Ford F150 3.7 L V6
I may be looking at one of these trucks. In a super crew 2 wheel drive configuration. It has 3.73 rear axle ratio. And a tow rating around 6000 pounds. This little motor has more power than my 97 F150...
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carringb wrote:colliehauler wrote:
Jeremiah 2014 is the last year for the 3.7 for 2015 they are going to use a 3.5 with less HP for the base motor is what I read.
It only loses 5 HP, and torque stays the same. At least that's what happened in the Mustang. I don't think anyone will notice 5 HP, and they can probably even make it feel the same though better power management (i.e. reduce the alternator during WOT, or other tricks they've already done with the hybrids).
Actually it loses around 20 horsepower (305 down to around 285). I really cannot understand this, except for the idea that maybe they could squeeze out a 1 mpg improvement by doing this. Everyone seems quick to say that less horsepower is needed due to the 700 lb weight loss, but that is a crazy answer because they did not reduce the horsepower in the 3.5 Ecoboost or the 5.0 V8.
