MitchF150 wrote:
The 3v 5.4. V8 is a dog of an engine IMO... I would not own one if you gave it to me... :)
I bleed Ford Blue, but that engine just plain sucks and if you have to go up any 'hills', you will be hating life... 4 speed tranny and probably only a 3.55 rear gear and you'll be in second gear and foot to the floor on a 5% grade..
Numbers are fine, but I've been towing for some time now with these F150s and you just gotta know what you got and go from there...
Good luck! Mitch
While, from someone who "knows" what you can have in a half ton, I agree, the 5.4 is not my favorite engine and like all Triton engines, only make decent power at higher than average rpms.
However, OP, sounds like you have a great truck and if the 5.4s were bad, they wouldn't have been around for 15 years in pickups and 20 years in vans.
Not including the 1000s in our fleet, I've personally worked probably a dozen different 5.4 Fords since they came out until they switched to the 5.0 Coyote engine and they are good engines.
You have a great truck and hopefully you update on your camper search and adventure!
