- Alrighty then.
Listen, I don't know about you guys,
but I spent much of my childhood out in the shop with my
dad, from building things from scratch,
like Baylor racks to repairing and restoring old farm
equipment to even working on the race car.
I learned a ton of life lessons in that shop.
I also learned how to throw a wrench when you're angry.
If you're.
- A good Dodger ranch, you can nod your ball.
- But that's besides the point,
perhaps one of the most striking things that my dad ever
told me came to me late one night in the shop wrenching on
his dirt hobby stock. When he told me son,
there's no replacement for displacement at the time,
I think I was like four or five.
And it really didn't make sense to me back then.
But looking back at it, it is a little more clear.
See, back then, if you wanted more power from your engine,
you would have to tear it apart board it out,
and then slap it all back together and bigger pistons and
rings and all that good stuff, times to change though.
And things aren't quite the same as they used to be back
then.
Well, displacement may be still important.
move over big blocks because there's a new kid on the
block. When it comes to engines in pickup trucks,
this twin spoolie boy been making a name for itself over
the last few years, but it may not always be in a good way.
This little V6 shook up the market and set the stage for
what a pickup truck engine could be.
I've got some custom offsets.
You guys can follow me on the gram@dusty.co and today's
video is all about how you may want the one and only Ford
EcoBoost.
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A quick reminder,
before we dive head first into this David versus Goliath
story,
if you want to make your EcoBoost look like bigs truck,
but maybe without the spray painted suspension,
of course you can find wheels, tires, live kits,
buggers lighting, and of course,
all sorts of performance parts over@customoffsets.com.
We've got intakes and tuners and differential covers in the
exhausts and pretty much everything you guys would need.
When you say the word eco boost to a truck guy,
you're going to get one of two reactions.
They're either going to go on for about 30 minutes about how
awesome their eco-boost F-150 is and how they get great fuel
mileage. So that's the first response, right?
The second one, maybe not so great, right?
It seems that guys either have a love or hate relationship
with the good old twin boosty boy.
And there's no in-between,
but what if I told you that EcoBoost technology didn't
actually start in the F150 at all?
What if several years before Ford decided to put this little
eco boost in their teeny tiny little Ford fiestas, right?
It was a little one liter EcoBoost side note again here.
I don't care what anyone says. Right?
When we were back in California,
a few weeks ago to visit my boy D max rhino to where the
shop hangout got to drive a semi truck,
ripped some drift tracks. It was awesome, right?
But our rental car over there was a little Ford Fiesta and
that thing was freaking wild to whip through downtown LA.
We were blaring. Hollywood sucks by Kenny hoopla,
we're mobbing and downs. This is great.
It was awesome.
But what makes it EcoBoost an EcoBoost? quite literally,
it comes down to economy and boost, but Dustin,
what does that mean? Well, Hey, thanks for asking.
When it came time to redesign their next generation of
engines,
Ford knew that they had to step it up a notch with rising
gas prices and increasing emissions regulations.
Ford had to act fast, for that reason.
Ford opted to ditch the old tried and true fuel injection
systems of the years past,
and instead opted for a new hype style injection system.
Otherwise known as direct injection.
This direct injection system helped clean up the fuel
economy of the engines,
but that wasn't enough fuel mileage is great,
but nobody wants to drive a slow and boring truck.
Unless of course your name is Jared Wright,
who seems to just love old broken slow vehicles.
I'm sorry, Jerry.
That's just how we need to make sure that the new EcoBoost
engine had what it takes to hold the mail.
Quite literally Ford motor company decided to slap not one,
but two little turbochargers on this new direct injection
V6.
Furthermore,
they also outfitted the engine with variable cam shafts.
Meaning that for the first time this all new engine was
taking cues from a foreign automotive manufacturer like
Honda. Now I know what you guys are saying, right?
But if you've never actually been in a Honda when Vtech
hits, let me tell you it's wild.
It's like boost, but not boosting it just as it's awesome.
We'd up to this broadcast.
Remind you that we are giving away a sumac truck.
That's right.
If you guys haven't already heard we're back with another
giveaway,
but this one is way bigger than anything that we've ever
done before now.
Not only do we have some awesome gear that you guys can pick
up, including this Austin new hoodie right here,
it also comes in a t-shirt. We've got bullet in tennis.
We've got bottle openers.
We've got like 30 t-shirts it's awesome.
