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Ford’s F-series has been the pickup-sales king since the late ’70s, but in recent years, the F-150 has felt like it was powered by a circa-1978 powertrain. Until 2011, its top engine was a 5. 4-liter V-8 making a wimpy 310 hp and 365 lb-ft of torque. The 2010 F-150 was rated to tow nearly six tons, but the engine felt like it could barely handle the truck’s own 2. 5 or so. That complaint is gone for 2011, dead along with the 5. 4. Ford has comprehensively overhauled its truck-engine lineup for... The F-150’s maximum towing capacity is unchanged, but the ability of the engine to handle a load without the driver feeling like he needs the aid of a mule team is greatly improved. The top gas engine now is a single-overhead-cam 6. 2-liter V-8 with variable valve timing that makes 411 hp at 5500 rpm and 434 lb-ft at 4500. It is standard in the F-series Super Duty and special-edition F-150s like the Raptor and the... (The most powerful engine available in other F-150s is a 365-hp EcoBoost V-6 that makes 420 lb-ft. those wed to eight-cylinder engines can have a 360-hp 5. 0-liter making 380 lb-ft of torque. Source: www.caranddriver.com
