wonder why the BF reorganizers didn't use the transit

Desert Captain wrote:

Golden_HVAC wrote:
The Transit cab and chassis can be bought with the 380 (+/-) HP 3.7L V6 or the inline 5 diesel engines, but not the more powerful Ecoboost 3.5L V6.

TO bad Ford is not offering the stronger engine in the dually cab and chassis Transit.

Fred.

The 3.7 is rated at 302 HP at 6,500 rpm. Folks fuss about the V-10 reving to 4,250 to reach max HP (305). I can't imagine what that V-6 sounds like at 6,500.

:E

It might sound somewhat similar, if a normally aspirated V10 and a turbo V6 ever sound at all similar. The number of cylinders firing per second (and hence the primary tone of the engine noise) is actually a little bit higher with the V10 at 4250 RPM.

I would guess that the 3.5L engine isn't designed for prolonged operation at high output, or the cooling system (and space for it) isn't sufficient to dissipate continuous long-term output on the chassis cab. Regardless, 380 HP should be plenty sufficient, I would think; that's about 100 HP more than I have on my '98 with the V10, and I think it is perfectly acceptable (though I would not complain about having more power).