TV upgrade / experienced opinions please...
I'm looking for opinions, want to upgrade TV in a a few months when I retire so if I want to go back to the Rockies I won't have issues with towing . My present TV is a 2003, Ford Lariat 4.6l ,3.55, t...
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Yep.. What Jeremiah says is right on... If you don't like pulling the higher rpms, that's your problem.. Not the trucks... :)
I too had a 97 F150 with the 5.4 and it towed my #5000 TT just fine... It just liked to rev going up the grades.. 3500 rpms in 2nd gear was the norm to go 55 mph up a 5-6% grade.
I did just pick up a new 13 Ecoboost and have towed the same #5000 TT twice with it over the same grades as the 97 and the 13 does it in 4th gear, pulling around 2500 rpms and I'm going a real easy 60 mph... Press the pedal a tad more and it's up to around 2800 rpms, but I'm going over 65 mph... Up a 5% grade! :) I don't really need to do that, so 60 is fine and I just cruise up the hill with no problem.. :)
So, a little 3.5l V6 is putting out over 360hp and 420lb of torque where that old 5.4 was only 230hp and 330lb of torque..
I'm loving the 13 Ecoboost and yes, I'm making truck payments again, but I'm still grinning every time I drive it... :) :)
Mitch
I too had a 97 F150 with the 5.4 and it towed my #5000 TT just fine... It just liked to rev going up the grades.. 3500 rpms in 2nd gear was the norm to go 55 mph up a 5-6% grade.
I did just pick up a new 13 Ecoboost and have towed the same #5000 TT twice with it over the same grades as the 97 and the 13 does it in 4th gear, pulling around 2500 rpms and I'm going a real easy 60 mph... Press the pedal a tad more and it's up to around 2800 rpms, but I'm going over 65 mph... Up a 5% grade! :) I don't really need to do that, so 60 is fine and I just cruise up the hill with no problem.. :)
So, a little 3.5l V6 is putting out over 360hp and 420lb of torque where that old 5.4 was only 230hp and 330lb of torque..
I'm loving the 13 Ecoboost and yes, I'm making truck payments again, but I'm still grinning every time I drive it... :) :)
Mitch
