Ford F-Series: Encyclopedia II - Ford F-Series - 1997

Ford F-Series - 1997

Ford took the aero styling to its conclusion for 1997 with an extremely round nose on the new F-series. The "Super Duty" F series did not yet exist, so an F-250 was offered which was an F-150 with heavier duty axles and suspension, along with odd 7 lug wheels. With the arrival of the Super Duty, this F-250 "light duty" was offered as the "7700" package for the F-150 (noted on the tailgate emblem). A wide variety of body options were available: regular cab and SuperCab, standard or flareside boxes, and short and long beds. A new Lightning was introduced in 1999, and Harley-Davidson and King Ranch versions were also created. In 2001 the SuperCrew cab was introduced.

The super-duty F-250 and F-350 were retained on the old chassis until 1999.

The F-150 was Motor Trend magazine's Truck of the Year for 1997.

1997 also marked introduction of Ford's modular Single Overhead cam (SOHC) engines into F-150.

Engines:

• 1997-2003 - 4.2 L Essex V6, 202 hp/252 ft.lbf
• 1997-1998 - 4.6 L Triton V8, 220 hp/280 ft.lbf
• 1999-2003 - 4.6 L Triton V8, 231 hp/293 ft.lbf
• 1997-1998 - 5.4 L Triton V8, 235 hp/330 ft.lbf
• 1999-2003 - 5.4 L Triton V8, 260 hp/350 ft.lbf
• 1999-2000 - 5.4 L supercharged Triton V8, 360 hp (99-00 Lightning)
• 2001-2004 - 5.4 L supercharged Triton V8, 380 hp (01-04 Lightning)
• 1999-2004 - 5.4 L supercharged Triton V8, 340 hp (02-03 Harley-Davidson)
• 1999-2003 - 6.8 L Triton V10, 275 hp/410 ft.lbf (Super Duty)
• 1999-2003 - 7.3 L Power Stroke turbo-Diesel V8, 235 hp/500 ft.lbf (Super Duty)

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "1997", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki