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From Vulgar Display Of Power Stroke To Sounds Of Silence

Ray Wert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:15:00 EDT

Here's the sound of Ford's new 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel, or at least in the clip's second half. The first half's also the new diesel, but without the two pilot injections. That's why it sounds like an old 7.3-liter diesel.

The new engine can inject fuel up to five times per stroke. There's two pilot injections to quiet the engine that also help prepare for the main (third) injection. After the main injection, two more injections can be added as needed. The first for a little extra torque and the second — on the far end — for kicking off the diesel emissions catalysts.

The result? It's one quiet, quiet diesel engine.

Ford's "Scorpion" Power Stroke Diesel V8: Live And In Living Color!

Ray Wert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:15:00 EDT

We showed you some great shots of the new 6.7-liter "Scorpion" Power Stroke turbocharged diesel V8 engine floating in space this morning. Now, thanks to PickupTrucks.com, we've got a slew of live shots of the torquegasmic new engine.

Ford's 6.7-Liter "Scorpion" Power Stroke Turbocharged V8: First Look

Ray Wert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:15:00 EDT

This is it. The 6.7-liter "Scorpion" Power Stroke V8 is Ford's first diesel motor for its 2011 F-Series HD pickups to be developed entirely in-house after three decades partnering with outside engine-maker Navistar. More info here and truckgasmic gallery below.

PUTC: 2013 Ford F-150 To Get Four-Cylinder EcoBoost Engine

Ray Wert — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:01:26 EDT

Our good friends at PickupTrucks.com and Automotive News are reporting this morning Ford is planning to offer a version of the F-150 with a four-cylinder EcoBoost engine by 2013. The move is a response to rapidly rising prices at the gas pump and new NHTSA standards that will raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks to 28.6 mpg by 2015.

This is an extreme shift for Ford, an automaker planning on offering only V8 engines for the 2009 Ford F-150. While the 4.6-liter V8 at the bottom of the current truck's range supposedly delivers more horsepower and torque with the same fuel economy numbers as the outgoing 4.2-liter V6, it's still huge. Is it true? We're not sure yet. What we do know is that EcoBoost technology better be damn good to deliver the same HP and torque..

But, the numbers PickupTrucks.com is hearing indicate 250 HP and 300 lb-ft of torque on this new EcoBoost four-banger. Our thought is that'll be plenty of power — as long as it's getting fuel economy somewhere above 20 MPG. We guess time will tell. We hope Toby Keith doesn't mind things getting smaller in the engine compartment. [via PickupTrucks.com]

More Details On Ford's F-ing New Small Truck

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:20:00 EDT

Although PickupTrucks.com broke the story, the bastions of the mainstream car news and rumors at Automotive News has further confirmation this morning we should be expecting to see a smaller-than-F-150 pickup truck built on the F-150 platform sometime in the 2011 calendar year. Although AN's not confirming the name either, their speculation is similar to ours — a 2011/2012 Ford F-100. In addition to the additional speculation on the name, we're told this morning the project's been code-named P525 and although the new pickup is in Ford's cycle plan, it has not yet received final approval.

Our expectation is this is a slightly slimmed-down truck designed in part to build a Ranger replacement but probably more to keep the F-series numero uno in truck sales, allowing Ford to continue to wear that red badge of honor. Red badge? Wait, maybe we meant red target. Either way, Ford'll be trying to continue to wear it well into the second decade of this century. [via Automotive News (sub. req.)]