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Kind of looking at trucks......anyone have one with this engine? Turbos reliable. Makes me worry.......gas injected at high psi as well. What do you folks think about this oncept. Thanks in advance....goodshot
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My Dad and pard have one. Both love em. Great power and good gas mileage.
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I've had one for a little over a year. No issues yet.
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I like mine, and after 10,000 miles, would buy the same. It's not gonna save the world, as far as gas mileage goes but what Supercrew, 4X4, 6 1/2 foot box truck would. Right now I average just over 19 mpg (has been as high as 22.1 on an all highway trip) not towing anything, and a little over 17, when dragging the boat behind, and has a hell of a lot of power (365hp) for doing that.
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Thats pretty impressive considering my midsize crew cab tacoma gets the same mileage.
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I've got 40,000mi on mine. Had a few things updated but it never left me sitting. On gas it's no better than the rest once you take the [bleep] tires off and put some real LTs on. I get 15-16 in town and 17 @75mph. It does seem to be coming up a bit lately but it absolutely hates to buck wind kills the mileage. But the power is fun. Fords SYNC is a turd compared to Dodges Uconnect but oh well.
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I've heard some "not so complimentary things" about them in fleet use, turbos going out, transmission troubles, etc. One of the posters on another website went down a laundry list of bad things happening to the fleet he runs.
That said, he's driving one, his personal truck, and hasn't had any issues, so maybe the troops are dogging them pretty hard, since they don't pay the maintenance fees.
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I think it is interesting for sure, but turbos require really great engineering, and I'm not convinced that you can get that much out of one for the long haul. I might be off base here, but the high psi injection scares me, plus rapping turbos out o get your power all the time seems like you better over engineer the hell out of the turbos themselves. I commend the effort and hope they have it working well. I drove one and it sure was a nice smooth engine and nice riding truck. Lots of torque and power.
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A friend of mine has one (less than a year)and loves it, gets a lot better gas mileage than his old F-250!
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i have 3 buds who own them. all three say they like the truck. one had some form of minor trans issue which was immediately fixed. they seem to be ok based upon what i have been told.
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The technology has worked pretty well for diesel engines with decent reliability. I don't see why this should be any different.
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A. I don't buy ANYTHING with the words "eco" or "hybrid" B. I don't buy ANYTHING that spins @> 17,000 RPMs C. Everyone I know that has one LOVES THEM!
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I wouldn't worry too much about turbos, they've been around a long time. Think of all the WWII aircraft that used turbos. I may be in the market for one at some point. Would prefer something a bit smaller, but nobody is building a smaller truck with modern high MPG engine and tranny combos. Ford did a torture test on the F150 Ecoboost a couple of years ago that was pretty interesting. http://www.ford.com/new/f-150-torture-test/http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/0...ecoboost-v-6-looks-like/comments/page/2/
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Yeah in airplanes and our jet engines run around the same RPM but they are full of titanium and moly steel with a lot higher standards and tolerances than in mass produced cars. I've seen quite a few of them blow..I like my engines like I like tatas, the bigger-the-better
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I just took a 3 hour highway trip with the cruise set at 55 and averaged 21.4 mpg.
Mine is a 13 Screw 4x4 with 3:55's
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I just took a 3 hour highway trip with the cruise set at 55 and averaged 21.4 mpg.
Mine is a 13 Screw 4x4 with 3:55's
Love the truck/motor combo, My 2011 Tundra Double Cab 5.7L, 4x4, 4.30 rear will get 21-22 at 55 mph. It's the starting and stopping that kills my mileage.
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Can you get an eco-boost in a raptor? I eat feckin Toy-oh dahs.
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Can you get an eco-boost in a raptor? I eat feckin Toy-oh dahs.
BWAHAHAHA I've had a few F-150's try and things did not work out like they thought they would.
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I've read that Dodge is coming out with a diesel for their half-tons later this year. Anyone heard any more about this??? Dodge half-ton diesel
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