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Originally Posted by Chance
Ok, it’s not the return of the V10 — that’s plenty dead. However, after union negotiations with Ford, Jerry Dias disclosed in Q&A session with press that Ford will be building a new 6.8L engine at the Windsor plant.
Dias also stated the new engine would go into derivatives of Mustang and F-150 pickups. That essentially narrows it down to a gasoline V8.
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I towed a 9000lb camper for 16000 miles with a F150 V8.
I loved the engine but it is clear that that engine was not designed for that application.
Because I am from the time we could ride motorcycles with 2 stroke engines, I'm ok with engines reving at 4500rpm frequently but the engine really doesn't like to work at lower revs.
Also, besides Ford efforts to move the customer to the ecoboost engine, more than 1/2 of customers don't want (me included) that engine.
So whatever was the reason to put the 5.0 in the F150 (stop gap? eco terrorists in marketing?, etc) that was not a wise decision.
I also foresee that Ford will offer this new 6.8 with a 6 or 8 transmission.
That 10 speed was the most annoying piece of machinery that I ever had in my life....
On the other hand , the new 7.3L with the 6 speed transmission have being really nice so far...
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