Just realized how powerless the V6 is
#91
05-25-2010, 06:14 PM
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First of all, why are you kids trying to do burnouts in a relatively small 6-cyl truck? Face it - it wasn't designed to be a stop-light drag racer. It's a freakin' TRUCK, not a race car! 
I pull a light travel trailer with my '99 4.2 - it weighs about 3,000 lbs. - and it does just fine. It'll cruise at 65 pulling the trailer all day with no problem unless we're in hill country, in which case, yeah, it has to work kinda hard to keep the speed up. It does it, though...
If you want to be a boy racer, get a Mustang. If you want to haul or carry stuff, get a truck.
I pull a light travel trailer with my '99 4.2 - it weighs about 3,000 lbs. - and it does just fine. It'll cruise at 65 pulling the trailer all day with no problem unless we're in hill country, in which case, yeah, it has to work kinda hard to keep the speed up. It does it, though...
If you want to be a boy racer, get a Mustang. If you want to haul or carry stuff, get a truck.
Two- I was just curious to see if it could do it or not
Three- I use it to haul my dirt bike from place to place
Four- im not the kind of ignorant kid that goes around and does burnouts in the neighborhood and races on the street. Is it wrong that I was curious if my truck could do a burnout after seeing numerous burnouts in trucks before?
#92
05-25-2010, 06:54 PM
My truck was free, it is my first vehicle. I love it to death, yes the V8 is powerful but mine does what it does fine (including spinning in 1st and even 2nd when wet out).
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#93
05-25-2010, 08:46 PM
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I had a 01 ext cab xlt v6 5speed and it was a damn good truck! I didnt have any compliants on the performance of it of course what helped it out was the 5 speed. I loved that truck but wanted to move up to a supercrew and got my 03 with the 5.4. Main thing i didnt like about the V6 was the gas mileage was the same as the V8 and that was the reason i got the 6 was for better fuel mileage.
Here was the 01
And traded it in for
But i think i will stick with my trusty 5.4 ive put 38000 miles on it in a year and a half and not one problem yet.
Here was the 01
And traded it in for
But i think i will stick with my trusty 5.4 ive put 38000 miles on it in a year and a half and not one problem yet.
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05-25-2010, 09:58 PM
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#97
05-26-2010, 11:00 AM
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what if they offer that 350ish hp twin turbo ecoboost V6? it would be a lot easier to upgrade to a bigger turbo or whatever. you could probably bust out a bit of power with those when modified. we will have to see if anybody does mods to an SHO
#98
05-27-2010, 04:37 PM
I have an '05 NBS F150 4.2 with 3.55LS & 5 speed manual. Two weeks ago I pulled my 25' boat, weighs 4,300 lbs dry, for over 200 miles. Truck never strained at all, except I had to go to fourth gear up one long hill in New Hampshire. I'm pretty happy with the setup. But I bought it as a work truck, not for show or racing.
#99
05-27-2010, 05:37 PM
Not too happy about playing with turbo systems on a DD, especially when Ford is somewhat new to the market