Awesome results! I'm a German car guy and this will be my first Ford. Was planning light (bolt-on) performance mods (coilovers, exhaust/intake etc.) to make a fun around town vehicle. I was set on the FWD but your AWD numbers got me thinking. No idea how the intelligent AWD they've got in there operates (outside of FWD bias)... any reason to go that route for on-road performance? Or did you go AWD simply for your overlanding?
Thats what the little cubby next to the LCD screen is for
I'm ready-Thats what the little cubby next to the LCD screen is for
Yep. Once I sat in the base XL with the black, greys and dark blue and no orange, I immediately dropped my XLT build. Didn't pay attention to the XL till I sat in it. Would've been nice to have cruise, but dont really use it.
I agree that the XL interior is much better than the other two interiors.Yep. Once I sat in the base XL with the black, greys and dark blue and no orange, I immediately dropped my XLT build and went XL. Didn't pay attention to the XL till I sat in it. Would've been nice to have cruise, but dont really use it.
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TOP NOTCH POST AND REVIEW!I've been super excited to get started on this new platform at our shop. Dealer called yesterday to let me know my Cactus Grey Maverick came in. I ordered the 2.0 turbo, AWD, FX4 package with Max Tow.
I have not seen one of these in person up until I got there today, this was the first one to come in at the dealership. The color is odd, it's a grey'ish/blue to me, it's growing on me but not what I expected. The blue interior with the orange highlights and plastic trim........well to be honest, I'm not a huge fan. I'd have preferred a black cloth interior with rubber floors but as all of us know, the option list isn't extensive.
The truck is small yet feels larger than it it. It's hard to explain but the hood is big, driving the hoods looks larger than my 2020 F150, oddly. Turning radius is excellent, ride is firm but also excellent. I was surprised how well it handles, it doesn't corner like a truck at all, this will out handle a lot of cars I've owned. The exhaust is dead quiet, which you will see/hear in the attached video of the truck on the dyno. Engine is quiet but all you can hear is the engine, I can't hear any exhaust at all.
Around town the performance is really good, great take off, actually two of my guys here drove it too and we are surprised how strong 1st gear is from a dead stop. Ford did an excellent job with the torque converter, it shows up on the dyno too! The truck put down 376 ft lbs (a torque converter is a torque multiplier for those that don't realize) in 1st gear.
We checked the AFR's and 1st and 2nd gear they are nice, running 11.6-12:1. The faster you go the richer the truck gets, the top of 4th gear, which is right at 90 mph the AFR's are dipping into the high 9's.
FUEL MILEAGE!!! Wow, I'm super happy. I had a 90 mile drive back, the start of the drive was city where the dealer is and then onto the highway, max cruising speed was 76 mph coming home, then some country back roads, I ended up getting 31.5 mpg on that drive back. Very-very impressive.
For those of you use to seeing a single gear pull for a dyno run, I've included just the 4th gear portion of the pull, the first graph below is from a dead stop up to 90 mph. The dips and such are where the truck changes gears, 1-2-3-4th. In fourth gear the truck put down 247.2 whp and the curve is flat as is the torque.
There is going to be a ton of room for improvement as far as performance goes, this should also equate to even better fuel milage too, uncork the bottle necks and the milage goes up as long as you keep your foot out of it.
Monday we will start the modifications to the platform. First items will be a catch can, cat back exhaust and intercooler. I'll be posting the dyno results of each part as we go. The goal for the truck is actually an overlanding build. So a lift, tires/wheels, overlanding rack for my tent and gear and I'd like to get the truck to run some mid 13's in the 1/4 mile. Bolt on's and tuning should make that possible.
Enjoy, feel free to comment and ask questions! I'll help where I can.
-David Buschur
Dyno Video:
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Livernois has tunes for the '21 2.7 & 5.0 F150 about to be released, 3.5 (non-PB) still in the works. They are monitoring the 2.0 Mav for interest.
