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2011 Ecoboost F150 driving impressions
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<blockquote data-quote="Jroc" data-source="post: 10267515" data-attributes="member: 51847"><p>Tree huggers like improvements, but why do we have to get all technical about me saying tree huggers? It doesn't really matter. You don't feel that environmentalist would approve of a Ecoboost motor over a performance v8 motor? You don't think that the Eco in Ecoboost stands for economy?</p><p></p><p>Basically in the F150 the the 5.0 is the new 4.6 3v, and the Ecoboost is the new 5.4. So by recognizing this as a good thing it is being implied that the Ecoboost is the superior motor to the 5.0. The niches are this if you wanted to live with a 4.6 3v before you buy the 5.0, and if you wanted to go with the premium motor before you go with the Ecoboost. </p><p></p><p>No thats BS if this motor is good enough for a 6,000 lb F150 made to tow, and haul heavy loads, then its more than good enough to power a lowly little cheap platform Mustang. </p><p></p><p>Don't make this a double standard where its good enough to power a F150 while sounding like shit, and being some little 3.5L v6 regardless of whether its TT or not, but not good enough in a Mustang GT or Cobra because you feel that those cars have to be V8 powered because its traditional, and the rumble of the V8 stirs some kind of passion in your soul, and then act like its ok for the new Coyote motor that Ford hyped up so much on the Mustang GT, that's suppose to be so good, and put Fords N/A V8's back on the map get outdone by, and placed below some 3.5L V6 motor in the F150. The Mustang is no more deserving of V8's being its highend motors than the F150. Hell the % of F150's sold with V8 opposed to V6's is way bigger than it is in a Mustang. The hell with a SVO put that mofo in a GT or Cobra. I mean its win win. Better fuel economy, which means, better emissions, more lowend torque from the V6, possibly less weight, especially if you plan was to add some FI after you bought the car, better weight placement, and hell its just getting with the times. We don't need v8's in this day, and age. We are beyond that kind of thinking because we are so advanced, and our economy motors are just so good.</p><p></p><p>BTW my Popular Mechanic magazine I received today says that Ford claim the Ecoboost to offer a 5% improvement in fuel economy over the v8's. That's pathetic. Why waste the time developing this motor to get better MPG if you only going to increase it 1 or so MPG?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jroc, post: 10267515, member: 51847"] Tree huggers like improvements, but why do we have to get all technical about me saying tree huggers? It doesn't really matter. You don't feel that environmentalist would approve of a Ecoboost motor over a performance v8 motor? You don't think that the Eco in Ecoboost stands for economy? Basically in the F150 the the 5.0 is the new 4.6 3v, and the Ecoboost is the new 5.4. So by recognizing this as a good thing it is being implied that the Ecoboost is the superior motor to the 5.0. The niches are this if you wanted to live with a 4.6 3v before you buy the 5.0, and if you wanted to go with the premium motor before you go with the Ecoboost. No thats BS if this motor is good enough for a 6,000 lb F150 made to tow, and haul heavy loads, then its more than good enough to power a lowly little cheap platform Mustang. Don't make this a double standard where its good enough to power a F150 while sounding like shit, and being some little 3.5L v6 regardless of whether its TT or not, but not good enough in a Mustang GT or Cobra because you feel that those cars have to be V8 powered because its traditional, and the rumble of the V8 stirs some kind of passion in your soul, and then act like its ok for the new Coyote motor that Ford hyped up so much on the Mustang GT, that's suppose to be so good, and put Fords N/A V8's back on the map get outdone by, and placed below some 3.5L V6 motor in the F150. The Mustang is no more deserving of V8's being its highend motors than the F150. Hell the % of F150's sold with V8 opposed to V6's is way bigger than it is in a Mustang. The hell with a SVO put that mofo in a GT or Cobra. I mean its win win. Better fuel economy, which means, better emissions, more lowend torque from the V6, possibly less weight, especially if you plan was to add some FI after you bought the car, better weight placement, and hell its just getting with the times. We don't need v8's in this day, and age. We are beyond that kind of thinking because we are so advanced, and our economy motors are just so good. BTW my Popular Mechanic magazine I received today says that Ford claim the Ecoboost to offer a 5% improvement in fuel economy over the v8's. That's pathetic. Why waste the time developing this motor to get better MPG if you only going to increase it 1 or so MPG? [/QUOTE]
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