Torture Test #1: "Beat to Hell and Back" 3.5L EcoBoost

Hauling, logging, towing, raced and even frozen and cooked while running WOT. Imagine how well it will perform in your day to day operations?

A 2011 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost engine gets ready to play in the giant sandbox called the Baja 1000.

A little time to play is being setup in the latest torturing round starring Ford's 2011 3.5L EcoBoost "Beat to Hell and Back Hero" engine. And Ford may actually be onto something.

The Baja is no ordinary sandbox. It is a tough, rugged and demanding course fit only for a world's best desert endurance drivers and toughest vehicles that are specifically setup for the challenge.

In this case, the engine, the exact same engine that was randomly pulled off the assembly line just months ago, has been tortured in a 300-hour, 24/7 Dynamometer run in -- 20 to 230 degree F, forced to haul 3 + ton logs up 10% grades while off road, driven at WOT and at speeds in excess of 90 mph while towing an 11,300 pound trailer at Homestead Speedway in Miami and is now set to take on the Baja 1000 in stock form before an eventual tear down to see exactly how it withstood the abuse.

The same "Beat to Hell and Back Hero Engine" has already been proven "Ford Tough" beyond reproach so let us do it again!

It's just the latest day in the life of the 3.5L EcoBoost engine # 448AA.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Ford
• F-150
• 3.5L
• EcoBoost
• Engine
• #448AA
• Beat
• to
• Hell
• and
• Back
• Hero

[impaying]

@leroyjenkins09 you can't compare it against something that doesn't exist.

[csumblazer]

This doesnt show anything to the consumer. I wanted to see someone pin the motor at redline for like 10 minutes (while its actually installed) then drive it in a rally car race or cross country. THAT would show some strength

[wilk128]

They should do this to their 6.2 litre V-8. Make it Flex-Fuel so you could run 105 Octane E-85 in it.

[OfficerSheepDog]

@leroyjenkins09

i agree holehgeartly if they offered a comparable model or a turbo'd v8 / v6 from factory.

I have been waiting a long time for north american auto makers to start using the fantastic gain in every aspect from turbo chargers.

[leroyjenkins09]

i just love how ford continues to compare apples to oranges, i understand that the ecoboost engine is a great engine, but its 365hp and 420tq, its going to beat a standard silverado, with a 5.3, even its newest ratings are 315hp and 335 tq, its a no brainer, compare the numbers, stupid ppl are like OMG my v6 just beat your v8, but really come on, let me put a turbo on the 5.3 and then lets compare, boosted vs boosted, how do you like them apples?

[JamesBondSim9]

@586guest2 its cool if you want to buy older cars, Im not trying to tell ya any diffrent. you call all of this computerized stuff "bullshit", sir you are sadly mistaken, all of that "bullshit" is making the engine more efficent, it is doing things that the older ones could never do with out. Im not a fan of the small displacement stuff either, but if the ecoboost can deliver like it says it can, then thats all the convincing anyone should need, if your too blind to see that, then too bad for you

[586guest2]

@JamesBondSim9 i bet these tests are so far fetched, these tests most likely are not legit. i will always buy older cars. i may even buy older fords but i hate all this computerized plastic small displacement bull shit engines.. moron.

[JamesBondSim9]

@586guest2 WOW, to say that a 70's engine would out perform this engine is pretty stupid, I love GM to death but ya gotta understand that the relyability isnt restricted to a name. I can see how you may think there is no substitute for displacement, but times have changed, and the turbos evolved, I would love to see that 70's GM engine go head to head with the ecoboost in these tests, and Im sure that the GM would fall flat on its face... Get with the times dumbass

[ZaoHuZhua]

@586guest2 My dad owns an 08' ford and only had problems with brake noise once. My 91' ford needed about $3,000 in repairs because the truck was never serviced even the oil was used for about 39,000 miles without a change. It has 156K on it already but the engine is still in fairly good condition.

[strumem90]

its going to take GM, Dodge and Toyota a long time to catch up