Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
It's going to be a V6, like the one in the 1500 Ram. Link
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parker.rowe wrote:Groover wrote:ib516 wrote:patperry2766 wrote:
The upgrade price is $3000/$4000 depending on the trim level of the truck. It's not the upgrade price that will kill sales, it will be the fact that the engine has a TIMING BELT, not a timing chain. Personally, that's a deal killer for me.
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This makes me wonder why Harley Davidson switched from chains to belts and claimed that it was a huge improvement. I have seen timing belts in CNC machine tools last 20 years of three shift operations.
HA! My dad use to give Harley guys a hard time and say they only needed a belt because they didn't make enough power to stretch one. Obviously just some good natured brand rivalry.
Modern belts can be pretty good. If you are going to call it a deal killer, why not just say if it doesn't have timing GEARS then I don't want it? Chains can stretch too...unreliable modern junk. :)
Because I had a car one time that had a timing belt. It broke, dropped a valve and destroyed an engine. Have never suffered that kind of problem with a chain in over 700K+ miles and 36 years of drivng.
