2.3 EcoBoost vs 2.7 EcoBoost - Poll

[Tim5oh]

I will order the 2.7. Reason = Torque! Plus my RS has a 2.3 so I want variety in my stable.

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[Zinn]

I will order the 2.7. Reason = Torque! Plus my RS has a 2.3 so I want variety in my stable.

Same, my Ranger has the 2.3L and with the 10 speed it's fast enough but not even close to my Mustang. A bit too much lag for doing heroic highway maneuvers. I don't expect muscle car performance from the 2.7 but a little bit more low end torque and passing power would be great.

 

[aabsalon]

Same, my Ranger has the 2.3L and with the 10 speed it's fast enough but not even close to my Mustang. A bit too much lag for doing heroic highway maneuvers. I don't expect muscle car performance from the 2.7 but a little bit more low end torque and passing power would be great.

You can tune a 2.3 up to 310 hp and 370 ft lbs of torque.

 

[Zinn]

You can tune a 2.3 up to 310 hp and 370 ft lbs of torque.

My husband drives the Ranger, I'd quickly be looking at divorce papers if he found out I tuned his 3 week old truck

 

[jaruss01]

Really hard to say at this time given unknowns on package pricing. I think there will be a coming to Jesus moment when people realize all the additional costs to outfit this car. Unless the 2.7L is a high priority, it may be the first thing you cross off your list.

Love the car and plan on optioning to be my everything for 10 years. But if a well equipped OBX is getting into the mid 50s with basic luxuries, the 2.7L will be a quick pass. I’m not going to revert to a soft top or stick to cloth seats to have some additional highway passing power. Nor do I want to shell out close to 60k to get common luxuries plus the 2.7.

Someone cited a 1k premium for the 2.7 eco on the F150 but that’s over a v6, not i4. I’d be shocked if it were only a 1k premium over the 2.3L eco.

 

[Jook13]

2.3l, don't know how to drive an automatic

Haha, by far the best answer

 

[wvmtneer]

My husband drives the Ranger, I'd quickly be looking at divorce papers if he found out I tuned his 3 week old truck

It sounds like you need a new husband anyway.

 

[wvmtneer]

Really hard to say at this time given unknowns on package pricing. I think there will be a coming to Jesus moment when people realize all the additional costs to outfit this car. Unless the 2.7L is a high priority, it may be the first thing you cross off your list.

Love the car and plan on optioning to be my everything for 10 years. But if a well equipped OBX is getting into the mid 50s with basic luxuries, the 2.7L will be a quick pass. I’m not going to revert to a soft top or stick to cloth seats to have some additional highway passing power. Nor do I want to shell out close to 60k to get common luxuries plus the 2.7.

Someone cited a 1k premium for the 2.7 eco on the F150 but that’s over a v6, not i4. I’d be shocked if it were only a 1k premium over the 2.3L eco.

$50k will add up quick by checking a couple boxes.

 

[BootyWizard]

If they don’t put out a diesel option for the 2022, then probably will get the 2.7l

 

[Bmadda]

Gotta have 2.3 to get manual trans. If they change that then who knows?

 

[BuckeyeinNV]

Really hard to say at this time given unknowns on package pricing. I think there will be a coming to Jesus moment when people realize all the additional costs to outfit this car. Unless the 2.7L is a high priority, it may be the first thing you cross off your list.

Love the car and plan on optioning to be my everything for 10 years. But if a well equipped OBX is getting into the mid 50s with basic luxuries, the 2.7L will be a quick pass. I’m not going to revert to a soft top or stick to cloth seats to have some additional highway passing power. Nor do I want to shell out close to 60k to get common luxuries plus the 2.7.

Someone cited a 1k premium for the 2.7 eco on the F150 but that’s over a v6, not i4. I’d be shocked if it were only a 1k premium over the 2.3L eco.

Eh. I think that will be more of a thing with people buying off the lot, looking for the cheapest one they can find. Presumably people on here are all ordering from the factory so they can balance priorities and get the 2.7 if they want it. I'd personally rather have a Black Diamond with 2.7 than a Badlands with the 2.3. And a Wildtrak with no options may be a popular choice if the prices to upgrade a lower trim to 2.7+Squatch+Hardtop is too crazy.

 

[BaseMod]

2.3L. Manual, gas mileage, not running tires larger than 33. It'll be plenty.

 

[The Pope]

I will not settle for the 2.3L as long as it only has Direct Injection (Carbon buildup issue on the intake valve). The 2.7L is both Direct & Port Injection which doesn't suffer from the Carbon Buildup Issue.

I'd also like to have a MT as well with the 2.7L, but currently that isn't an option. Maybe it will be in 2022 or 2023. Who knows????

 

[SouthernBronco6g]

Whichever engine isn't the 2.3l.

"List reasons for your choice..." Well, this is going to upset 11.9% of you: Because I have already taken one of those Japanese lawn mower engines to the scrapyard at 100k miles when it spun a rod bearing for the second time and parts were unavailable due to demand from the insanely high failure rate. Researching the problem, it turns out that the average lifespan for the 2.3 is 50-60k miles which is consistent with what I saw. Here's the kicker; this was the non-turbo variant that makes less power under lower stress. The inherent block casting flaws have not been fixed, but several new flaws have been introduced which further reduce reliability.

The 2.3 is objectively the least reliable engine ever built by Ford Motor Company. To put the cherry on top of this turd sundae, I've seen the half-Mustang 2.3 engines on a dyno. There is little similarity between advertised power output and real-world output. My experiences with the disposable 2.3 have been enough to make me swear off ever having another, and almost enough to make me never buy a Ford again even after having owned a dozen or so other Ford vehicles that were relatively problem-free.

So it looks like if I buy the Bronco it'll be the 2.7 V6 unless Ford surprises us all and offers a diesel, or somehow shoehorns in the supercharged GT500 variant of the Coyote. That might happen, right? Right?

I’ve been preaching that very thing 2.3 weak block and people blowing them up.

 

[SouthernBronco6g]

You can tune a 2.3 up to 310 hp and 370 ft lbs of torque.

You can tune a 2.7 to 400 whp and 450-500 wtq.

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