2017 Ford Superduty Megacab?

[ib516]

5.0L EcoBoost?

3.5L EcoBoost in a Superduty? Interesting. I guess if it can make 600 hp in a Ford GT, the little 3.5L might make enough power for a Superduty.

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[ib516]

FishOnOne wrote:


I would rather have a power house small engine than a gutless 5.4 turd.

x2

[FishOnOne]

2003silverado wrote:
I doubt (and I have been wrong before) that the 3.5 ecoboost will find its way into the Superduty. The reason I say this is because the EB has more horsepower and torque than the old 5.4 V8 Triton that was in the Superduty for over a decade. When that engine was discontinued in 2010 (I believe?) why wouldn't ford have thrown the EB in the Superduty if they thought it could stand up to demands of a heavy duty truck. It is one thing to hook up to a heavy RV 15 times/year and make the EB work, but very few 3/4 ton and 1 ton pickup trucks are purchased to pull a RV as many on this forum purchase them for. They are purchased by businesses that pull up to their GCWR daily. And in that instance I don't think the 3.5 would last for the 200,000 miles that a fleet manager would expect from it and I believe Ford knows that.

I would rather have a power house small engine than a gutless 5.4 turd.

[FishOnOne]

ib516 wrote:
5.0L EcoBoost?

3.5L EcoBoost in a Superduty? Interesting. I guess if it can make 600 hp in a Ford GT, the little 3.5L might make enough power for a Superduty.

LINK

I would like to see a 4 valve 6.2 engine... That would be a beast.

Also I don't why Ford would make a Mega Cab clone... That would be hideous next to GM's low hanging DEF tank.

[itguy08]

They are putting the EB 3.5 in the new Transit, which has some of the same use cases as the Superduties. So I think they expect it to hold up. It is detuned a little though.

[2003silverado]

I doubt (and I have been wrong before) that the 3.5 ecoboost will find its way into the Superduty. The reason I say this is because the EB has more horsepower and torque than the old 5.4 V8 Triton that was in the Superduty for over a decade. When that engine was discontinued in 2010 (I believe?) why wouldn't ford have thrown the EB in the Superduty if they thought it could stand up to demands of a heavy duty truck. It is one thing to hook up to a heavy RV 15 times/year and make the EB work, but very few 3/4 ton and 1 ton pickup trucks are purchased to pull a RV as many on this forum purchase them for. They are purchased by businesses that pull up to their GCWR daily. And in that instance I don't think the 3.5 would last for the 200,000 miles that a fleet manager would expect from it and I believe Ford knows that.

[fla-gypsy]

From those pics you can deduce little of anything yet some will try nonetheless.

[hone_eagle]

"There is never going to be a 5.0 Ecoboost " END OF STORY
-Robert Ryan

[45Ricochet]

The Mega photo seems to also have a regular 8' bed.