The ecoboost f 150 intercooler cools down your intake air coming from the turbocharger allowing your ecoboost engine to take in denser air.
F150 ecoboost light bar intercooler.
Cv fabrication sent me this at the time prototype high performance intercooler for me to test and to give them some real world road test data.
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In the most severe of cases the truck will actually go into limp mode causing the engine to lose all power.
I have read not to put certain bull bars on ecoboost engines because of blocking intercooler.
The intercooler is an integral part of turbocharger systems on modern vehicles and cools the pressurized air coming from your f150 ecoboost s turbochargers so that you re not just dumping hot air into your already presumably hot engine.
50 of the people say it s ok and the other 50 say no.
The bull bar i purchased has the cut outs in the front.
I just purchased a bull bar for my 2015 f150 ecoboost.
Intercoolers are a common component on supercharged and turbocharged vehicles as they are needed to cool down the air supplied to your engine.
The stock intercooler of your 2011 to 2014 f150 ecoboost can actually handle a decent amount of power and torque but it is very prone to heat soak in hot climates during towing going up inclines horsing around off road or doing much of anything that involves keeping the rpm range up without going very fast or gaining speed.
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Many ford f 150 pickups with ecoboost have a condition where the vehicle shudders or stalls during normal use.
I don t want to cause any issues.