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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2015, 07:35:27 PM »
My hunting buddy "had" one,  couldn't wait to get rid of it.

Nice looking, nice riding, lots of room(super crew) 8mpg pulling a single snowmobile on a open two place trailer! :yike:

Salesman at another dealership told him if you plan on hauling or towing Forget it.  IT will do it, but at a great cost on fuel.  After the fact, it was to late then.
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2015, 07:58:23 PM »
I dont think you would buy a raptor for towing or fuel economy...  :twocents:  :chuckle:

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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2015, 08:21:11 PM »
The stock ones do just fine... I think 60mph over corn stubble and feeling like your riding in a Cady is proof enough... Apparently they jump pretty good also... At least that is what one of the other farmers said...
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2015, 08:32:00 PM »
I can imagine when they get some miles on them those turbos will be failing since most ford owners don't maintain there rigs .
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2015, 08:41:25 PM »
Ford Raptor jumps 90 feet!
 

Why raptors don't need a twin turbo set up, people will die!

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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2015, 02:23:08 PM »
I have a 2012 F-150 Lariat SC With the Ecoboost in it.  My previous truck had the 5.4L V-8 that I personally liked better.  Gas mileage is not as good as my 5.4L either to the tune of 1.5 m/gal less avg. It is very quiet though and without doing any exhaust mods it doesn't sound very Manly. 

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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2015, 03:43:51 PM »
Ford Raptor jumps 90 feet!
 

Why raptors don't need a twin turbo set up, people will die!


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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2015, 08:13:55 PM »
Culling of the herd.  Idiots.


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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2015, 06:13:45 PM »
I have a 2011 F150 4x4 XLT with ecoboost. It doesn't have ALL the bells & whistles, but it has 45K miles on it and has been a good truck. I put over-size tires on it because the stock tires seemed too small - plus I wanted more tread. Nothing has broken, no shop time except for oil changes. I did replace teh stock air filter with a K&N unit. I bought this one new and hope it lasts as long as my 1985 did with the straight 6 and 4-speed in it. I got over 350K miles out of the last one during the 18 years I owned it.

With the over-size tired, the speedometer/odometer is a little off, so the mileage will read lower than it actually is. My computer shows an average of 17mpg, so it's probably really more on the order of 18.5 or so. My guess is that if I took it to someone who knew what they were doing, the electronics could be tuned to change the torque curve to where it needs to be for the size of time I have on it. I forgot to mention that I took off the resonator and increased the exhaust diameter aft of the converter. With all that said, I'm not too hard on my vehicles and tend to take good care of them. Mine is a farm truck used to haul 1-2 yards of gravel, sand, soil & such. Also hauled a motorcycle from LA up here a while back and hauling the bike on the same trailer I use for soil at 70mph, the mileage dropped to about 15.5 on the computer. That was probably more like 17 in reality. I don't think that this engine/transsmission/rear-end/suspension combination was meant to haul a camper - even a light one. I think the wind resistance would be hard on the engine for a long haul at highway speeds. A little smaller diameter tire would work better for getting the torque curve where it needs to be unless the ignition timing and electronics could be tuned for a particular application. Also, a better exhaust system might work better, too.
Well, that's my  :twocents:. Not going to knock anyone else's ride. So far I don't have any complaints as she's done everything I asked her to do so far.
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2015, 10:28:41 PM »
Pink panther its hard to beat the torque and longevity of the inline 6. I dont think your new truck will beat 350k...
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #25 on: March 25, 2015, 08:30:58 AM »
I always get a kick out of the "economy of a V6" stuff....

it's still a full size truck, so it takes the same power to move it down the road...and a gas engine must run at a semi constant A/F ratio....especially when under load. It's even more ctirical when under boost!!

Auto Makers love banking on the ignorance of the general public!!

the only thing you can do to a gasser to raise it's efficiency is raise the compression ratio...and well with pump gas, this can be probematic.

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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #26 on: March 25, 2015, 09:39:05 AM »
You can pull weight off the truck...i.e. Fords new aluminum 2015.  700 lbs lighter should equate to .75 to 1 mpg or close to it.

You can reduce rolling resistance and put highway tires on in the summer.

They have already taken advantage of lowering rpm's with gear ratio and 6 speed transmissions

Not much left to do but boost the hell out of them......, which most manufacturers are doing with various engine /vehicle combinations.

There still aren't a lot of longevity problems showing up with the 3.5 ecoboost and there are some high mileage versions out there.

a friend has 140k on his and i know that there are others out there much higher, I am monitoring for the next purchase.

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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2015, 10:25:40 AM »
I have a 2012 F150 Ecoboost crewcab 4X4.  I get about 17 mpg.  I also have 82,000 miles on it. 
1. I can sleep in the back seat during hunting season as the back seats fold up to expose the floor. 
2. I have never had a problem with it.
3. If I can keep my foot off the gas I can get 19.x mpg. 
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2015, 10:41:41 AM »
if mileage and towing is any concern, don't know why anyone would get anything other than a diesel anymore... 3/4T 4x4 stump pullers, 19+mpg, tow anything, 2 door, 4 door, long or short bed... pick your brand.. its all good....

I have an older F150 4x4 with the small 8, also have a 2500 dodge 4x4. The ford has become my utility truck (dump runs ect... ) cannot even empty come close to comfort, performance and mileage of the dodge...
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Re: Any F150 Ecoboost owners on here?
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2015, 12:57:01 PM »
don't know why anyone would get anything other than a diesel anymore...

Start with the additional $8000 it takes to get into a diesel with the current HD trucks.


 


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