Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights

Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET

Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized. Ford
announced this week that everyone who purchased a diesel-powered 2011 Super
Duty truck this year is being offered a free software upgrade that will
boost engine performance.

The 2011 truck and the new diesel engine went on sale in April. About 35,000
trucks are eligible for the upgrade.

Ford said a software change at the dealership will give the engine a boost
in torque -- 65 pounds-feet -- and another 10 hp. The end result will give
Ford's new 6.7-liter turbocharged V-8 a whopping 800 pounds-feet of torque
and 400 hp. Ford says it will take just 30 minutes at the dealership to make
the software change.

Beginning this week, diesel-powered Super Dutys coming off the assembly line
will receive those same enhancements.

This is all about bragging rights, of course. Which pickup has payload and
towing leadership? Ford says its F-350 is stronger than the 2011 Chevy
Silverado and GMC Sierra 3500 models. Those vehicles offer a re-engineered
turbocharged 6.6-liter V-8, which has a dramatic increase in horsepower and
torque over the 2010 engine. GM's Duramax diesel puts out 765 pounds feet of
torque and 397 hp.

Kudos go to Ford for taking care of its early 2011 Super Duty customers. The
automaker could have easily ignored those buyers and said, "Sorry, guys."

Instead, the guys and gals who drive those Fords will be bragging at the
town bar, construction site or Farm and Fleet about the free, unexpected
boost in torque and horsepower.

And, 35,000 -- that's a lot of surprised and happy Super Duty drivers
singing the praises of Ford!


You can reach Rick Kranz at

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On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:45:09 -0400, C. E. White > wrote:
>Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
>August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET

>Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized. Ford
....
>Ford said a software change at the dealership will give the engine a boost
>in torque -- 65 pounds-feet -- and another 10 hp. The end result will give
>Ford's new 6.7-liter turbocharged V-8 a whopping 800 pounds-feet of torque
>and 400 hp. Ford says it will take just 30 minutes at the dealership to make
>the software change.

....
>This is all about bragging rights, of course. Which pickup has payload and
>towing leadership? Ford says its F-350 is stronger than the 2011 Chevy
>Silverado and GMC Sierra 3500 models. Those vehicles offer a re-engineered
>turbocharged 6.6-liter V-8, which has a dramatic increase in horsepower and
>torque over the 2010 engine. GM's Duramax diesel puts out 765 pounds feet of
>torque and 397 hp.

The average redneck compensating for a small penis gotta have the biggest
truck imaginable doesn't use it for anything but conspicuous
consumption and to haul his fat ass around for his daily commute. The
extra 10HP won't make the slightest difference.

C. E. White wrote:
> Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
> August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET

> Instead, the guys and gals who drive those Fords will be bragging at the
> town bar, construction site or Farm and Fleet about the free, unexpected
> boost in torque and horsepower.
>


The sad part is most of these aren't at the construction site, a farm,
or a fleet whatever that means...

They are at the mall, the grocery store, or double or quadruple parked
downtown shopping.

I got a couple doughhead friends that think its cool to drive a
diesel... yet they paid $20k more for their truck, and end up spending 6
times what i do in service, and hands down an injector fails or they're
in at the dealer for some other F-Diesel related screw up.

God knows what the Urea tanks are going to bring... i say more F-ups in
the F-x50

"C. E. White" > wrote in
:

> Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
> August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET
>
> Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized. Ford
> announced this week that everyone who purchased a diesel-powered 2011
> Super Duty truck this year is being offered a free software upgrade
> that will boost engine performance.
>

Does anyone here know exactly what model truck they got the engine for the
Ford GT from?


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(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

AZ Nomad > wrote in
:

> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:45:09 -0400, C. E. White
> > wrote:

>>This is all about bragging rights, of course. Which pickup has payload
>>and towing leadership? Ford says its F-350 is stronger than the 2011
>>Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 3500 models. Those vehicles offer a
>>re-engineered turbocharged 6.6-liter V-8, which has a dramatic
>>increase in horsepower and torque over the 2010 engine. GM's Duramax
>>diesel puts out 765 pounds feet of torque and 397 hp.
>
> The average redneck compensating for a small penis gotta have the
> biggest truck imaginable doesn't use it for anything but conspicuous
> consumption and to haul his fat ass around for his daily commute. The
> extra 10HP won't make the slightest difference.



So what? America is (or was) about what you /wanted/, not about what
somebody thought you /should/ want. It was called "freedom", and it's been
slowly disappearing since about 1914.

I drive a little Japmobile with a sewing-machine engine. And I like it that
way. But should I use my complacency to sneer at those who like things
bigger? Maybe one day I'll want something big and powerful for myself. I'd
like to know that--should that day come--nobody will interfere with my
right to be let alone to avail myself of that desire.


