Ford's new aluminum F-150

[Big A]

Wait, they're gonna sell a new Ranger here in the USA? I hope they get smart and offer a 4cyl diesel for it, they would sell like hotcakes.

Probably not. Ford recently announced that they are ceasing production in Australia and closing all their factories. That was where the new Ranger was gonna come from, their global truck platform that is sold in Austraila, Africa and Asia.

Shame too as the Aussie's have some pretty sweet vehicles:
http://www.ford.com.au/commercial/ranger

[ramairthree]

The combustion cycle is the combustion cycle. Is there a source for the claim?

This is not some backyard Paxton bolt on, with 4° of timing advance, no bottom end work, in a '93 Fox-body. Being wholly performed by three barely GED'ed tech school weed heads using their dad's awesome set of tools.

High cube low RPM engine tend to outlast smaller cube higher RPM engines with similar HP. In general.

But my main point in replying is that the average GED tech school mechanic has far more useful skills and practical knowledge than the average 2.0 and go college grad with no calc, no physics, etc. who graduates after 5 years and is entitled to a job managing or administrating with no skills but "has been trained to think." I assume similar weed use by both groups.

[brickboy240]

Screw the Ranger....I wish Toyota would bring the diesel Hi-Lux to America.

Smaller truck with tons better build quality than anything Ford ever made.

-brickboy240

[brickboy240]

Screw the Ranger....I wish Toyota would bring the diesel Hi-Lux to America.

Smaller truck with tons better build quality than anything Ford ever made.

-brickboy240

[OH58D]

My "go to town" truck is a 2012 F-250 Super Duty with the 6.2L "Boss" gas engine. No problems at all with it. My wife just bought a 2014 Ford SVT Raptor as her "go to town" truck and it's quite the vehicle off road. I have never had any issues with any of my Ford vehicles...at least not yet. We have heavy duty bumpers and winches on all of our traveling vehicles.

[C-grunt]

With Ford having great success with the Ecoboost, Dodge releasing the small diesel, the new Titan coming with a 5.0 V8 Cummins and Toyota hinting that the new Tundra will have the 5.0 V8 Cummins..... These next few years should he pretty exciting for truck buyers.

[SHIVAN]

High cube low RPM engine tend to outlast smaller cube higher RPM engines with similar HP. In general.

Higher RPM? You mean like the 5.0L making it's peak HP at 5500rpm and the 3.5L TT making it's peak at 5,000rpm? Yeah, I can see where having to wind out the 5.0L to get to max HP could wear out a motor more quickly.

Oh, yeah peak torque for the 5.0L is 4250rpm and the 3.5L TT is 2500rpm and basically flat all the way out from there...

Oh, and the 5.0L is higher compression too, 10.5:1 vs. 10.0:1.

But my main point in replying is that the average GED tech school mechanic has far more useful skills and practical knowledge than the average 2.0 and go college grad with no calc, no physics, etc. who graduates after 5 years and is entitled to a job managing or administrating with no skills but "has been trained to think." I assume similar weed use by both groups.

I guess you missed the reference, and the point.

[SHIVAN]

Gas is $3.42/gal so I don't race from red light to red light.

The cost of gas is what it is. If MPG is the sole decider, then it would be wise to move away from a full size truck, in general.

5.0 has plenty of power to do what a half ton truck is suppose to do. Were you talking about how feeble the 454 BBC was 20 years ago? 5.0 has more HP and equivalent torque to the 454SS truck.

Everything is relative, right? At the time, the 454 was putting down solid numbers, and could not really be matched in a 1/2 ton. The 3.5 Ecoboost gives the old Ford Lightnings a run in all measured performance metrics, from a non-tuned truck, and at the time the SVT Lightnings were one of the fastest production trucks ever made. If we are already getting into "good enough", then you've already conceded that what I am saying is true - now whether you will see, or admit that, may be something else entirely.

There's no doubt the Eco is more powerful. But the power just isn't a big deal.

If power is not a big deal, then why is it being discussed? If MPG is such a driving metric why is anyone driving a full size truck? If acceleration is pointless, why not opt for the XL with the 3.7L and 3.31 axle? Or get a Tacoma with the 4 cyl? Or a Fusion Hybrid?

It's about like comparing the .300WM to the .300 Weatherby.

Where clearly the Weatherby has a factual advantage in just about every ballistic metric, except for those who can not handle recoil. Those will be the people who tell you that the Winchester Magnum is "just as good", "quite enough", etc. AMIRITE?

[hatt]

I'd hate to see those valves at 150K. Not ever the fuel treatment guys can claim to keep this Eco clean.
http://www.bgprod.com/bgfueltest/

[SHIVAN]

I'd hate to see those valves at 150K. Not ever the fuel treatment guys can claim to keep this Eco clean.
http://www.bgprod.com/bgfueltest/

A BG propoganda video is hardly reference material.

TL;DR: The motor showed issues, which should probably be looked at under warranty, but with our product introduced it suddenly recovered. Then it didn't, and it can't be because of our product. So it's likely a motor issue that we identified at 15,000 miles, but let fester for many thousands more.