New Aluminum body F-150 to come with 2.7L Ecoboost!

[Golden_HVAC]

They will keep the 360 HP 3.5L and are adding a newer and smaller 2.7L Ecoboost that in testing was getting 30 MPG!

Here is a link about the new truck, being shown today at the auto show.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140112/AUTO04/301130021/It-s-showtime-Ford-s-gamble-aluminum-F-...




The 2015 F-150 will have a curb weight about 700 pounds less than the 2014 model. This is 70 pounds less in the steel chassis, and more by changing to the aluminum body.

Fred.

[Denny___Jami]

rjstractor wrote:

sayoung wrote:
What I want to know is how are they stopping the "corrosion"?My greates fear owning my airplane is corrosion and so many things start it,dont spill a soft drink or wash with detergents with chlorine.

The aluminum bodies will not be bare aluminum, they will be primed and painted just like the steel bodies. You know, steel corrodes too. I don't know why this is such a big deal, they have been building truck bodies (real trucks, not pickups), fire engine bodies, trailers, dump beds and many other truck components out of aluminum for many years.

Don't forget about superstructures for ships that operate in salt water.

Denny

[rjstractor]

sayoung wrote:
What I want to know is how are they stopping the "corrosion"?My greates fear owning my airplane is corrosion and so many things start it,dont spill a soft drink or wash with detergents with chlorine.

The aluminum bodies will not be bare aluminum, they will be primed and painted just like the steel bodies. You know, steel corrodes too. I don't know why this is such a big deal, they have been building truck bodies (real trucks, not pickups), fire engine bodies, trailers, dump beds and many other truck components out of aluminum for many years.

[Groover]

hone eagle wrote:

sayoung wrote:
What I want to know is how are they stopping the "corrosion"?My greates fear owning my airplane is corrosion and so many things start it,dont spill a soft drink or wash with detergents with chlorine.

Same way all those Land Rovers are protected ,they lasted forever or 20 years anyway. Ford owned them for what 17 years?

Aircraft aluminum is alloyed for strength, not corrosion resistance. I have a forty year old canoe that has been kept outside its entire life with no corrosion and a 1956 Feathercraft runabout that is not corroding. If Ford can match either one of those I will be satisfied.

[hone_eagle]

sayoung wrote:
What I want to know is how are they stopping the "corrosion"?My greates fear owning my airplane is corrosion and so many things start it,dont spill a soft drink or wash with detergents with chlorine.

Same way all those Land Rovers are protected ,they lasted forever or 20 years anyway. Ford owned them for what 17 years?

[sayoung]

What I want to know is how are they stopping the "corrosion"?My greates fear owning my airplane is corrosion and so many things start it,dont spill a soft drink or wash with detergents with chlorine.

[gmcsmoke]

until they start making them out of stainless steel and the ability to travel back in time I'm not going to be impressed.

[Golden_HVAC]

Me Again wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
My questions is will the aluminum body hold up better or worse than steel in the North East.

What body? Chris

Ford is making the body and bed out of aluminum, to save weight, and also to improve mileage. Part of the CAFE mandate, that the Government does not want us to have a choice of low mileage vehicles.

When the Range Rover body was made from Aluminum, the vehicles lasted well over 20 years.

Fred.

[ib516]

Golden_HVAC wrote:
They will keep the 360 HP 3.5L ....

Fred.

I read that they were going to bump up the power on the 3.5L EcoBoost as the 6.2L is now gone from the F150.

[Me_Again]

rhagfo wrote:
My questions is will the aluminum body hold up better or worse than steel in the North East.

What body? Chris

[rhagfo]

My questions is will the aluminum body hold up better or worse than steel in the North East.

[Buck50HD]

I also see a note on the frame photo: "Greater use of 70ksi steel for improved towing and payload". This doesn't suggest they are backing down due to the SAE standard (which is a joke anyway).

For reference, the steel in the existing F150 frame is 12ga wall thickness 50 ksi in the shorter wheelbase versions(and non-HD payload). The crew/6.5' box 157" frame (same as the HD payload frame) is 10ga wall thickness 36ksi.

I recall reading some recent 3/4ton/1ton literature touting that the frame was high-strength 36ksi steel (Ram maybe?). That is not high strength. The 70ksi steel in the new F150 frame is starting to earn rights to that term.

[FishOnOne]

Here's a short video of the 2.7L EcoBoost

Link

[FishOnOne]

Engineer9860 wrote:

Fordlover wrote:
I also found this little blurb...

"•All 2015 F-150 tow ratings will be certified to the new SAE J2807 standardized tow rating procedure."

Interesting...

And I am keeping track..

Toyota was 1st. F-150 appears to be second. Wonder who will take 3rd place.

GM was second then retracted because Ford wouldn't play ball.

I guess the ball is in GM's court now. Ford always took the position that the next generation trucks would comply to the new standard.

Too bad GM didn't have the balls to stick to the new standard and used it to their advantage.

[Buck50HD]

If the heaviest version loses 700 lb and maintains the 8200GVWR package, payload will be 2871+ lb for a 4x4 crew long WB! My F150HD is as heavy as the old 2500HD 6 liter I used to own so who cares if they shave a few pounds. Aside from the semi-floating rear axle, this truck is every bit as stout as the older 2500HD's.