Ford Ready to Start 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 Diesel Production

Ford is ready to start production at the facility where the new 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 diesel engine for the 2011 F-Series Super Duty pickups will be manufactured. The ceremony was held at Ford’s Engine Plant II in Chihuahua, Mexico. Mexican president Felipe Calderon Hinojosa and Jim Farley, Ford’s group vice president of global marketing and Canada, Mexico and South America operations were on hand.

“We are proud and honored to add the production of Power Stroke diesel V-8 turbo-charged to our production line,” said Enrique Araiza, Manager of Engine Plant II in Chihuahua. “For a long time in the truck segment, we’ve been leaders in sales in markets like the U.S. and Mexico. This has given us the experience and knowledge of the needs of our customers. For these reasons, we can ensure that today we are launching the most advanced engine in the industry for these trucks.”

The 6.7-liter PSD V-8 is Ford’s first in-house designed and built diesel engine for its F-Series trucks. It uses a new architecture that reverses the air flow when compared to a conventional diesel engine, with the exhaust exiting directly into the engine’s turbo that sits in the engine's valley, mounted between V-style cylinder banks.

The 6.7-liter V-8 isn’t the only diesel engine that Ford will produce at Engine Plant II. A light-duty 4.4-liter V-8 diesel that was going to be available for the Ford F-150 but has since been shelved will be built there starting next summer for export to Europe for use in Land Rover’s SUVs.

Annual production capacity at Engine Plant II is expected to be about 200,000 engines.

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2009/11/ford-ready-to-start-67liter-power-stroke-v8-diesel-production.html

Excellent.

merlin5577 wrote:

The 6.7-liter PSD V-8 is Ford’s first in-house designed and built diesel engine for its F-Series trucks. It uses a new architecture that reverses the air flow when compared to a conventional diesel engine, with the exhaust exiting directly into the engine’s turbo that sits in the engine's valley, mounted between V-style cylinder banks.

Wow am I reading this correctly? A turbo that's inside the motor and exhaust coming out where the air normally goes it? That's messed up!!

Yup, your reading it correctly. A lot of companies are moving to reverse flow cylinder heads so the exhaust exits into the center of the 'V'. The reason (as most have probably guessed it) is emissions. They can only move the catalytic converter and DPF so close to the engine and both need the exhaust to be hot to work correctly. So by shortening the exhaust system, they raise the temperature.

FaselZ71 wrote:

merlin5577 wrote:

The 6.7-liter PSD V-8 is Ford’s first in-house designed and built diesel engine for its F-Series trucks. It uses a new architecture that reverses the air flow when compared to a conventional diesel engine, with the exhaust exiting directly into the engine’s turbo that sits in the engine's valley, mounted between V-style cylinder banks.

Wow am I reading this correctly? A turbo that's inside the motor and exhaust coming out where the air normally goes it? That's messed up!!

the turbo sits in the middle on top of the motor if thats what ya mean.

sits on top, just like the turbo V8 T/A's did i believe

Most V style diesel engines have the turbo on top in the middle, but the difference with this engine is the flow of the exhaust. The heads flow reverse of a convention engine.