Eco Boost vs V8

[Diamondpilot]

As far as gear ratio goes I would not want any less than 3.55 and would prefer 3.73 for myself. If the 3.31 works for you that's fine.

Chris

 

[Runner]

Funny thing about that. You know how you find a vehicle on a lot, it's equipped about like you want it, but it has and option or two you wouldn't have necessarily thought about. That's what happened with the rear axle lock on this truck. It was an option I hadn't thought about too much, but since it was on the truck I wanted, I was willing to pay a little extra and figured it might come in handy every now and then.

Even though it was listed as electronic, I thought it was standard limited slip. About everything is electronically controlled on todays vehicles, so I just assumed it was limited slip that was electronically controlled. Not until I got home and was reading the manual did I realize that it is in fact controlled from within the cab and not engaged until the operator engages it. Not a bad thing in my mind. If it's ever needed, I have it. It wasn't a huge extra cost in the giant scheme of things.

For Chris and you other gear heads that might be interested it is a 3.31. Please comment if you desire. I would be curious as to how you think that falls within the lineup of available gear ratios.

Sounds like a good deal to me. I have limited slip on my F350 and I guess the "limited" part means it slips before it locks up. I like the idea of being able to manually lock the rear end because I usually know when I'm going to need it (coming out of my pasture on wet grass, etc.)

Thanks for the info.

Looking forward to pics of the new rig.

 

[Danny C]

Congrats on buying a Ford. Like you said, it's not Government Owned.

What gear ratio did you get?

Chris

The US Government sold their last shares in GM last month...Taxpayers Don't Have Government Motors To Kick Around Any More - Forbes

Hasn't owned any shares in Chrysler since 2011...http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/business/us-sheds-its-stake-in-chrysler.html?_r=0

Don't forget that Ford too ad to file for Chapter 11. It was only because they did it just before the credit crisis of 2008 that they didn't need Government help. Also, don't forget, they also supported GM and Chrysler in their bid for Government assistance.

So one doesn't support either manufacturer because they required Government backing to survive...that makes a lot of sense....if everyone thought that way, the taxpayers would have never got ANY of their money back! lol Smart

 

[Pixguy]

It is something like 11billion that the taxpayers lost in the GM bailout. I have a relative who lost many 6 figures on GM stock when the gov. deemed the stock to be worthless but gave much away to the unions.

Nuff said here, friendly politics has gone over this to death.

 

[sld]

I think the point is the tax payer DIDN'T get all their money back...and neither did the shareholders.

 

[TomSeller]

Not being a revisionist, Bush Motors seems to have been carried through the recession by the Gubbamint.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16740.html

 

[ruffdog]

Does "federal assistance" make it government motors? Ford Motor Co. Does U-turn on Bailouts

 

[TomSeller]

Does "federal assistance" make it government motors? Ford Motor Co. Does U-turn on Bailouts

They all had their hands in the cookie jar. I am willing to let it all be history and have bought both GM and Ford since. I will not buy foreign as long as there is a US manufacturer on two feet.

 

[ruffdog]

They all had their hands in the cookie jar. I am willing to let it all be history and have bought both GM and Ford since. I will not buy foreign as long as there is a US manufacturer on two feet.

Agree! The tax payers will be paid back many times over from the GDP they provide this country.

 

[MossRoad]

They all had their hands in the cookie jar. I am willing to let it all be history and have bought both GM and Ford since. I will not buy foreign as long as there is a US manufacturer on two feet.

Because God knows you'd never want to support 70,000 U.S. people employed directly by Japanese auto companies or another 210,000 employed indirectly. Floyd R. Turbo, American.