F150 5.0 vs Tundra
Good Morning! I have a Springdale 260TBL that checks in a 4890 Dry. We have been towing it with a crew cab GMC 1500 with the 5.3. The truck handles it fine but it is very under powered. The truck h...
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blackgrizz550 wrote:spud1957 wrote:
Congratulations on your new truck.
375 HP, 470 LB FT torque!!! Sweet.
Thanks. I'll admit, the 5.0 had lots of power too. In fact I flat footed it at 10 mph and the back tires broke loose.
The biggest diffence was throttle response and low end power. The Eco's power is right there at all times, where the 5.0 needed pedal persuation to get into it. If had never tried the Eco, we would have left with the 5.0.
The Tundra felt similar to the 5.0 when they were wound out, but it had more than the 5.0 from 0-40.
Congrats on the truck. If I were going to get an Ecoboost, that one is it with the multiport fuel injection for carbon cleaning, and the direct fuel injection for power.
I test drove the 2016 1st gen 3.5L Ecoboost and it was stronger at some lower speeds from 3000 -4500 rpms, when downshifting, but about equal at other speeds when downshifting. I didn't take it up past 4500 rpms since this was a test on new trucks. Plus I don't usually drive at rpms up to 6000 rpm.
I was really impressed this round when the new generation F150 was fitted with that 1st gen 3.5L Ecoboost. Was not impressed at all with the 3.5L Ecoboost in the last generation. They really made leaps and bounds with the 1st generation 3.5L Ecoboost in the new gen F150.
The 2nd gen 3.5L Ecoboost showed way more power in HP and torque than the 1st generation even though Ford didn't rate it as so. Looks like from Dyno measurements, the new 2017 3.5L Ecoboost is about 425 Hp and 510 lbs of torque. Much more than what Ford rates it for.
