F150 5.0 V8 or V6 Twin Turbo

Grit dog wrote:
High miles = stay away from high tech. Get a 5.0 slap new cam phasers in it and drive it like a rental….
Save the twin turbo rigs for someone with more money or less brains.

Grit pretty much nailed it on the money.

OP a little reading about the Ecoboost engine.

A little more reading about the valve problems.

If you love high maintenance and high maintenance cost a high mileage Ecoboot truck is a great way to make your love affair real.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
High miles = stay away from high tech. Get a 5.0 slap new cam phasers in it and drive it like a rental….
Save the twin turbo rigs for someone with more money or less brains.

Grit pretty much nailed it on the money.

OP a little reading about the Ecoboost engine.

A little more reading about the valve problems.

If you love high maintenance and high maintenance cost a high mileage Ecoboot truck is a great way to make your love affair real.

The 2nd Gen Ecoboost engines have both direct and port injection so carbon build is minimized. Also the 2018 5.0 has both direct and port injection as well.

The only truck gas engines that are port injection only is the Hemi and the Ford 7.3 gas engine.

SuperBus wrote:
We have two EcoBoost 3.5s (Duratec) at home. One in a 2017 Expedition and another in a 2018 Navigator. Both fantastic. The Navigator replaced a Yukon Denali with the 6.2 V8 and we haven't missed anything about that truck, including the V8.

As another reply mentioned, the 2018 - 2021 Duratecs had some issues with VCTs (aka cam phasers). If I recall correctly, there was a campaign to replace them, but you'd want to do some research.

Lastly, I was involved in the development of both the Duratec and Coyote 5.0l, nothing I saw would keep me away from the Duratec (obviously, I bought two). Hands down, I think it is a superior engine to the 5.0l for use in a 1/2 ton truck.

Your post is highly confusing to an F150 owner, me. I thought duratec was a GM term. I’ve never heard the rems Duratec and the EBs used in a similar manner.

I have had two 2.7L EcoBoosts now. A 2020 Ford Edge ST, that was a blast to drive. And now a 2021 F-150 with the 2.7L, which has more lower RPM grunt than the 3.5. The 3.5 is tuned to make power at higher RPMs. The F150 2.7L is claimed to do 0-60 in 6.1 secs. I just towed 1550 miles AZ to WA with my KRX SxS on a trailer weighing 3100-3200 pounds and the truck bed and back seat full of stuff for the Summer in the NW. Mileage for the trip was 15.3 MPG. I had head winds fro Quartzite, Az to Ely, Nv that had mileage down to 12.5 for 460 miles.




Left Ely had tailwinds and I was getting good mileage. This was on I-84 after fueling in Twin Falls, Id 19.9!




I also made the trip with the Edge ST with my trike on the trailer, averaging 17 MPG. Both did great. The both could/can get 24 MPG bobtail.

AHh Man Fish you went and spoiled the fun - I was waiting to see how many would jump on the bandwagon.

What bandwagon!

Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback. Didn't buy either today. One was sold and the other just had too many miles for the year. I am in no rush but this info is very helpful.

way2roll wrote:
Thanks everyone for the valuable feedback. Didn't buy either today. One was sold and the other just had too many miles for the year. I am in no rush but this info is very helpful.

Save up some money and get a 2021, the best 14th Gen Year. After that they kept deleting stuff. Love the 12" horizontal display. Mine is a XLT 302a, with lots of options.

I have an 2011 F150 with a 3.5 eb with 245000 miles. At 185000 I had an exhaust manifold replaced. At 200000 I had the cam phase stuff repaired. I do not experience any turbo lag while towing. The ho charts show almost full hp at 1800 rpm's and my experience towing gives me the butt meter that agrees with this. While towing in the Rockies, I leave my digital display set on tranny temp and shift if the tranny starts to get above 200 degrees. I rarely have to go below 4th gear (6 speed tranny) I am leaving for the Rockies in the near future with this truck towing my TT.

FishOnOne wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
High miles = stay away from high tech. Get a 5.0 slap new cam phasers in it and drive it like a rental….
Save the twin turbo rigs for someone with more money or less brains.

Grit pretty much nailed it on the money.

OP a little reading about the Ecoboost engine.

A little more reading about the valve problems.

If you love high maintenance and high maintenance cost a high mileage Ecoboot truck is a great way to make your love affair real.

The 2nd Gen Ecoboost engines have both direct and port injection so carbon build is minimized. Also the 2018 5.0 has both direct and port injection as well.

The only truck gas engines that are port injection only is the Hemi and the Ford 7.3 gas engine.

Ya I knew the EB has double injectors. Unfortunately Ford screwed the software and it only cuts down on the carbon buildup. They need to have more on time for the port injectors, and less for the DI, but for some reason they don't.
I haven't worked on any of the newer stuff so I didn't know the 5.0 was DI. Thanks for the update.