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Originally Posted by jlincecum
um, no its not. my statement is from the ford techs at the dealer I bought mine from. not knocking the motor. The turbo charger doesnt give constant boost throughout the entire rpm range. it does its best work in the lower end and then its help falls off (look at the horsepower graphs, im not making this crap up). yes it has lots of power and pulls fine BUT when you get to the top and are at crusing speed with that load the turbo is no longer a factor and you have a V6. can you kcik it down a few gears and make the turbo a factor again, YES. my statement is very much the truth, try again
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you do a little research then you try again. look at fords website.
http://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/specifications/
it may or may not give boost at say 5000 rpms but who pulls a load down the hwy at 5000 rpms? all your pulling is between 2 and 2500 on a gas motor right where the eccoboost is putting out 420 torques.