On The 1,000th Day of Christmas, Ford Gave to Us - Ten Little Ponies?

[Knickell]

I was bored and doing a little late night research when I discovered something rather interesting.

The Build & Price tool on Ford.com currently lists the 3.5 liter EcoBoost as producing 400 horsepower and 510 pound feet of torque.

If I remember correctly, the original/earlier estimates listed the 3.5 EcoBoost at 400 and 500 respectively. I confirmed this through a few sources.

On Ford.com, the 3.5 EcoBoost now shows the gasoline only engine as producing 510 pound feet of torque. It also mentions the Port Fuel and Direct-Injection (PFDI) update to the engine as standard equipment.

It also lists a few brief details about the turbos being “twin intercooled”. Is this different from previous years of EcoBoosted F-150s?

Anyway, as many of us continue to wait in F-150 purgatory, I figured this gift of ten little ponies might brighten the holiday for those of us who ordered the 3.5L EcoBoost on our trucks!!

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Current listing for the 3.5 liter EcoBoost on Ford.com Build & Price for the 2021 F-150:

Official article from MotorTrend.com dated September 29th:

Excerpt from Car&Driver.com (9/29):

Earlier release from Autoblog.com:

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[Roger350]

Awkward wording on the "twin intercooled turbos." There's always been twin turbos and a single intercooler, and I'm certain that is still the case. This was probably written by someone that has no concept of what it means. They should have switched the wording to "intercooled twin turbos" so thee is no confusion whether the "twin" is referring to the turbos, the intercooler(s), or both. This stuff happens all the time when copy editors don't understand the technical concepts of what they're writing about.

 

[Knickell]

Awkward wording on the "twin intercooled turbos." There's always been twin turbos and a single intercooler, and I'm certain that is still the case. This was probably written by someone that has no concept of what it means. They should have switched the wording to "intercooled twin turbos" so thee is no confusion whether the "twin" is referring to the turbos, the intercooler(s), or both. This stuff happens all the time when copy editors don't understand the technical concepts of what they're writing about.

I would agree. Clarification would have been nice. I was wondering if someone did a typo, and accidentally put 510 pound feet in there too.

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