Why wouldn't Ford put 3.5 EcoBoost in Raptors?

[Wilson]

I'm with cleave on this use it or lose it. It's like the work truck made for a farmer construction turning into a boat hauler grocery getter. Everyone want's mpg but look at where it's going. the 80s was the first little flush of small town pickups. But it's hard to pull a boat with a light little pickup so let's make the pickup bigger with better mpg gutless wonders. manufacturers go where the money is we are still buying the raptor so that's why they are still being made. most of the gas guzzling car's trucks went out with the I don't even remember what it was called buy out

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moral of the story LET A RAPTOR BE A RAPTOR.

 

[Hockster]

Man I cant wait to sell my 6.2L Raptor and get me a 3.5L EB Raptor!!! Come on Ford...

 

[skyscraper]

I have yet to see any proof a 3.5L ecoboost can reliably perform for hundreds of thousands of miles, tow boats and trailers, and still get good fuel mileage on a 6000# vehicle. I already know a 6.2L can do all of those things (minus the fuel mileage). "Premature" would be an understatement to most of these claims.

 

[Hockster]

I have yet to see any proof a 3.5L ecoboost can reliably perform for hundreds of thousands of miles, tow boats and trailers, and still get good fuel mileage on a 6000# vehicle. I already know a 6.2L can do all of those things (minus the fuel mileage). "Premature" would be an understatement to most of these claims.

Ford - F150 Ecoboost Torture Test Episodes 1-6 High Quality - YouTube

 

[Wilson]

the ecoboost is a strong motor.

 

[skyscraper]

Ford - F150 Ecoboost Torture Test Episodes 1-6 High Quality - YouTube

I've seen that video. Do you think it can do that in a raptor with real miles? (Not dyno)?

 

[Hockster]

I've seen that video. Do you think it can do that in a raptor with real miles? (Not dyno)?

Yep. With no problem. The 6.2L will do it also. The great thing about a turbo like the 3.5L is it get its peak TQ at 2500 rpm vs the 6.2L which gets its peak TQ at 4500 rpm. The counts for less downshifting and better mpgs. Would I like a 5.0L Eb in the Raptor hell Yes!!! but I dont think that will ever happen but if it did I would have me one

 

[Maxx2893]

The 6.2 wasn't the original engine only because it wasn't quite ready for the 2010 model year, the thing is that Jamal saved the 6.2L with the raptor, if the hurricane/boss project had gone another year without a production vehicle running it ford most likely would've axed the project and ford wouldn't have a relatively large gas v-8 at all, that's how close big v-8s are to being dropped forever (and a 6.2L isn't really a very large v-8 to begin with), and it wouldn't stop with them, smaller v-8s would be the next to be axed, look at government motors, their cts-v line doesn't even have a v-8 anymore, that was supposed to be their top performance cadillac

You know the 6.2 is what is used in the gas 3/4 and 1 tons.

 

[Wilson]

holy crap the ecoboost has molly

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You know the 6.2 is what is used in the gas 3/4 and 1 tons.

no it can't be <sarcastic you can use e-85 in those engines.

 

[skyscraper]

Yep. With no problem. The 6.2L will do it also. The great thing about a turbo like the 3.5L is it get its peak TQ at 2500 rpm vs the 6.2L which gets its peak TQ at 4500 rpm. The counts for less downshifting and better mpgs. Would I like a 5.0L Eb in the Raptor hell Yes!!! but I dont think that will ever happen but if it did I would have me one

A 5.0L ecoboost would be pretty sweet. I don't think it would be such a bad thing if ford gave customers the option to go big v8 or ecoboost.

I would still be a v8 guy, but I've always liked the big gas guzzlers.