2017 3.5L Ecoboost Changes

[Jordan18]

Red an article the other day regarding the new upcoming ecoboost. Ford looks to have taken the Toyota route regarding direct injection and is adding a port injector coupled with a direct injector.

 

 

http://www.autotrader.ca/newsfeatures/20160503/ford-adds-more-torque-and-more-speeds-to-the-2017-f-150/

 

 

I commend them for recognizing the issue and doing something about it, but I am still not a fan of the engine as a whole. But this and valve train updates may solve mileage, misfiring and other problems that plagued the Ecoboost in the past.

 

I am puzzled why the bumped it to 450 lb-ft and not just matched what was in the Lincoln Navigator which was 460 lb-ft.

[j-ten-ner]

Maybe I'm too stubborn. Or too old school.

Although those numbers are impressive, it still makes me cringe when I think that it comes out of 3.5L displacement of a gas engine...

 

so long

j-ten-ner

[Chris]

It is the way of the times.

[Colossus]

Well credit to Ford for trying to improve on stupidity I suppose. (my opinion)