Forgive me if this has been posted in the last 3 months. I do recall this was a busy topic back in January when it was announced Ford had at least temporarily shelved the Hurricane engine program and most importantly the all important 6.2L V8 for the F-150. Now I recall if you read one of the writeups at the time (perhaps it was @ detnews.com) it was shelved for a quarter, but not forever. Well it's been at least 4 monhts since then, so does anybody outhere have any news?

I'm repeating myself here, but I wonder how Ford plans to market the F-150 in 18 months when the then new Chevy/GM have updated powertrains, Toyota too and we all know Dodge and Nissan will not give up on the battle. : Before anyone jumps down my throat, I know HP rating is not everything balh, blah, blah and FYI I own a '04 SCrew FX4 so my money is with Ford here....

 

No change;The 6.2L Hurricane Engine Project is still shelved for the foreseeable future...

R.I.P

 

Update on the 6.2. Its still in R&D Its not dead however there are no plans to release it before 2007 per a conversation that took place today with a Ford upper management recently. This is based on second hand information but a very trustworthy source Supposedly Ford is looking at a Next Generation 2007 Lightning that will have the ability to push the largest and heaviest 1/2 ton to date to speeds quicker then any other

 

I can't wait for the NEW Lightnings to come out, if they do.

Its only taking so long because you know Ford isn't going to release a new generation Lightning that is slower than the SS and SST/10.

 

Rumor has it that the 6.2 is running around in the big Expedition, Everest, Excursion, whatever it's called, test mules.

 

I think you'll see a small 6 cyl diesel before you see the Hurricane.

 

Moved to Engines...

 

if only it were a high revving 6.2L V10 or 12 lol thatd sound mean:-p