New? I thought its the same old Ecoboost albeit with a particulate filter. I wouldn't imagine most would notice a difference.
It is a new 4cyl architecture. Search Ecoboost MPC (modular power cylinder).
Ah, thanks so reading more it appears that there's really no difference in performance, but its now direct and port injected, so should alleviate carbon buildup concerns as a benefit.
Also apparently gets a 1mpg bump in highway fuel economy:
A savvy tuner can take advantage of the dual injection and possibly be able to get these to run pure e85. It all depends on how big the direct injector pump is and whether or not you need to or even can increase the size of the direct and/or port injectors easily (if needed). It's possible on other engines, but with the new encryption on the Ford computers it's going to be a job to get these tuned if at all. The jb4 piggyback tuner will probably be a big seller for these for a long while.
in theory yes but in reality... not yet, unfortunately.
Yea, the encryption is so bad, that people with vehicles like the Bronco Raptor, can tune, but not to the extent needed and have to resort to swapping in a custom programed F-150 ECU as a work-around. Some new Fords have not been hacked at all and with our relatively small market compared to Mustangs, F-150s, Raptors, etc. the Maverick will not be a priority. Ford Performance might offer a tune though, since the Lobo is supposed to be the "performance" model.
yep, that's a possible path for the Maverick, also. we have no idea if the 22-24 ecu will play nice with a '25, especially a Lobo, but if the encryption can't be cracked then at some point someone will try it. (and it'll probably be Livernois lol)
Since the difference in the transmission is just programming for all I can tell (same model number transmission and everything), then it might be an option yes and the Tremor already had the torque vectoring diff.
