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Ford is contemplating using an EcoBoost 4-cylinder engine for its F-150 pickup truck for 2013. If used this new boost will be able to displace 2.5 liters and can push out 260 horsepower and 300 pound-foot of torque. They will only use it for the Regular Cab F-150 4×2 and 4×4.

The reason for this new engine is because of the rising cost in gasoline and the restrictions set up by CAFÉ. According to new regulations light trucks must average 28.6 mpg by the year 2015. In order to comply with these regulations Ford has dropped the V6 4.2 liter just in time for the 2009 model year. They will only be offering the V8 4.6 liter engine that offers better fuel economy and boosts power and torque.

The EcoBoost range of engines are likely to find their way into several different models across Ford’s line up, and according to Ford’s director of powertrain research, Dan Kapp, EcoBoost engines could allow the automaker to reduce engine sizes by between 40- and 50-percent, so 3.0-liter V6s could be replaced by two-liter fours and a 2.5-liter four cylinder could be reduced to 1.5-liters.