But with every purchase,
we're also donating back to the warrior built foundation,
which is a great group of guys who are dedicated to helping
veterans of this country through recreational therapy.
They're doing things like drag racing, building motorcycles,
going to concerts and reminding those guys that they are not
alone.
And if that wasn't enough for you,
we're also giving away a whole truck that's right.
You guys can pick up a tea.
You can help us make a difference in the lives of the
veterans of this great nation.
And you can get entered to win our 2017 Ford.
F-150 seen a bill that we just wrapped up.
We're talking 12 inches of Kellerman air ride,
42 inch trail grapplers in 26, 16 is massive.
I mean, look at this picture of me jumping out of it.
It's literally as tall as I am.
I'm not really sure what I'm doing with my feet there,
but so Ford comes up with this all new twin turbo V6, right?
But Ford knew that if they wanted to roll out this new
engine to the masses and have people actually believe in it
that they had to test it.
So they did a lot,
actually Ford started by pulling thousands of case studies
on engines at the time that were coming back from warranty
and finding out just how and why they failed. Right?
So from there they developed a series of tests that really
put this all new power plant to the test.
The results were earth shattering, right?
Ford took it otherwise unassuming EcoBoost right off the
factory line in their Cleveland engine plant and shipped it
immediately up to their dyno cell in Dearborn, Michigan.
So literally off the production line on a truck,
up to Dearborn into the facility, into the dinosaur, right?
It's crazy immediately upon getting there.
They ran the engine for over 300 hours or simulated 150,000
miles of driving included in this test was a thermal shock
test were afforded to actually cool the engine to minus 20
Fahrenheit.
And then immediately raised the temperature F D 235 degrees.
But that wasn't enough.
They rinsed and repeated over and over and over again.
So after those initial dyno tests,
they toss this engine into a truck where it would drag a
total of 110,000 pounds of logs across the ground,
over in Oregon. Then after that,
they shipped it to Miami where it would tow two NASCAR Ford
fusions,
which weighed roughly 11,300 pounds around the track.
But then it just hauled her on the track once. Right.
They ran it again and again and again and again for 24
consecutive hours at an average speed of 82 miles an hour.
Now, listen, I know what you're saying but FORD
beat the ever living crap out of this engine.
And it just kept going.
They even tossed the same EcoBoost engine into their Baja
truck had beat the snot out of it there as well.
Ford truly was on a war path to ensure that this new
EcoBoost engine was tested and true. Unfortunately though,
it wasn't all rainbows and unicorns for the first-generation
EcoBoost as with any new engine design and new technologies,
there's always a few kinks to work out. Most notably here,
Ford has issues with carbon buildup in the valves due to the
direct injection system. Now not a huge deal, right?
But it is something to note, if you're looking at it,
it's just a by-product of direct injection.
Additionally Ford did see a few issues with the timing
chains on the first-generation EcoBoost.
So watch out for that. If you're looking for one as well,
and as always, anytime you have turbos, right,
you have a chance for turbo failures with leaking seals,
leaking oil feed lines and things like that.
It's the nature of the beast.
So let's say that you really want an EcoBoost F-150 what can
you expect if you want to throw some wheels and tires on it,
a quick search of our gallery,
which you guys can find@customoffsets.com forward slash
gallery, by the way, really cool tool.
Most guys are running a 20 by nine setup with something
around a 33 inch tire on their stock.
There's a few more extreme cases like this guy.
Who's managed to stuff a 35 on a 12 wide in there,
but I imagine that he rubs a lot.
Biggest thing we've seen at these trucks is that front crash
bar that tends to get in the way of bigger wheels and tires.
If you're looking to go that direction,
some guys just stay away from him. Some guys not chum,
and some guys just cut them right out. You know what I mean?
That I'm not your dad.
You can do what you want with a six inch lift kit.
Most guys are putting 30 fives on there with 12 wides with
little to no issues. So there is some good news there.
At the end of the day, though,
the EcoBoost F-150 continues to be one of the most
controversial trucks in the market today.
They challenged the very idea of needing to have a big
bolstering thundering VA and engine under the hood of your
truck. The EcoBoost must be doing something right though,
seeing as Toyota just redesigned their 20, 22 Tundra.
And they're only offering it with a twin turbo V6, way to go
FORD
Way to go.
What do you guys think of that EcoBoost F-150 would you own
one or are you staying far, far away from them?
Less than down in the comments section below and as always
be sure to like the video,
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If you haven't already with that.
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We'll see you guys on the next one.
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