I also belive its a 4.5...6.0 minus 2 cylinders..So you know its bound to have some bugs

 

Never fear, the aftermarket is just too big of a business especially on this platform. I've been hearing people lament that vehicles can't be modded in the future my whole life, so far so good.

 

The 4.5L in the LCF won't see use in an F150, it's not clean enough emissions wise.

 

If they came out with the diesel, I would wait a few years and definitly get one.

 

Don't kid yourself. The last time I priced an F-150 Supercrew Lariat to a comparably equipped F-250 Crewcab with a 5.4L gasser, the difference was around $1,000. That was in February 2006. When you spend close to $50K for a truck, $1,000 is peanuts. Go online and "build" a model of each yourself. You'll see.

On another note, the resale of the Superduty "work truck" capable of hauling well over 2500# payload will most likely outshine the measly 1,400# payload in the "grocey getter" F-150... and that's before deducting for the added weight the diesel will impact the F-150's payload. Of course, until it's on the road, we'll never know for sure.

 

Wait.... I thought we had irrefutable proof on here just a week ago that the diesel model would be sporting a Cummins.....

 

Or was that Cummings?

 

I'm in for a Diesel 150 supercrew - one sold here for sure if they build.

just got a 28 ft boat and the 5.4 is not going to cut it long term

 

I would buy one, but I would be very skeptical. My other truck is an 02' Excursion with a 7.3. I have a chip, exhaust, and cold air. I would'nt trade that truck for a 6.0 even if they paid me. And I belive that if you are pulling the power of a big engine out of a little one you are putting too much stress on it which leads to premature failure (like the 6.0). Just my opinion.

 

It's is actually Cummins! Which is owned by the almighty Ford Motor Co. So really when you see a Dodge with a Cummins diesel it is really powered by Ford in a way. Eat that Dodge lovers!

 

Step away from the crack pipe........

 

FORD DOES NOT OWN CUMMINS!!!! This has been talked about over and over. On this site and quite a few others.

I love my F150 for a driver, but for towing I have out grown it, so to speak. If Ford does put a diesel in the F150 then, I will probably get another. But if no diesel I am getting a SuperDuty for my next truck.

 

the theory here is that an f150 is a 1/2 ton truck, costing you allot less than any other diesels ford has for registration. in pa its 150 a year to register the 3/4 ton trucks

plus its getting better gas mileage than the larger v8 diesels (they claim 31 highway)

 

no
the 6.0L is not built by ford, its built by Navistar International, for ford.
this is being developed by ford due to the issues with the 6.0L

ford sued navi-international for all the issues w/ the six oh and then navi-international countersued due to the development of a ford diesel engine (it violated their contract)

 

Its called CAN or controller area network. all the computers still need to interact with one another to work. therefore they all are going to have some form of connection, and clearly, something to decide which "voice" gets precedence over the others. you control that, and then you can tune it. its the same w/ all those euro cars, they can be tuned, even though the new bmw's have some rediculous amount of computers (double didgits)