Anyone towing with a tuned/modified Ecoboost?
2012 F150 EB Max Tow Supercrew. Got around 5,000 miles towing, 16k total on the odometer. Figure it's broke-in and duty-tested. Pulling a 2013 Jayco Whitehawk. 32' 7200-7700lbs. I want to see a ...
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kmbelt wrote:
only way i see you getting more power out of a 6-cylinder would be to change to one without sparkplugs. I see a tune possibly being catastrophic considering the power you are already putting out.
Should do some reading on the Ecoboost specific forums. The moment these motors hit the lots tuner shops picked them up and have been playing with them since. The one that seems to be leading the charge in "reliable" tunes is 5-star tuning, same shop that tunes a lot of 5.4 and 6.8 V10's on this forum. Their 87,89,91 towing tunes are considered to be the safest with increases of 50hp and 50tq.
Now there are "performance" tuner's out there that are doing 50hp and 120tq on 93 octane, but word is these engines are pretty dang reliable. As for drive train through my reading it seems that the transmission / drive train can take the abuse it would be the block that would go first apparently.
I'll keep it stock myself have 90% of the 420tq at under 2k rpms is just insane, scoots this 6000lb truck around like no other truck I test drove. Curious to see what it is like with a load on it at highway speeds.
