#3: 2011 Ford F-150 "Beat to Hell and Back" 3.5L EcoBoost on the Race Track... The Saga Continues

Our Ford built 3.5L EcoBoosted "Hero engine is at it again and this time, it's a real "Ball Buster". The old girl recently took a truly "roundabout" way to demonstrate its already beyond the edge durability and now best-in-class towing capability.

The new truck/engine combination racked up 1,606 miles towing 11,300 pounds while circling the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway oval at an average speed of 82 mph. It's the latest test in a series of web-based documentaries to demonstrate the durability of the new 3.5-liter EcoBoost truck engine.

EcoBoost is fundamental to Ford's strategy to provide technologically advanced, high-output, smaller-displacement powertrains that deliver uncompromised performance and fuel economy. EcoBoost engines deliver fuel economy gains of up to 20 percent compared with larger, less-efficient engines.

In addition to turbocharging with direct injection, Ford engineers have enhanced EcoBoost's technology capabilities by adding variable valve timing and precisely controlling all aspects of the engine. Ford has at least 125 patents on its EcoBoost technology.

The high-speed maximum towing test is the current phase of a testing program that started when this randomly selected EcoBoost engine endured the equivalent of 150,000 miles or 10 years' use on the dynamometer, replicating the duty cycle of the harshest-use customer.

After the "Dyno Stress" torture testing, the engine was installed into a new 2011 Ford F-150 to work as a log skidder in Oregon, dragging logs weighing up to nearly five tons.

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[kmpinfante]

I think that Ford did a very good engine the V6 3.5L. TWIN TURBO. The motor sounds and runs great.

[bloodynikka1]

not to sound like an idiot but this vid is not all that convincing. Sure its cool but I hear the sound oif a v8 enginge and no turboos. the people shold have done a short clip of the test INSIDE THE TRUCK other than that,  i have no other complaints.

[bowzer850]

Isn't that the point? That they are supposed to hold up to all the tests without being changed?

[BanditKING132]

@fantana501 ...very good point

[fantana501]

I'm not saying these torture test videos are bullshit but are the turbos on the engine seriously the same ones they started with?