Anyone towing with their 2.7 Ecoboost F150?

Lessmore wrote:
I just can't wrap my head around 2.7 liters...about 165 cubic inches...in a truck, pulling 1000's of pounds of trailer.

I know, it's turbocharged. I wonder how hard it would run, in the Rockies, with it's full tow rating...or maybe more (as some people are bound to do) weight.

After a full towing schedule, let's say for the first 5-10 years of it's life...what shape will it be in...for second hand buyers, down the road ?

I'm sure Ford engineers checked all these things out, beforehand.

It's just me....wondering about small engines...doing big work.

The "big blocks" of the day didn't fair too well in the long run either... But, it's all relative.. ;)

Dad's 1971 F250 with the 390 in it needed to be replaced at about 125,000 miles around 1983 or so, not because it blew up or anything, but it was just plain wore out.. He had to replace that engine recently because it had a cracked block, and it only had about 25,000 'easy' miles on it, not towing much of anything after it was "retired" from towing duties around 1989..

My 97 F150 with a 5.4 went over 255,000 miles and was still running strong when I got the 13 F150. Towed a lot of miles with it too.

My 13 3.5 Eco walks all over that old 5.4 and does it pulling a lot LESS rpms while going MORE mph pulling the same TT up the same 5-6% grades..

Would I get the 2.7 Eco over the 3.5 Eco? Probably not.. But, by the time the 13 gets as old as my 97 did before I traded it, it'll be around 2030, so they probably won't even be using internal combustion engines by then... :)

Mitch