2021 F150 rumors

Groover wrote:

parker.rowe wrote:

AlwaysOnTheRoad wrote:

ACZL wrote:
Back when Ford was making the Crown Vics/Grand Marquis/Lincoln Town Cars, they went from a 5.0 to a 4.6 (if memory serves me right), and if this is correct, the Police Intercepter version of the Crown Vic had a beefed up 4.6. To what extent I don't know, but do know the 4.6's were pretty stout.

The difference was cam profiles and duel exhaust. It made about 25hp over the civilian version.

Cams were the same. Just a normal 4.6 with dual exhaust.

They had oil coolers and different driveshafts for running high speed...a few other things I'm sure.

But they didn't make any more power than a civilian crown vic/grand marquis with the optional dual exhaust.

I remember seeing a comparison that found that the civilian version would outrun the fully equipped police version, most likely because of the extra weight of the police equipment.

Ya, the Crown Vics weren't very fast in today's terms, but tough as nails.

Interesting note, I "drag raced" (on a test track while doing some driver training) an old school Crown Vic against a then new AWD Taurus with the non turbo V6. They ran side by side up to about 50 mph when we ran out of straightaway space.

The EcoBoost Taurus is very quick in comparison and would blow the doors off a CV any day. The EcoBoost Explorer is fun to drive, and also much quicker than the CV was, but doesn't feel as quick as the car. Problem is the car (Taurus) is TINY and hard to get in and out of. We quit buying them, and almost exclusively use AWD V6 Explorers for our patrol cars at my department in Canada. We have a few EcoBoosts, but mostly N/A V6 for now. In unmarked traffic vehicles we have pickups and a couple Chargers added to the mix. The AWD Hemi charger and the EcoBoost Taurus are about the same power and performance wise, but the Charger handles better.