Ford Power Stroke V-8 Diesel Cleans Up
If you’ve been paying attention to the power play going on between Ford and GM’s latest pickup trucks, you’ve probably already heard the stats:
Ford says the 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 for its 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty will “pound out 390 horsepower and 735 pounds-feet of torque” while GM says its 6.6-liter Duramax V-8 diesel for the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD pickups will make 397 hp and 765 pounds-feet of torque…
Sounds like GM is ahead by a few nosehairs, right? What I didn’t know until today is this little, yet significant, gem:
The 6.7-liter PSD is a clean-sheet design with lots of headroom for higher power settings, while the 6.6-liter Duramax is based on a legacy architecture that’s right at the limit of its performance envelope.
Oh really? This pushes Ford way out in front in my book. I’ve worked on enuff engines at the “limit of their performance envelope” to know, that no matter how great they once were, they’re a pale shadow of what comes next.
Read the full story @ Ford Plans Power Increase for Power Stroke V-8 Diesel on PickupTrucks.com
Ford's cleanest diesel engine
But what’s this about a cleaner diesel engine by Ford? Ford doesn’t even design its own engines anymore, right? I was curious, so I dug deeper and this is what I found – hold tight!
According to another article on PickupTrucks.com, Adam Gryglak (the lead engineer of the new Power Stroke diesel engine) says, “This is the most advanced Power Stroke yet with the cleanest emissions,” lower noise, vibration, harshness “and substantially improved power and fuel economy.”
The article continues:
Codenamed “Scorpion,” the 6.7-liter PSD is Ford’s first-ever designed-in-house pickup truck diesel engine since the first oil burner (International’s 6.9-liter V-8) was offered under the hood of a Ford pickup in 1982.
Now that is a big deal! One more really interesting factoid – this engine is manufactured in Ford’s plant in Mexico. Presumably the same factory in Mexico that built the legendary Ford 302 BOSS engines – some would say Ford’s finest performance engine ever built. Of course, the trucks are available now. I’ll keep my eye out for one and do a follow up with pix if I find one…
The rest of the article spells out all the super cool features of how the engine is designed including reversed flow of intake and exhaust, new Single Sequential Turbocharger, two separate cooling systems, each with its own radiator and water pump and loads more juicy details!!! There’s like 3 weeks of vocational school education packed in, so it’s a must read:
Get the all the specific technical details about the engine @ First Look: Ford’s All-New 6.7-Liter V-8 Power Stroke Diesel Engine on PickupTrucks.com
