Is the 6.2 dead in the F-150
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Is the 6.2 dead in the F-150
http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/new...he-market.html
Hmmm ncie way to start a Monday.
The bad news: No 6.2, no new Ford for this long term ford buyer.
The good news: My 04 is worth so little, I'll probably keep it until she dies anyway!
Perhaps the only way I can buy a F150 with more motivation is to keep mine and add a blower?
Hmmm ncie way to start a Monday.
The bad news: No 6.2, no new Ford for this long term ford buyer.
The good news: My 04 is worth so little, I'll probably keep it until she dies anyway!
Perhaps the only way I can buy a F150 with more motivation is to keep mine and add a blower?
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Ford rethinks big-block V-8 plan
Suppliers cite soaring fuel prices, slow pickup sales
Jun 23, 2008
Automotive News
Declining pickup sales and soaring gasoline prices are threatening Ford Motor Co.'s big-block V-8 engine program.
Ford told suppliers last week to stop work on a 6.2-liter V-8 engine that had been scheduled to go into the F-series pickup as early as next year, sources told Automotive News.
The engine was canceled for the 2010 F-150, the sources said. It's unclear whether it still is planned for the larger F-series Super Duty pickup.
The big V-8 already had been stripped from the next-generation Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-sized SUVs.
The engine program, known internally first as Hurricane and then Boss, was Ford's answer to General Motors' large-displacement V-8s. The program had been shelved in 2005, but Ford executive Mark Fields revived it after assuming leadership of the company's Americas unit.
Fields said last week that the program is still on but acknowledged that it has been scaled back.
"We've made a significant investment in" the Boss engine program, Fields told PickupTrucks.com in an interview. "The program is moving forward but with lower volumes and only one displacement."
Fields didn't disclose the displacement of the engine that is scheduled to come to market. He also declined to identify the vehicles that would get the Boss engine. "It will be as fuel-efficient as possible," Fields said of the surviving engine.
Sources familiar with Ford's engine programs said it's possible that the automaker may assign the Boss name to a 5.0-liter V-8 being developed for the Mustang. That would make marketing sense; the Boss label long has been connected to performance Mustangs.
But the picture is murky on the family of V-8 engines that Ford will use for future big trucks. The F-150 currently comes with 5.4-liter and 4.6-liter V-8s. The gasoline engines on the Super Duty are the 5.4-liter V-8 and a 6.8-liter V-10
Suppliers cite soaring fuel prices, slow pickup sales
Jun 23, 2008
Automotive News
Declining pickup sales and soaring gasoline prices are threatening Ford Motor Co.'s big-block V-8 engine program.
Ford told suppliers last week to stop work on a 6.2-liter V-8 engine that had been scheduled to go into the F-series pickup as early as next year, sources told Automotive News.
The engine was canceled for the 2010 F-150, the sources said. It's unclear whether it still is planned for the larger F-series Super Duty pickup.
The big V-8 already had been stripped from the next-generation Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-sized SUVs.
The engine program, known internally first as Hurricane and then Boss, was Ford's answer to General Motors' large-displacement V-8s. The program had been shelved in 2005, but Ford executive Mark Fields revived it after assuming leadership of the company's Americas unit.
Fields said last week that the program is still on but acknowledged that it has been scaled back.
"We've made a significant investment in" the Boss engine program, Fields told PickupTrucks.com in an interview. "The program is moving forward but with lower volumes and only one displacement."
Fields didn't disclose the displacement of the engine that is scheduled to come to market. He also declined to identify the vehicles that would get the Boss engine. "It will be as fuel-efficient as possible," Fields said of the surviving engine.
Sources familiar with Ford's engine programs said it's possible that the automaker may assign the Boss name to a 5.0-liter V-8 being developed for the Mustang. That would make marketing sense; the Boss label long has been connected to performance Mustangs.
But the picture is murky on the family of V-8 engines that Ford will use for future big trucks. The F-150 currently comes with 5.4-liter and 4.6-liter V-8s. The gasoline engines on the Super Duty are the 5.4-liter V-8 and a 6.8-liter V-10
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" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
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http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28484&make_id=trust
" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
Many lose sight of the harsh reality that the current state of the economy has drastic effects on many people. They think their small issue of not being able to buy an F150 with a big honking high-horsepower engine is important, where, in the grand scheme of things, it means nothing and pales in comparison to what many who are losing their jobs are going through.
Good luck to you in the future!
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http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28484&make_id=trust
" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
" One shift will be eliminated at both Kansas City (from two to one) and Dearborn (from three to two). Dearborn Truck will be idled most of the third quarter".
Hmmm, nice way for me to start the weekend....loosing my job.
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From BlueOval...
"F-150 is getting a 360hp 5.0, and a 425hp EB V6. Mustang is a getting a 400hp 5.0. Is that not enough power?"
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"BOSS IS ALIVE - definitely in the super Duty .... elsewhere - we shall see.. again - take a breather ans stop spewing mindless babble in the midst or an anger attack - once the dust settles you will see you have been overreacting - by a GREAT margin. If all you want is a 6.2l crate engine available - you will get yours - perfectly on schedule - next spring ... that said, I believe you will be MUCH happier with the new 5.0l ...
Now if you were expecting 6.2l in and Expy - I would understand. And the Mustang was never scheduled to have the 6.2l - it was a possibility, but not a likely one.
Igor"
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"Thanks for the insight and a very reasonable post... so many here just love to jump to conclusions, and love nothing more than to complain.
A trolling they will go..."
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Link: http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums...dpost&p=367872
"F-150 is getting a 360hp 5.0, and a 425hp EB V6. Mustang is a getting a 400hp 5.0. Is that not enough power?"
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"BOSS IS ALIVE - definitely in the super Duty .... elsewhere - we shall see.. again - take a breather ans stop spewing mindless babble in the midst or an anger attack - once the dust settles you will see you have been overreacting - by a GREAT margin. If all you want is a 6.2l crate engine available - you will get yours - perfectly on schedule - next spring ... that said, I believe you will be MUCH happier with the new 5.0l ...
Now if you were expecting 6.2l in and Expy - I would understand. And the Mustang was never scheduled to have the 6.2l - it was a possibility, but not a likely one.
Igor"
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"Thanks for the insight and a very reasonable post... so many here just love to jump to conclusions, and love nothing more than to complain.
A trolling they will go..."
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Link: http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums...dpost&p=367872
