anybody hear about the new increase on the 5.4? $800 to $1600?

 

Its 800 over 4.6l and 1600 over V6.

 

They're probably doing that to compensate all the time and money lost for warranty work because of the oil leak problems.

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1999 4x4 F250 LD XLT SuperCab 5.4L, 3.73, 4R100 trans.
Flowmaster exhaust, K&N, Superchip, WMS Velocity Tube, Rancho RSX shocks, Hellwig rear swaybar, Stull billet grille, PIAA Air Dam with 2-PIAA Pro80XT's (120W), 4-KC Daylighters (150W), Performance Accessories 3" Body Lift, 33/12.5/17 ProComp Mud Terrains on 17x8 American Racing Atlas Rims. Kenwood 7007 CD, Alpine 3342 Signal Processor, Alpine MRV-F353 5Ch. Amp, Pioneer TS-A6865 3-way speakers, MTX Thunderforms. CompuStar alarm/autostart.

 

From what i've read on the edmunds page is that for the supercrews the 5.4 is now going to be @$1600 rather than the $800 it has been. No v6 is avail for the S-crews. I was wondering if Ford was packaging it w/ something to justify the price doubling....

 

Or perhaps they have a ton of 4.6 engines to unload. A very good motor, in my opinion.
Hey jupiterak, I see you have the 4r100 tranny. Are you happy with it?
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2001 Lariat Screw. Gen.3,
5.4, 4x4, All white w/ gray interior.

[This message has been edited by whitengray (edited 03-10-2001).]

 

Good thing i picked up my Screw when i did. THe 5.4 was still an $800 option last week.
Tony

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'01 SCrew 4x4 XLT 5.4L

 

whitengray,
I definitely like the 4R100 trans. It performs very well when I tow my dad's 6000 lb. Bayliner. But I don't like the bad gas mileage.
11.3 city
12.3 hwy

 

Jupiterak,
I have the 4r70w in my new screw, only has 1400 miles and gas milage so far is 14 mpg
mixed city/highway driving. Your gears are higher than my stock 3.55 which probably explains the minor difference. I also like my tranny so far....I asked about your tranny because of posts requarding poor shift quality etc. Most of the posts I see reguarding trannys fail to mention which tranny,so its tough to come to any conclusion
with out comparing apples to apples

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2001 Lariat Screw. Gen.3,
5.4, 4x4, All white w/ gray interior.

 

EPA?
CAFE?

 

whitengray,
Yeah, you're right about the sloppy shifting. I changed to Mobil 1 synthetic trans. oil which helped alittle, but the Superchip definitely firmed it up. But I'm still thinking about a Transgo shift kit.

 

The 5.4L has been 1600 for a while. It was never a 800 dollars as far as I know. I ordered mine in december and looked at pricing of engine back in November. Like fasttriton said 1600 for 5.4L and 800 for 4.6L is correct.

tfratze- You said "Good think i picked up screw when did. It was still a 800 dollar option last week".

Yes it is a 800 dollar option for you because the base engine for screw is 4.6L and not the 4.2L like in regular/supercab. So you only pay the difference of the 4.6L to 5.4L when the rest of us pay the difference from the 4.2L to 5.4L which is 1600. Just wanted to clearify that for you buddy


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2001 F-150 5.4L trition,
Regular cab with 8' bed
XLT with Black Clearcoat
4x4 3.55 limited slip
factory cab steps
class III tow package
Factory ordered: 12/5
recieved: 2/22

 

Jupiterak, what's in the Transgo kit?

-- J

 

I went to ford.com and priced a reg. f150 and you folks are right +1550 4.2 vs 5.4 not 4.6 vs 5.4. I guess the guy over at edmunds.com town hall had it wrong. Looks like the dealer may have bamboozeled him for the extra, given the 4.6 is stock in the S-crew vs the 4.2.

thanks guys