--
Tegger

Some private citizens own and drive Military Tanks.I say, More power to
them.
More power to FORD too.

The USURPER B HO was just recently at the FORD plant in Chicago, he
was bragging/Lieing that the auto bailouts to Government Motors (GM) and
Government Motors (Chrysler) also helped FORD.

USURPER B HO - 159 Lies and growing like Pinocchio's nose.
cuhulin

Welllll... they actually didn't. The 5.4 in the GT is an aluminum block
engine and, AFAIK, shares little more than bore and stroke with either the
5.4 2V or 5.4 3V (both of these being cast iron blocks. The aluminum 4V
heads are unique to the GT.

The GT uses a belt driven, externally mounted oil pump... the oil filter is
also unique to the GT.

Sources for this information are the Ford factory workshop manuals and the
new model training course for the 2005 Ford GT.


"chuckcar" > wrote in message
...
> "C. E. White" > wrote in
> :
>
>> Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
>> August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET
>>
>> Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized. Ford
>> announced this week that everyone who purchased a diesel-powered 2011
>> Super Duty truck this year is being offered a free software upgrade
>> that will boost engine performance.
>>
>
> Does anyone here know exactly what model truck they got the engine for the
> Ford GT from?
>
>
> --
> (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

> wrote in message
...
> Some private citizens own and drive Military Tanks.I say, More power to
> them.
> More power to FORD too.
>
> The USURPER B HO was just recently at the FORD plant in Chicago, he
> was bragging/Lieing that the auto bailouts to Government Motors (GM) and
> Government Motors (Chrysler) also helped FORD.

The GM/Chrysler bailouts helped Ford in 2 ways - 1) people that hate the
Government but who want to buy from an "American" company are more inclined
to buy Fords and 2) if GM and Chrysler had shut down, many of the suppliers
Ford depends on would have probably crashed as well.

Still I do think it is over the top (but not unusual) for a politician to
claim credit for anything remotely connected to anything he had any part in
(even a tiny part). I've even seen politicans claim credit for projects they
voted against.

Ed

"Jim Warman" > wrote in
news:zUI6o.10732$Z6.5311@edtnps82:

>
> "chuckcar" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "C. E. White" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
>>> August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET
>>>
>>> Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized.
>>> Ford announced this week that everyone who purchased a
>>> diesel-powered 2011 Super Duty truck this year is being offered a
>>> free software upgrade that will boost engine performance.
>>>
>>
>> Does anyone here know exactly what model truck they got the engine
>> for the Ford GT from?
>>
> Welllll... they actually didn't. The 5.4 in the GT is an aluminum
> block engine and, AFAIK, shares little more than bore and stroke with
> either the 5.4 2V or 5.4 3V (both of these being cast iron blocks. The
> aluminum 4V heads are unique to the GT.
>
> The GT uses a belt driven, externally mounted oil pump... the oil
> filter is also unique to the GT.
>
> Sources for this information are the Ford factory workshop manuals and
> the new model training course for the 2005 Ford GT.
>
What do you know, a top poster that actually replied something useful.
Thanks for that. The only question I'd have if this has changed during
the life of the Ford GT. Specifically when it first came on the market.


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(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )

On Aug 5, 5:30*pm, AZ Nomad > wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:45:09 -0400, C. E. White > wrote:
>
>
>
> >Ford powers up for pickup bragging rights
> >August 5, 2010 - 11:21 am ET
> >Kudos to Ford Motor Co. - those early buyers won't be penalized. Ford
> ...
> >Ford said a software change at the dealership will give the engine a boost
> >in torque -- 65 pounds-feet -- and another 10 hp. The end result will give
> >Ford's new 6.7-liter turbocharged V-8 a whopping 800 pounds-feet of torque
> >and 400 hp. Ford says it will take just 30 minutes at the dealership to make
> >the software change.
>
> ...
>
> >This is all about bragging rights, of course. Which pickup has payload and
> >towing leadership? Ford says its F-350 is stronger than the 2011 Chevy
> >Silverado and GMC Sierra 3500 models. Those vehicles offer a re-engineered
> >turbocharged 6.6-liter V-8, which has a dramatic increase in horsepower and
> >torque over the 2010 engine. GM's Duramax diesel puts out 765 pounds feet of
> >torque and 397 hp.
>
> The average redneck compensating for a small penis gotta have the biggest
> truck imaginable doesn't use it for anything but conspicuous
> consumption and to haul his fat ass around for his daily commute. *The
> extra 10HP won't make the slightest difference.

As the proud-ish owner of a Ford pickemup truck with three hundred
cubic inches of raging power, I can say with confidence that YES I
would certainly like an extra 10 HP

On the upside, it runs and it's paid for.

nate