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Armada · 11-20-2005, 11:33 PM

The F-150 is a good truck. A damn good truck, especially with the Lariat trim. It would do better in the performance testing if it was not overweight. It gained a lot of needless weight in its last update. If Ford had put its DOHC 4 valve heads (Navagator) on the truck rather than that wierd 3 valve technology and had hooked it up to a good five speed auto, it would be a lot closer to the Titan. I'd rate it second.

I drove an Expedition for many years. It was a very good truck, just low on power, even with the 5.4 engine and the lower gearing of the towing package. It was just the two valve per cylinder model. I test drove a new one with the three valve design before settling on my Armada. The new Ford engine was better, but not much. I fell in love with this engine and drive train and have not looked back. But Ford makes a good product.

My "other truck" is an F-250 3/4 ton diesel with 450,000 very reliable miles.

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Armada Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gulfport, Mississippi Posts: 834 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: F150 The F-150 is a good truck. A damn good truck, especially with the Lariat trim. It would do better in the performance testing if it was not overweight. It gained a lot of needless weight in its last update. If Ford had put its DOHC 4 valve heads (Navagator) on the truck rather than that wierd 3 valve technology and had hooked it up to a good five speed auto, it would be a lot closer to the Titan. I'd rate it second. I drove an Expedition for many years. It was a very good truck, just low on power, even with the 5.4 engine and the lower gearing of the towing package. It was just the two valve per cylinder model. I test drove a new one with the three valve design before settling on my Armada. The new Ford engine was better, but not much. I fell in love with this engine and drive train and have not looked back. But Ford makes a good product. My "other truck" is an F-250 3/4 ton diesel with 450,000 very reliable miles. __________________ '04 Armada SE Offroad 4x4 Big Tow Package Galaxy Black K&N Drop In Air Filter w/ airbox mod Carbotech Bobcat front brake pads at 28K miles (no brake judder, just time to change pads) Last edited by Armada; 11-20-2005 at 11:35 PM.