I get not liking Triton engines, but what does that have to do with the Ford 6.2L? The last Tritons in an F-250/F-350 were the 5.4L V8 or 6.8L V10. The 6.8L V10 was used in the F-450 and up, as the heavy duty gas option, until MY 2020, but in 2011, the new 6.2L became the F-250/F-350 gas engine.
The 6.2L is a vast improvement over any Triton. One of the Ford forums hosted an engineer from the build team. I don’t recall all the particulars, but other than being SOHC and in a V, they share very little.
One of the big differences is the 6.2L is over square versus the Tritons, which were undersquare. The bore centers of the 6.2L are 115mm, versus the 110mm of the Tritons.
Another big difference is the Tritons use one spark plug, per cylinder. The 6.2L uses two spark plugs, per cylinder.
Per the forum reports, the Ford 6.2L competes with the Ford 6.8L, a lot of people preferred the 6.2L over the other. Ford putting the 5.4L in the “HD pickups” was stupid. That engine never could compete, if someone actually wanted to get work done. Also, the narrow oil channels that cause major issues for the Tritons was addressed with the new engine design.
There are several Ford 6.2L commercial vehicles with over 300k miles on routine maintenance. “Flatbed Ed” got around 417k miles on his first 2012 F-350 6.2L engine. He reported over 300k, on his second engine, earlier this year. When he posted that, he had nearly 750k miles, on the chassis and original transmission. He is a hotshotter, from one of the Ford forums.
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I posted all that to ask for clarification on why, specifically, you don’t like the Ford 6.2L engine. Mine has been great, but it is low mileage. Mine is also the first generation, with lower torque at a higher RPM. If there is something I don’t know about, but should, I’d like to know what it is.
