ib516 wrote:
I have a buddy with an ecoboost F150.
The lack of any type of engine braking is about his only complaint.
I hear this a lot, but I haven't found it to be much worse than my V8 1/2 tons have been. The difference is that it needs to rev a bit higher before the engine starts to slow us down, so we have to use a gear lower than in my other trucks, but it does the job just fine when you let it get up to 4k rpms or so. We came down the steep grades mentioned in my previous post without hardly touching the brakes, just like we have done in my other trucks.
