New to the F150 world!

[Rio]

Oooops , I think I posted this in the wrong column as I just noticed a " welcome forum " page!! How can I move this there...or does it matter? Thanks!!

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[Dakar09]

The mods will likely move it, no worries.

What made you switch from Ram? Besides that Fords are awesome ?

 

[Rio]

The mods will likely move it, no worries.

What made you switch from Ram? Besides that Fords are awesome ?

Exactly, Fords are awesome!! Lol. That and the aluminum body. I keep my trucks for 15+ years and I need this one to last longer than that as this will be my last vehicle. Read mixed reviews on aluminum as some say " it can corrode " maybe but it won't corrode right through the metal like steel.

 

[Dakar09]

The bodies last a long time on these, for sure. Also lighter weight, too. But you have to mitigate the frame rust. Make sure you get under there and check for rust or maybe have it treated if you need it to last for a looooong time.

 

[Rio]

The bodies last a long time on these, for sure. Also lighter weight, too. But you have to mitigate the frame rust. Make sure you get under there and check for rust or maybe have it treated if you need it to last for a looooong time.

Yes although aluminum body, I was still contemplating rust proofing, Krown, rust check etc because of the frame being steel

 

[Davidwnuc]

Welcome, congrats, and good luck.
also, love your choice of music.

 

[SilverPigeon]

@Rio Darren if it hasn't been mentioned before, you can stay off the turbos by trading boost for engine revs. Instead of letting it lug in high gears (which the truck wants to do; it wants to use all 10 gears), locking out the high gears when towing (overdrive gears are 8, 9, 10) and the higher revs are more economical than sucking heaps of air (and more fuel along with it).

Welcome to the forum and always good so see another metric person ?

 

[Kodiak]

Yes although aluminum body, I was still contemplating rust proofing, Krown, rust check etc because of the frame being steel

It is not a bad idea and if you do not laying out the coin, go for it.

Now the frame and undercoating is a different matter. Do not skip that and do that as soon as you can. Cosmoline is the best but you probably will not find anyone that sprays that unless you have/know friends.

LineX (some of them) will use a product called Valuguard 160 that is the closest thing to cosmoline that I have found. Valuguard makes a number of products and different Linex's use different products so you have to dig down to make sure they use the 160 and not something else. If you do decide to call around do not just ask if they use Valuguard but specifically VG 160.

Make sure whoever does it has a 360 degree wand for the interior of the box frame. That is the most critical and without doing that, it is basically window dressing.

If you know any old timer military people ask them if they have any experience with cosmoline and if they do, they will probably tell you horror stories about cleaning it off. This is an undercoating treatment that is basically "permanent" and not an annual thing like many others. Good luck.

 

[Rio]

@Rio Darren if it hasn't been mentioned before, you can stay off the turbos by trading boost for engine revs. Instead of letting it lug in high gears (which the truck wants to do; it wants to use all 10 gears), locking out the high gears when towing (overdrive gears are 8, 9, 10) and the higher revs are more economical than sucking heaps of air (and more fuel along with it).

Welcome to the forum and always good so see another metric person ?

WOW, thanks, I will have to do some research on that. Definitely makes sense though , using higher rpm and less turbo. How does one lock out the gears, shift it manual? I think in the towing mode it keeps it in a lower gear, below 10 ....I think, lol

 

[Rio]

It is not a bad idea and if you do not laying out the coin, go for it.

Now the frame and undercoating is a different matter. Do not skip that and do that as soon as you can. Cosmoline is the best but you probably will not find anyone that sprays that unless you have/know friends.

LineX (some of them) will use a product called Valuguard 160 that is the closest thing to cosmoline that I have found. Valuguard makes a number of products and different Linex's use different products so you have to dig down to make sure they use the 160 and not something else. If you do decide to call around do not just ask if they use Valuguard but specifically VG 160.

Make sure whoever does it has a 360 degree wand for the interior of the box frame. That is the most critical and without doing that, it is basically window dressing.

If you know any old timer military people ask them if they have any experience with cosmoline and if they do, they will probably tell you horror stories about cleaning it off. This is an undercoating treatment that is basically "permanent" and not an annual thing like many others. Good luck.

Thanks for the tip Kodiak, will look into it for sure!!!

 

[Rio]

Welcome, congrats, and good luck.
also, love your choice of music.

Thanks !!

 

[Kanuck]

Yes although aluminum body, I was still contemplating rust proofing, Krown, rust check etc because of the frame being steel

And being in Ontario.... they use more salt than Manitoba unfortunately...

 

[Dakar09]

@Rio Darren if it hasn't been mentioned before, you can stay off the turbos by trading boost for engine revs. Instead of letting it lug in high gears (which the truck wants to do; it wants to use all 10 gears), locking out the high gears when towing (overdrive gears are 8, 9, 10) and the higher revs are more economical than sucking heaps of air (and more fuel along with it).

Welcome to the forum and always good so see another metric person ?

The problem is the higher RPMs is where the turbos spool. That advice doesn't make any sense. What you want to do is stay in LOWER GEARS and keep the RPMs below the turbo spool point. And that makes it like you're towing with a normally aspirated 3.5L V6 and cutting off the power that engine produces that makes it such a beast for towing. And the other issue these things spool at low RPMs to give it low-end grunt for towing. You're not staying off the turbos with towing in an Ecoboost.

 

[Kanuck]

You are using rpm for power instead of boost. It is proven many times on here to lock out OD gears when towing.

 

[Dakar09]

And how do you stop the turbos from spooling at high rpm?

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