Ford F150 3.5L EcoBoost Engine **Heavy Mechanic Review** | The Best Towing Engine??

I Review a 2023 Ford f150 3.5L EcoBoost v6 engine as a heavy duty mechanic. This ecoboost engine puts out 400HP and 500 lb-ft of Torque. I put a heavy trailer behind this ecoboost engine and see how it handles under load. I talk about fuel economy, acceleration, power, torque and engine performance all while towing a heavy trailer. I also talk about why the twin turbo engine in this f150 has an advantage over a traditional v8 when towing


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I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Today I had the pleasure of reviewing this ecoboost engine. It actually blew me out of the water how powerful this truck is. I was very surprised how well this engine performed when towing this heavy trailer

So this trailer was about 8,200lbs and I was expecting this truck to do well but this engine blew me away. It handles this trailer like it was nothing. Tons of acceleration even under load.

The beauty of having a twin turbo set up when towing is the on demand boost giving you more power when you need it. A normal Natural aspirated V8 like in the 5L would need to downshift to gain more power to keep the truck moving at speed. But with a turbo you can simply add more boost and gain more power without making the engine work hard with higher rpms.

This makes towing with this 3.5L v6 twin turbo ecoboost so easy and relaxing. The engine is quiet and does not give you any drama it just gets down to work and pulls the trailer without much issues. Whereas a normal V8 would more then likely need to be at higher rpms causing the engine and truck to have to work harder.

The downfall of this engine when towing is without a doubt the fuel economy. Because it is probably worse then a big displacement v8. This is because the turbos putting more air into the engine that air needs to be met with more fuel in order to keep the correct fuel air mixture and thus resulting in alot of fuel being burnt despite not running at higher rpms.

The good news is when you are not towing you’ll be able to save more fuel money there but when towing don’t expect to pass many gas stations.

Overall I think this f150 and the 3.5L ecoboost is the benchmark for towing when it comes to the 1500 pick up truck segment. It killed this towing course and I can’t wait to see how other engines follow suit.

Hope you guys liked the video!