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Yes thank you!Okay and back to talking purely about trucks because that's what this forum is for, right?
My dad's 2018 F-150 has the 3.5L with the 10 speed auto and 3.55 gearing and it is awesome. Hauls a 7,000lb boat no problem, but that one doesn't get towed very far.
He borrowed what I think was a 2016 F-150 with the 3.5L and 10 speed auto before he had a truck in order to pick a 5,000lb boat up Alabama and tow it back to Michigan. He went through the mountains and all kinds of stuff with that thing and he said he was absolutely blown away with the transmission. It ultimately led him to buy his current truck. I have driven this from time to time on long trips and have absolutely no complaints with the 10 speed, but I am also not trying to drag race it and the truck stays on the pavement so that's where all of my experience is.
The only problem we have ever had with the 10 speed is after the truck was in a fender bender (icy roads and inexperienced drivers don't mix) we noticed it was slipping and searching for gears while accelerating from lower speeds. We took it into the dealer and there was a recall on I'm not sure what, but they swapped parts in an afternoon and the truck has been good as new since. Truck has just shy of 40,000 miles on it.
A good friend of mine has also had two F-150's with the 2.7L and 10 speed. I am not sure on the years, but I think one was a 2015 and the current one is a 2019 and he has never had any issues with the transmission or the 2.7L and I think he put about 50,000 on the first truck and he has about 30,000 on the newer one.
I will say though, another friend of mine borrowed the newer F-150 with the 2.7L and 10 speed and he hated it for towing a roughly 2,500lb fishing boat with gear back and forth from Alabama (funny everyone I know goes there with boats). He usually drives a Silverado with the 5.3L and he says the power just does not compare. I think it's mostly because he hated the turbo lag over the instant power of his V8 and didn't have much to do with the engine or trans in the Ford.
I have driven all of the trucks I have been rambling about myself and it's really apples and oranges between the Chevy 5.3L and the Ford 2.7L, but the 3.5L and 2.7L to me feel about the same in the day to day stuff. I have no experience with the 2.3L, but I am greatly looking forward to getting the 2.7L and 10 speed with my Bronco! (2.7L with manual would still be nice though)
Do you know if the 10 speed in the bronco is still the same one as used prior, or is it an updated one? Also how long do you think it will take for someone to swap the manual into the V6? haha
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