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A smart computer told me ”Several manufacturers have employed both a supercharger and a turbocharger on the same engine, a setup known as twin-charging. This combines the instant response of a supercharger with the efficiency of a turbocharger. Here are the notable examples: Volkswagen The...

Just wait till they become teenagers. You’ll have zero down time and you will discover the phenomenon called dad bod. 😁 Glad you’re enjoying the truck and the great fuel mileage those 2.7-liter V6 engines give you.

True, but my wife has a cricket and my 14-year old son is good at using it. He created all kinds of custom logos for my boat. There are emblems from other manufacturers like tis one too. Just dont put the T on with the 3.3. 🤣 https://sharkracing.com/3-3t-factory-emblem-gloss-black/

Its normal for emissions compliance. The computer retards exhaust timing and revs the motor to rapidly heat the catalytic converters.

That does not seem normal so a agree, something is wrong.

Sounds like turbo lag to me.

I should put a 3.3-liter V6 badge on mine. 😉

That seems circumstantial. How can an esthetically different but basically structurally the same front end make a 10-db difference in sound. Also, the XLT has basically the same front end as the XL. I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a guess based on my experience with my 5.0-liter...

That is a rather large reduction in sound level this time around. Up until this point you have been listing what you did to make it to the next step, however not this time. What did you do to reduce the interior noise from ~69 db to 59 db 😳. That would make for a great base to build an active...

Lowered what rear? 😗

My SuperCab driver side door rattled a little bit so I tightened the hinge strike plate to suck the door in tighter and that solved it. My A-pillars both rattled badly when cold so I removed them and put Tesa tape between the base of the A-pillar and dash and over the alignment tabs and they...

There is a Sullivan Tire near me that I might try.

That‘s good to hear. I thought that there was something different about the F-150 braking system that would necessitate specialized equipment. Thank you for clarifying that. Also, those brakes look fantastic. Keep us posted on how you like them.

Every caliper replacement job I have ever done I was able to just gravity bleed the brakes by swapping the brake line quickly from the old caliper to the new caliper and opening up the bleeder valve and letting gravity do its thing while I assembled the rest of the brakes. You mentioned a...

My 2001 Tundra with 200k miles had a badly rusted frame within 8 years that I could poke my finger through in some spots and it also had an open C-channel frame too. I traded it in for a Mazda CX5 at the time that got great fuel mileage. I have used Fluid film and many of my vehicles including...

Not surprised and thank you for sharing the results. Did you get your alignment done at a tire shop or somewhere else?

No badge is going on my truck. I like the sleeper look personally.

Wow, 30.48 MPG, the 2.7 reigns king in MPG.

7,200 Miles on my 2024 Truck 5.0-Liter Engine Transmission Fluid changed? No, too early. Issues Encountered: In normal mode the 1-3 shift sometimes has a weird hesitation under light throttle like power is temporarily cut to engine and then once it makes the 1-3 shift it accelerates smoothly...

But you're not burning the same amount of fuel. The 2.7L EcoBoost achieves ~ 20 MPG city and 26 MPG highway. The 3.5L gets ~18 MPG city and 24 MPG highway. The 5.0L Coyote gets ~17 MPG city/23 MPG highway. The smaller displacement turbocharged engines produce fewer CO2 emissions per mile due to...