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FishOnOne
Nomad
May 04, 2016

Second Gen 3.5 EcoBoost and 10 Speed Transmission

Same horse power and torque is up to 450ft/lbs. Also a duel fuel system and a servo controlled waste gate. This engine appears to raise the bar on pulling performance and fuel economy could raise ...
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Sport45
Explorer II
May 11, 2016
Fordlover wrote:
... But turbos do not an engine make...


Turbos make all the diesel owners proud. :) Without them the oil burners would be the wheezing pigs they used to be.

Personally, I'd like to see Ford add a couple of cylinders to the 3.5 and make a 4.6 ecoboost. With 15# of boost it would have the sea level performance (and gas consumption) of the old 460 at any elevation while maintaining the unloaded economy of a small block.

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