POLL: If Ford offers engine option (V6 and V8), which one would you pick?

Truckzor · Jul 10, 2016

RaptorFlipper said:
A little late to this, but no v6 for me. Going to keep my 13 till it falls apart, or blows up. Looking to buy a 2018 grand Cherokee srt8 hellcat next.

I have the same plan. Really not a jeep guy so hoping there's a new Lightning (with a V8) in the pipeline. But, if not, that jeep would make an interesting daily driver.

psufan · Jul 10, 2016

raulsterXDozer said:
I would choose V8. As would the majority, indicated by this landslide.

Is that a surprise? The pole is a 3.5L V6 TT vs a 5.0L TT. Who wouldn't take the V8 in this case (I said v8 but I'll still be buying the v6). If the pole was a 5.0L V8 TT vs a 6.2L V8 TT... everyone would take the 6.2L TT. If it was a 6.2L V8 TT vs an 8.4L V10 TT... the majority would probably pick the V10.

The real question is, if ford offered the currently planned ecoboost 3.5L TT (probably in the neighborhood of 450/480 hp/tq) OR as a no-cost option the 5.0L V8 from the F150 rated at something like 400/420 hp/tq... which would people choose. They certainly aren't putting the voodoo in the F150.

RaptorScrew · Jul 10, 2016

skyscraper said:
Since we can't ignore that there are rumors of a v8 Gen 2 Raptor, lets take a poll and see who the winner is among Raptor enthusiasts.

Here's one article speculating about a 5.0L TT option:
The F-150 Raptor will also receive the EcoBoost 5.0 V8 in 2018 | HorsepowerKings.com

Yeah, yeah...we know. HPK doesn't always have everything right. But lets assume this is true. Which one would you buy?

Sorry, I didn't even bother to read through all the pages here to know the answer to this one: All I did was read the ORIGINAL QUESTION ASKED ---

@skyscraper - that has to be the dumbest ******' questions ever asked on this forum... PERIOD - BAR NONE!

(...Just in case you didn't know what my answer was due to being in some "SAFE-SPACE" on the notion that I might offend you with my answer... I'd choose the V8)

With that said - Love the idea of opening a topic that will get a lot of response and a lot of reaction...

RLTW · Jul 10, 2016

psufan said:
Is that a surprise? The pole is a 3.5L V6 TT vs a 5.0L TT. Who wouldn't take the V8 in this case (I said v8 but I'll still be buying the v6). If the pole was a 5.0L V8 TT vs a 6.2L V8 TT... everyone would take the 6.2L TT. If it was a 6.2L V8 TT vs an 8.4L V10 TT... the majority would probably pick the V10.

The real question is, if ford offered the currently planned ecoboost 3.5L TT (probably in the neighborhood of 450/480 hp/tq) OR as a no-cost option the 5.0L V8 from the F150 rated at something like 400/420 hp/tq... which would people choose. They certainly aren't putting the voodoo in the F150.

I would still take that v8 and since I don't leave anything new alone I would mod it.

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VortexTed · Jul 24, 2016

I doubt we will see the V8TT Ecoboost. Ford won the LeMans, and 3rd place finish with the V6TT Ecoboost. They almost had a podium finish with the new GT and this V6TT.
Ford appears to be all in with this engine and with good reason.

Pacific Wheel · Jul 26, 2016

I think a better comparison would be 3.5 Eco vs a DI 6.2 (similar figures to what GM puts down). Of course it'll never happen but that would probably sway quite a few people.

Crash33 · Jul 26, 2016

If you were given a brand new truck and were told you couldn't lift the hood and you didn't know what was under there, but when you drove it, it was considerably faster, more responsive, and handled better than your gen 1 6.2, why would you care if it had a V6 or a V8? Assuming of course that reliability was at least equal.

...and please don't say because of the sound.

Truckzor · Jul 26, 2016

Crash33 said:
If you were given a brand new truck and were told you couldn't lift the hood and you didn't know what was under there, but when you drove it, it was considerably faster, more responsive, and handled better than your gen 1 6.2, why would you care if it had a V6 or a V8? Assuming of course that reliability was at least equal.

...and please don't say because of the sound.

Yep. I would still care. Primarily because of the sound.

SchultzLD · Jul 26, 2016

Crash33 said:
If you were given a brand new truck and were told you couldn't lift the hood and you didn't know what was under there, but when you drove it, it was considerably faster, more responsive, and handled better than your gen 1 6.2, why would you care if it had a V6 or a V8? Assuming of course that reliability was at least equal.

...and please don't say because of the sound.

Why would the sound not be an acceptable justification to ones own opinion? Some like speed, some like it low, some like it high, and some like the growl of a v8 over a v6... who really cares?... The owner of that opinion.

To each their own. ;-)

Wilson · Jul 28, 2016

Crash33 said:
If you were given a brand new truck and were told you couldn't lift the hood and you didn't know what was under there, but when you drove it, it was considerably faster, more responsive, and handled better than your gen 1 6.2, why would you care if it had a V6 or a V8? Assuming of course that reliability was at least equal.

...and please don't say because of the sound.

V8 is American, I still say pretty hard to get the same kind of power out of a v6 not impossible. I like the sound of a flat 6 with a straight pipe under load. but that's the 194* CO-OP tractor. my gramps use to lite his cigarette on the exhaust pipe.

POLL: If Ford offers engine option (V6 and V8), which one would you pick?

Which engine would you choose in the 2017 raptor?

3.5L Ecoboost V6

5.0L Ecoboost V8

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