New F-150 Motor And I Bet It Goes In A Mustang Soon
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New F-150 Motor And I Bet It Goes In A Mustang Soon
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LAS VEGAS -- The Toyota Tundra stands virtually no chance of knocking off the Ford F-150 as the nation's top-selling pickup.
Yet, Ford Motor Co. engineers used it as a benchmark when they designed a 5.4-liter V-8 for the next-generation F-150.
Ford took a page from Toyota's playbook and declared war on noise, vibration and harshness. It's yet another indication that automakers are making pickups more carlike. "That's what customers told us they wanted," said Ford Powertrain Chief Engineer Dan Kapp.
To do so, Ford chose to design a multivalve powertrain - a common engine design for cars but still unusual for torque-hungry pickups.
Ford's Triton powertrain is the only three-valve-per-cylinder V-8 truck engine on the market. It has two intake valves and one exhaust valve per cylinder. The Triton engine delivers 300 hp and 365 pounds-feet of torque at 3,750 rpm.
That's a significant improvement over Ford's current 5.4-liter V-8, which produces 260 hp and 350 pounds-feet of torque at 2,500 rpm.
Pete Dowding, manager of Ford's modular engine program, said, "You really don't want to keep increasing cubic capacity of engines all the time."
LAS VEGAS -- The Toyota Tundra stands virtually no chance of knocking off the Ford F-150 as the nation's top-selling pickup.
Yet, Ford Motor Co. engineers used it as a benchmark when they designed a 5.4-liter V-8 for the next-generation F-150.
Ford took a page from Toyota's playbook and declared war on noise, vibration and harshness. It's yet another indication that automakers are making pickups more carlike. "That's what customers told us they wanted," said Ford Powertrain Chief Engineer Dan Kapp.
To do so, Ford chose to design a multivalve powertrain - a common engine design for cars but still unusual for torque-hungry pickups.
Ford's Triton powertrain is the only three-valve-per-cylinder V-8 truck engine on the market. It has two intake valves and one exhaust valve per cylinder. The Triton engine delivers 300 hp and 365 pounds-feet of torque at 3,750 rpm.
That's a significant improvement over Ford's current 5.4-liter V-8, which produces 260 hp and 350 pounds-feet of torque at 2,500 rpm.
Pete Dowding, manager of Ford's modular engine program, said, "You really don't want to keep increasing cubic capacity of engines all the time."
