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ShinerBock
Explorer
May 03, 2019

Ford decreases 5.0L V8 production due to low demand.

In a way I am not surprised that less than a quarter of F150s sold are V8s. I know my company stopped buying them in our half tons a few years after the 3.5L EcoBoost came out. "Pickup buyers are...
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ShinerBock
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May 07, 2019
RoyJ wrote:


I've always thought of the 5.0 as bullet proof, and the EBs as troublesome when used for heavy towing. This is new to me.


How can that be, the 5.0L made more horsepower than the 3.5L EcoBoost.....lol

I am starting to see a pattern here.

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