Source: Ford to discontinue V8 motors in Mustang, F-150 after 2017, will run 4-Cylinder and V6 EcoBoost exclusively
WTF, Ford? Is that why you debuted a V6 FORD GT?!?! And a V6 RAPTOR? Those are the two most important vehicles that need a V8.
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01-14-2015, 04:43 PM #1
Ford to discontinue V8 motors in Mustang, F-150 after 2018, run Ecoboost exclusively
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01-14-2015, 05:00 PM #2
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such a shame... those coyote motors are pure bliss in the stangs
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01-14-2015, 05:01 PM #3
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Lmao. Dealerships are gonna make so much money when people tear up the turbos
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01-14-2015, 05:06 PM #4
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Guess I will be keeping my 5.0 for a while...
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01-14-2015, 05:18 PM #5
It's all about the EPA and gas mileage. sorry to say but that's the future of the world. besides, the ecoboosts make as much power as the older V8's. Large engine performance and luxury cars will be the realm fo the wealthy only in the future.
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01-14-2015, 05:30 PM #6
Looks like I'm buying a GT in 2017.
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01-14-2015, 09:22 PM #8
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01-14-2015, 09:23 PM #9
V8 is tried and proven and for the size (and increasing size) of vehicles and what they're expected to do (namely brodozer trucks and RWD burnout penor extensions) they couldn't do this.
I believe its the 2.7EB in the F150 that replaced the N/A 3.7L+ V6 that hasn't been well received by Ward's and J&D Power. Quoted something along the lines, too small a motor that is expected to do as much work as one twice the size = short life span.
As for an extreme example, don't they have to take the whole cab off a F350 pretty much to service a 6.7 powerstroke?
Turbo this, turbo that - there will be repercussions - no doubt about that. More expensive service (more frequent oil changes, quality synthetics, potential turbo replacements), higher octane gas usage, more maintenance, even slightest bit of insufficient engine cooling or malfunction in engine cooling = far more chances of catastrophic engine failures from overheating, small motors that without turbo would be unimaginable in some of the cars they put them in - now the turbo has to work the motor even harder to get some of these vehicles moving up to real world speed using meaningful acceleration...and not near-fraudulent EPA testing.
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01-14-2015, 09:36 PM #10
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01-14-2015, 10:10 PM #11
They better not. A v8 sound will never be replicated by a 6. This also goes for the durability.
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01-14-2015, 11:22 PM #12
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This, it sucks but it's the future. With fuel mileage regulations increasing companies really have no choice but to downsize displacement and use forced induction. That being said, though they don't sound as good, ford proved with the v6 ecoboost in the f150 that it's a hell of an engine
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01-15-2015, 08:39 AM #14
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