Did a whole documented run with 2 (a 355 truck and a 373 truck) as a test.

Best 1/2 ton tow vehicle available today period end of story.

If you just cant swing a diesel something or other - this is it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfCEO6ipltA&feature=plcp

The setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwTG...layer_embedded


Uncle Dave

just got 1 a few months back. just turned 5k. no issues runs good and has some b@#$'s for a v-6.

I've had mine for a little over a year now. Fantastic truck, after awhile I forget that it has a v-6, drives like a v-8.
Just wishing Ford would come out with Eco-boost v-8, that would be fun.

In my way of thinking all american vehicles are woefully under powered in the breaking department. Especially the over the road 18 wheeled trucks. It's amazing that their isn't more people killed with the stupid things they do in front of 80,000 lbs or more moving down the road. I think people in cars think heavy trucks can stop as fast as cars. Their should be federal standards for gross capacity stopping distances. Just my opinion and I am not a trucker.:sport009::

UD...do you think it could pull a twin 30'-32' (lets dismiss truck chassis capacity for sake of argument)?

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I'm looking at replacing a 2500 Avalanche one of these days and need it to pull 11k lbs. The F150 I looked at was right at this limit or just under. I'd like a little wiggle room...

Make sure the GVWR works for that F150 application. It might be able to pull that weight but be over the GVWR which would put you at risk from an insurance coverage perspective.

Just a quick calc:

F150 GVWR 8200
F150 weight 5100

So Figure:

F150 weight 5100
+
Trailer tongue 1100
+
Passengers 350
+
Fuel 150
+
misc stuff 400

= 7100

Looks like you'd get in with a bit to spare but that's just a quick general calculation. I'd probably stick with the F250 for some comfort room if you tow a lot but I usually err on the side of caution when towing.

Indy is right, the problem is not the towing capacity on most of the half ton trucks its the GCVWR and GVWR, off the top of my head, the F-150 and Tundra were better in this department, the Chevy I believe, that can tow 11,000 could really only tow like 8,800 or something similar because of the GCVWR, do not quote me on those numbers,

these numbers are from Ford's Website:

the Ecoboost in a Super Crew with 5.5 ft box can tow 11,300, with appropriate gearing, etc, the GCVWR is 17,100, the truck weighs 5,128 before you add anything to it. so, that leaves 11,972 as the amount you can tow/passenger weight/anything else in the truck. I assume it would tow it fine, and work well, but like they said the coverages...

taking his example, you could only actually tow 10,000 instead of the 11,300 it is rated to tow.

also, I don't know how this will affect Ford, but there will be new SAE towing standards for 2013, Toyota already made the Tundras compliant, so some models had towing capacities lowered.

The 3:73 truck could - but it would be on the edge with twins.

Thats usually about a 10-11K load, and still easier than a 10K toyhauler to tow due to frontal area.

Honestly though if I towed that all the time Id probably step up to a diesel.

UD

Thats a comment that covers a pretty wide swath there Sun304.

This truck has no lack of stopping power with its rated load. I found its braking system to be overall superior to my modified Nissan Titans (which needed to be modified because it wasn't up to snuff form the factory)

Can you give us some real world comparisons, data, or video to back your "way of thinking"?

There are facts, and there are opinions.

Everyone has an opinion.


Uncle Dave

THEY ROCK!!!!! It is the 1500 to own HANDS DOWN!!!
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