Yeah you’re right, the bronco isn’t designed to be fast.

For off roading you need smooth power, the 2.7 is not smooth in its power delivery. My dad has a 2.7 and I have a 5.0 F150 so I’ve driven both. There is a misconception that more torque is always better but both of these engines will be able to break traction on all 4 wheels so what is more torque giving you? It just…

LOL, Anyone that has driven a Gen III 5.0 knows you don’t need to “rev the ever-living crap” out of it to get “actual usable torque”. I bought the 5.0 because the throttle is way more progressive than the 2.7, because with the 2.7 everytime you hit the throttle, the computer has to decide if its going to wait for the…

The 2.7 does have a stronger block material, and I would assume it has stronger rods than a 5.0 due to its much higher BMEP. It really comes down to the engineering for both whether one will last longer or the other. My 2019 Gen III Cayote just used 4 qts of oil in its first 8000 miles and has the piston slap when its…

And the 5.0 has 70 more hp, same peak torque, is faster, tows more, sounds better and is only 4-12 lbs heavier. Seems like this is cutting against your argument.

The current ecoboost engines are all tuned for low end torque, the 5.0 has the highest hp and torque peak rpm of the whole f150 line up.

If you look at the F150 specs, the total truck weight for the 2.7 V6 is within a few lbs of the 5.0. It’s aluminum block versus CGI + turbos + intercooler.

You are exactly right.

The rear suspension still has roll stiffness, and by Ford moving the the springs as out board as possible it will have more roll stiffness for the same jounce spring rate then if they were further inboard. For a skid pad keeping the front the same, taking out the rear sway bar will increase rear traction and therefore…

On Fords website it lists the maximum crawl ratio for the manual at 94.75:1.

Hey I’m with you. I think the new manual is based on the MT82 which doesn’t give me confidence about it being paired with the 2.7. I don’t know what Ford is thinking, just guessing. Why do you think Ford didn’t offer a manual with the 2.7?

Hey I’m with you. There really isn’t an engineering wall that prevents manufacturers from making a bullet proof manual. Maybe I’m wrong but a 4wd 4500 lb truck and 400 lb ft at 2750 rpm sounds like a recipe for disaster for transmission that is based on the MT82.

Modern (forced induction) motors make too much torque for manuals to handle now.

I guess I met the one person who can’t feel force.

With that argument you can’t feel HP or torque in a car. But generally speaking we can feel torque by using a any wrench. If the wrench isn’t moving you can still feel the torque even though it is at zero HP. If you hold a water hose you wouldn’t be able to discern the difference between 1 gpm at 20 ft/s vs 0.5 gpm at…

5252 has units as it is the conversion factor going from hp to lb-ft-rot/min. so 1 HP does not equal 1 lb-ft-rot/min

Exactly, let people buy what they want, don’t penalize manufacturers (with cafe regulations that are impossible for pickups to meet) for building vehicles people want and they can make money on. I love cars and want to buy a Miata as my next car but I still need the truck. I only wish I could get a full size pickup wit…

I have a new F150 super crew 4wd, short bed V8. It gets better mileage then my Chevy SS, and my JKUR. It can tow more, it has a huge interior for my family of 4 plus a dog. I can fill up the bed with 1700 lbs of disk blades and various steel parts, then clean out the bed in less then 10 minutes. I can leave the tail…

Nah, for a CVT the only thing that matters is HP. 162 lb-ft @ 2500 RPM is only 77 hp. 125 lb-ft @ 6000 = 142 HP.

With a CVT its less of an issue, because the CVT is always able to get peak HP to the ground and you will never be stuck in between gears.