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2017 Ford Raptor Makes 450 Horsepower
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Derek Kreindler
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Published: January 26th, 2015
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From our friends at Jalopnik comes news that the 3.5L Ecoboost V6 in the all-new Ford Raptor will make 450 horsepower (and weigh 500 lbs less). How about dropping it in the Mustang while we’re a t it?
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Published January 26th, 2015 12:56 PM
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This isn't terribly surprising. If Ford wants to do a successor to the GT500 we might see an Ecoboost Coyote, or perhaps they could put it in the Super Duty trucks (with a lot of durability-driven changes). Surely it would take a stronger transmission to get it into any of the fwd-based vehicles? The other crystal-ball comment re the V8 being dropped from the Mustang is that I would bet they would go to a 4.3L V8 (260ci) or even lower rather than drop the V8 altogether, with or without turbos. A 2.7L V8 Ecoboost that still sounded like a V8 (and it should) would be fine with me.
Judging some of the comments by our dedicated V8 hoons, it appears they can't see the forest through the trees. The V8 will die slowly, just like the large and cumbersome US land barges of yore. The 5 litre Coyote will be dropped once the 2.7 EcoBoob has been ironed out. Future aluminium F-150 owners will wear this one. The 3.5 EcoBoob is the replacement for the 6.2 V8. Except Ford can't use it in it's HDs because of the 3.5's terrible FE when expected to generate a bit of torque and power, ie do some real work. So, I predict the future Mustangs will have the 3.5 EcoBoob, 2.7 EcoBoob and believe it or not the 2 litre EcoBoob (not the 2.3 EcoBoob). The 2 litre EcoBoob will be for the wanna be types and hairdressers. With 450hp from the 3.5 EcoBoob it will interesting to see if Ford will produce a grenading engine. I'd say 80% of the Raptors sold are sold to people who don't have a clue. The look at me types. These guys probably talk to their friends about that cowboy movie.....Cracked Ass Mountain or what ever it was called, thinking they are cool and liberal. P.S. Some of the content in this comment is humourous.....to me anyways;)
I like that Ford is keeping the Raptor alive and advancing it...just not sure about the 3.5. I love the 6.2 in my '12 Raptor, a truck like this begs for a V8. But we'll see....I'll certainly test drive one, just not sure how it can be better on fuel with 35" tires and 4.10 gears spinning at 7000 RPM.
Big al yes the g63 6x6 has some nice features a ceter locking diff like the new raptor supposedly has. And tire deflation inflation system on board but who is going to go off raiding in a merc that starts at over half a million dollars. To put it another way you could buy 10 fully loaded Raptors is it ten times better than a raptor off road? Where can it go that a raptor cannot. Richard hamond will probably be the only one to take it off road.