First Drive Review: 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty Introduction, Part 1 - PickupTrucks.com
The outgoing 2010 Super Duty's standard 5. 4-liter gas V-8 is rated at 300 hp and 365 pounds-feet, and the optional 6. 8-liter V-10 is rated at 362 hp and 457 pounds-feet. So the new 6. 2-liter V-8 has more horsepower than either of the old engines and just misses splitting the difference in torque between the 5. 4-liter and 6. 8-liter, with two fewer cylinders than the massive 6. 8-liter. 7-liter V-8 is under special scrutiny. This is the engine that is going to have to live up to the reputation of the original 1999-2002 Super Duty's 7. 3-liter Power Stroke V-8 and surpass the maintenance-challenged 2003-07 6. 0-liter V-8 and fuel-efficiency-challenged 2008-10 6.... 7-liter also is introducing the use of diesel exhaust fluid to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide emissions. To fill the big boots that the 7. 3-liter left behind, Ford's engineers say they've subjected the in-house designed-and-built oil burner to the toughest set of torture tests they've ever devised plus more than 10 million miles of on-road testing —... If it is, you belong in a medium-duty truck because Ford has boosted the Super Duty's trailer-towing ratings so high that we're at the point where a standard F-350 one-ton pickup with the 6. 7-liter diesel and a middle-of-the-road 3. 73 rear axle... Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
