Yes you read that right. An Ecoboost Raptor. That might seem like a strange thing to build. I mean it’s not like Ford has any shortage of powerful V8 engines to slap into a custom truck. Still, for those who enjoy the fuel economy and characteristics of Ford’s popular Eco Boost V6, the idea of […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | January 18, 2013
There are some characteristics of a V8 that the EcoBoost just won’t be able to match. Burnouts, however are not one of it’s shortcomings. It’d be easy to think that the higher horsepower of the 5.0 would be better suited to turning tires into billowing clouds of white smoke. As this video proves, the EcoBoost […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | September 5, 2012
Ford has been smacked with a lawsuit from Philadelphia company TMC Fuel Injection System over the fuel-injection system used in the EcoBoost F-150. According to TMC, Ford was in discussion with the engineer Shou L. Hou, in 2004 about a direct injection system that increases performance and mileage significantly. Ford declined to use the […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | August 31, 2012
A lot of people were skeptical when Ford announced the EcoBoost F-150. “There was no way that a complicated twin-turbo V6 could match the output and reliability of an old-school, long stroke V8,” or so the skeptics lamented. Now though, after Ford has sold it’s 200,000th ecoboost, it seems like they might’ve have found an audience. In […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | August 23, 2012
