Thanks for the correction. So 470 ft lb is the torque rating for the standard V6? Wow!
Chrysler has a Ram 1500 equipped with the Hellcat supercharged V8, rated at 700 hp, 650 ft lb. But the Hellcat is a specialty vehicle, bound to be very expensive.
Fun-fact, the V6EB gas engine produces more torque, lower, than the Dodge Ecodiesel. Puts it at the top of its segment, from what I understand. They really are an animal; we have some timing chain issues with them, and the earlier ones had some turbo failures, but the engine has been around long enough; I can actually only think of one complete engine failure in the last year in a 3.5EB and it had been sandblasted internally, so not really a fault of the engine.
Only problem is that they'll never hit their advertised numbers if you actually work them to any degree. 470lb/ft of torque still requires the same amount of air and fuel no matter what the engine.
I'm really interested to see how the 10-spd trans plays into economy and seat of the pants power feel. Hopefully the dual fuel system will help with the valve coking that all DI engines suffer from (Ford seems to be having better luck with that than other manufacturers, but it's a reality of DI engines), and not create more problems. I have visions of switching issues between the two systems. Time will tell.
