Captainp4

6:57 on a wet track is pretty impressive. Looking forward to more

Sounds like sub 7 minute if they put this teaser out...

Talking about the different engine options... Good friend of mine has a newer bronco with the 4 banger/manual trans. We did an event called the 24hrs of Appalachia last year with it and I drove a decent amount. That thing rips even on 37" tires. Computer rev matching shifts made it stupid simple to drive in some pretty hairy situations and I wasn't wanting for more power. When it came time to drive home through the mountains at highway speed we were blowing past our Jeep buddy on any grade.

As an enthusiast it sounds cool, but it doesn't really make sense with the quiet flight thing and the fact that all they sell are cuv/suv now. I think some class leading hp numbers might help some, but going full harsh/sport in a brand that is selling on being a 'sanctuary' doesn't compute. Stupid power and smooth/composed/quiet yes, going after 'ring numbers.. not so much.

I only bought 5 around the IPO, wasn't making much money back then. Have 160 at ~11.90 average cost now so I'm not too far in the hole anymore, might make a few bucks some day lol

I bought at IPO, which was a dumb move looking back, but I figured with Ford backing them and Amazon backing them they were unstoppable. We see what happened with the Ford deal. I've bought a lot more recently and have a much better average cost, there's some things on production and engineering they need to figure out to lower production cost, but they have some really solid product so far. Still consider them a risk, but we'll see what happens as their new models come out.. I personally think they're the only start up that's going to survive out of the ev companies, but time will tell. Edit to add: They'll never reach TSLA levels of valuation because they just build cars. Tesla is FAR more than just a car company, even if most don't want to admit that.

Maybe I missed it in the article, but would it be electric or a hot version of the 2.3? The steering wheel with the 'brain' seems a little silly. Why take the whole steering wheel for your preferences when your phone can do the same thing if it's connected to it lol

Ford should bring back the 96 F350 7.3 psd with zf5 manual transmission and only build that. I'd pay 60k for a brand new one lol (I know all the reasons they can't/shouldn't, just making a joke). Closing in on 400k miles on mine and I'd drive it across the country tomorrow. My 2010 250 with ~140k miles scares the crap out of me every time I start it wondering what's going to break next. '17 mkc has been pretty decent so far besides some evap issues with the capless gas filler. That's the newest Ford I own.

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A pushrod v8 making the same hp makes way more tq at a lower rpm than a dohc v8. Even the ecoboost makes more tq than the coyote. It's an awesome engine for light cars and does pretty good in the 150, but don't act like it has the grunt needed for a superduty class vehicle.

Came here to say this as well, I see it's been discussed and I'm not really convinced, but I never did finish my engineering degree so... Seems to me adding the cost and complexity and relatively low tq numbers of a DOHC v8 doesn't really make sense in a generator application. Smaller displacement godzilla or even one of the smaller ecoboost v6s with big tq numbers make more sense in my head, though that would add even more complexity and fuel consumption under heavy load with a turbo is tricky. Honestly don't like these EREV things, seems like a lot of different crap to go wrong. It's a good stop gap measure, but I personally think they'll end up obsolete sooner than later as battery tech evolves. A superduty one does fit my personal use case right now though. 99% <100 miles a day towing ~10k with a couple big road trips towing several hundred miles per year.

Maybe they'll drop a surprise GT wrapped around this engine 😃

Did the 5.4 come in anything other than a truck? Besides the cobra R

The 5.4 and 6.8 were called Triton. I think Lincoln versions of the 4.6/5.4 were called intec or something like that. I think Coyote was just an internal code name, much like godzilla, that got out. Coyote shares the same bore spacing, but not much else interchanges from what I've gathered over the years. I consider them all mod motors because they share the same bore spacing which was the point of making the 'modular' engines, if they shared the same bore spacing the machining would be easier/cheaper. IIRC, the bore spacing is so narrow because when they were being designed Ford thought it was a good idea to turn v8s sideways and stuff them in front wheel drive cars so a narrow bore spacing made them less wide when facing the wrong way.

I can't wait until all the idiots staring at their phone while driving have full self driving so I don't have to constantly drive like they could pull out in front of me at any second while I'm pulling 10k lbs around. It's exhausting driving the work truck with the little cuvs and nissan altimas near me.