Engine shutter/limp mode

[anthonylee337]

My boss just traded his F150 ecoboost for a 5.0 because twice his truck experienced loss of power and went into limp mode while driving on the interstate. I read Ford is issuing a fix/TSB to address this issue. I was wondering if anyone has experienced this with their SHO? At 33k miles my engine still purrs like a kitten-except for all the recalls I have zero issues.

 

[glock-coma]

The shudder is usually due to intercooler condensation getting into the engine under heavy throttle/load.
Ford actually made the intercooler to efficient lol, causing the hot air to turn into liquid inside the intercooler.
The band-Aid that ford came up with was blocking part of the intercooler for less efficiency.
Some people were drilling holes in the bottom of the intercooler to let excess h2o leak out under boost.
The sho does not have these symptoms due to intercooler efficiency unless excess liquid is present due to other reasons.
But it's possible 

 

[93Cobra]

The condensate buildup is a big problem. This causes misfire on acceleration and the ecoboost falls flat on its face. The solution, which has a few years of proof now, is drilling the 1/16 weep hole in the intercooler and getting new sp534 plugs gapped to .030. To be safe, I would not go more than 30k miles on a set of plugs.