2011 Ford F-150 FX4 SuperCrew 4x4 EcoBoost V6 - Car and Driver (blog)
Sure, plenty of pickups have received forced induction —most of them with superchargers, many of them Fords—but the EcoBoost F-150 is a first among production trucks in that it uses a pair of turbos. ) This also marks the first time Ford’s 3. 5-liter EcoBoost engine has appeared in a rear-wheel-drive product, and it’s perhaps the vehicle in which this engine feels most at home. Tuned to produce 365 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque in the F-150, this iteration of the turbo 3. 5-liter V-6 trumps those installed in the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT and MKS. The EcoBoost’s plentiful torque is most useful when doing manly pickup-type tasks, like hauling or towing. Ford has always touted the EcoBoost V-6 as a downsizing measure, claiming V-8 power with V-6 fuel economy. The power is definitely eight-pot comparable—it makes five more hp more than the F-150’s available 5. 0-liter and bests that mill by 40 lb-ft of torque with a much lower torque peak—but so, too, is the fuel consumption, especially if you’re in the... For example, a 5. 0-liter-equipped F-150 got 14 mpg in our hands, the same as this EcoBoost truck. The EcoBoost engine’s primary advantage over the 5. 0—and even the Ford 6. 2-liter V-8—is fleetness. This 4x4 SuperCrew completed the 0-to-60-mph sprint in 6. 1 seconds, the 5. 0 we tested took 6. 7, and a 411-hp 6. 2-liter needed 6. 3. None of those times is slow, and it should be noted that you can’t really go wrong with the 3. 7-liter six,... Source: www.caranddriver.com
