Power Stroke!
What is the power stroke? It is the stroke of a cyclic motor which generates force, in this case, lots of it. If you ever get the opportunity to drive a new Super Duty with the new 6.7L turbo diesel V8, consider that this will probably be the most powerful engine you will ever command. With 390 hp and 735 lb-ft of torque, there's no slowing this Bull-mastiff down.
This engine's power is a phenomenon. Come 1,600 rpm, the planet begins to roll forward as the F-350 lurches forward. With your right foot nearly coming into contact with the oil pan, the Super Duty's—you guessed it—heavy-duty 6-speed automatic transmission puts the gusto to the rear wheels or, if you turn the dash-mounted rotary knob at the right of the steering wheel, to all four.
Do read the following. Ford's new Power Stroke diesel engine is quiet, very quiet. I was disappointed at first. Even though I'm a huge fan of the diesel clatter, I have found a reason to embrace the new soft-spoken Power Stroke: When going through the Tim Horton's drive-thru, or any other for that matter, you don't have to shout your order as loud and therefore, you'll be sure to get what you want! How about that?
Haulin' efficiency
My way-too-short week-long test of the Super Duty proved very useful. As with the Ram before it, I loaded up the bed of the F-350 with leftover wood, branches and all matter of junk to be hauled off to the municipal dump. With roughly 500 lbs of the stuff, the SD might as well been carrying a dollhouse back there. I honestly thought that I was testing this behemoth, but I certainly did not.
Loading and unloading the pickup box was made easy and incident-free thanks to the Stepgate, an in-gate step with handle. The bedliner saved the silver paint, and the job was done. At the dump, the shiny new 2011 Super Duty contrasted greatly with a rundown ‘80s Pontiac Safari, an early Jeep Cherokee and a seriously worn-out, 20 year-old Chevy Silverado. One “dumper” even asked me if I was out of my mind for using this truck for trash-hauling purposes. I answered: “Perhaps, but a truck is a truck, no?”
What is the power stroke? It is the stroke of a cyclic motor which generates force, in this case, lots of it. If you ever get the opportunity to drive a new Super Duty with the new 6.7L turbo diesel V8, consider that this will probably be the most powerful engine you will ever command. With 390 hp and 735 lb-ft of torque, there's no slowing this Bull-mastiff down.
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| Do read the following. Ford's new Power Stroke diesel engine is quiet, very quiet. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |
This engine's power is a phenomenon. Come 1,600 rpm, the planet begins to roll forward as the F-350 lurches forward. With your right foot nearly coming into contact with the oil pan, the Super Duty's—you guessed it—heavy-duty 6-speed automatic transmission puts the gusto to the rear wheels or, if you turn the dash-mounted rotary knob at the right of the steering wheel, to all four.
Do read the following. Ford's new Power Stroke diesel engine is quiet, very quiet. I was disappointed at first. Even though I'm a huge fan of the diesel clatter, I have found a reason to embrace the new soft-spoken Power Stroke: When going through the Tim Horton's drive-thru, or any other for that matter, you don't have to shout your order as loud and therefore, you'll be sure to get what you want! How about that?
Haulin' efficiency
My way-too-short week-long test of the Super Duty proved very useful. As with the Ram before it, I loaded up the bed of the F-350 with leftover wood, branches and all matter of junk to be hauled off to the municipal dump. With roughly 500 lbs of the stuff, the SD might as well been carrying a dollhouse back there. I honestly thought that I was testing this behemoth, but I certainly did not.
Loading and unloading the pickup box was made easy and incident-free thanks to the Stepgate, an in-gate step with handle. The bedliner saved the silver paint, and the job was done. At the dump, the shiny new 2011 Super Duty contrasted greatly with a rundown ‘80s Pontiac Safari, an early Jeep Cherokee and a seriously worn-out, 20 year-old Chevy Silverado. One “dumper” even asked me if I was out of my mind for using this truck for trash-hauling purposes. I answered: “Perhaps, but a truck is a truck, no?”
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| With roughly 500 lbs of the stuff, the SD might as well been carrying a dollhouse back there. (Photo: Matthieu Lambert/Auto123.com) |