... why go through all the headaches of certifying a different engine for the application if more power is just a couple PSI away?
Because that's what enthusiasts want. And because we are in the middle of the biggest horsepower war ever. Take a look at what all of the big 3 have done in the past 5-10 years. The ecoboost isn't even on the radar screen. It's a joke of a motor meant to game EPA ratings.
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The TTV8 Audi sounds like a symphony of farts. I'm sure it's fast as hell, and I'd take one in a heartbeat. It just doesn't sound good. The Speciale on the other hand sounds spectacular, exotic, and ferocious. It's sound is distinctive and not just noise for the sake of noise.
No one is saying a truck should sound like the Ferrari - I'm certainly not. My point is that it's silly to hear everyone getting excited about a TTV8, which is going to sound worse than the outgoing V8 (which also doesn't sound particularly special to begin with).
I'm amused by everyone caring so much about the sound of the engine in this truck. It sounded mediocre before the Turbo, it sounds dull now, and it'll still sound dull w/ a TTV8.
Dude, you just made a fool of yourself. Give it up.
Firing order and exhaust will tell the tale of the upcoming 7.0 DOHC Raptor motor. We don't know what those are yet, so we don't know exactly how it will sound. But we do know it will sound better than the red headed step child that is the ecoboost V6 Raptor.
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FOR ***** SAKE!!! Would BOTH of you SHUT THE **** UP!!!
All you two fickle little ***** do is fill every thread with countless pages of the same ********!!!
Like a damn bitter old married couple...
****!!!