Hurricane will be the BOSS
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The interesting thing about that story is they are talking about two different engines. Read the press release on Blueoval news. The "Boss" motor will be a 5 liter pushrod crate motor for sale through Ford Racing dealers. They are still talking about making a OHC motor for the F150 but both will be called "Boss". Either way I think its great if they put a little more hp in our beloved trucks. You can never have too much power or money or pooter. 
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Originally Posted by Virilha
I think that Ford was suppose to release an engine with a bigger displacement, probably 6.0L or more and now they come with all this talking about a 5.0L .
Here's the link to story. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...610310352/1148
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I read that the new engine will be 6.2L and not 5.0L.
"The Boss is a forthcoming large-displacement V8 engine project at Ford Motor Company. The engine project was reportedly cancelled in 2005 as the company focused on its existing Triton V8 and V10, but was reportedly[1] revived in early 2006 by Mark Fields. The large engine will compete with DaimlerChrysler's new Hemi and General Motors' large Vortec engines. Ford is currently unable to compete with these large V8 engines in the pickup truck, SUV, and luxury car markets with its 5.4 L Modular V8.
The Boss engine will reportedly displace 6.2 L, with the ability to exceed 7.0 L in future applications, and produce more than 425 hp (317 kW) and 425 ft·lbf (576 N·m). It will be built at Cleveland Engine in Cleveland, Ohio. The first application will be Ford's F-Series pickup trucks produced at Dearborn Truck. It has been rumored that the Hurricane will retain many of the Modular V8 design cues such as a deep skirt block with cross bolted main caps, oiling system design, and multivalve overhead camshaft valve train arrangement but it will have much wider bore spacing and bearing surfaces.
The engine was initially called the "Hurricane", but this was changed in mid 2006 to the storied Boss name[2] in the wake of Hurricane Katrina."
Makes no sense to go from 5.4L to 5.0L, 6.2L is the way to go !
"The Boss is a forthcoming large-displacement V8 engine project at Ford Motor Company. The engine project was reportedly cancelled in 2005 as the company focused on its existing Triton V8 and V10, but was reportedly[1] revived in early 2006 by Mark Fields. The large engine will compete with DaimlerChrysler's new Hemi and General Motors' large Vortec engines. Ford is currently unable to compete with these large V8 engines in the pickup truck, SUV, and luxury car markets with its 5.4 L Modular V8.
The Boss engine will reportedly displace 6.2 L, with the ability to exceed 7.0 L in future applications, and produce more than 425 hp (317 kW) and 425 ft·lbf (576 N·m). It will be built at Cleveland Engine in Cleveland, Ohio. The first application will be Ford's F-Series pickup trucks produced at Dearborn Truck. It has been rumored that the Hurricane will retain many of the Modular V8 design cues such as a deep skirt block with cross bolted main caps, oiling system design, and multivalve overhead camshaft valve train arrangement but it will have much wider bore spacing and bearing surfaces.
The engine was initially called the "Hurricane", but this was changed in mid 2006 to the storied Boss name[2] in the wake of Hurricane Katrina."
Makes no sense to go from 5.4L to 5.0L, 6.2L is the way to go !
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Originally Posted by quackrstackr
There are two different engines......
one will be a 5.0 crate motor and one will be the 6.2 production motor.
Both will carry the "Boss" name.
one will be a 5.0 crate motor and one will be the 6.2 production motor.
Both will carry the "Boss" name.
