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18-06-2011, 05:16 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Ford's smallest engine ever at just 1-litre
By Antuan Goodwin on June 7, 2011 Ford is looking to take advantage of turbo-charging in order to downsize engines across its range, with the Falcon set to receive a turbocharged 2-litre four-cylinder engine soon. Now the company has announced the smallest engine it's ever built: a 1-litre EcoBoost three-cylinder. (Credit: Ford) Besides the obvious fuel savings from its lower displacement, Ford's new tiny terror packs in all sorts of economy-boosting technologies. For example, Ford's split cooling system helps the cylinder block to warm faster, which helps to save fuel during the least efficient operation phase, warm up, especially in cold weather. The three-cylinder's exhaust manifold is cast as one piece with the cylinder head, which lowers the temperature of the exhaust gases, allowing the engine to run in a wider rev band with the optimum fuel-to-air ratio. There's also direct injection, variable camshaft timing, an offset crankshaft and — of course — a turbocharger. The engine is also lighter, which should be good for efficiency, performance and responsiveness. Ford hasn't published any performance or economy numbers for its new EcoBoost 1-litre, as the kinks are still being worked out. Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of Global Product Development, said that the new engine will deliver power and torque outputs equivalent to, or better than, most normally aspirated 1.6-litre petrol engines. Using the car maker's own 1.6-litre engine as a benchmark, that means around 92kW of power and 159Nm of torque. That engine has an official combined fuel economy rating of 6.2L/100km in the new Focus. More technical and application details for the new 1-litre EcoBoost engine will be released in September at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. This engine will likely do service in the Ford Fiesta sometime in the future. |
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18-06-2011, 05:52 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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the old ford anglia had a whopping 996.6cc motor back in the 60's making 29kw & 70 Nm torque. They have come a long way by the sound of it
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18-06-2011, 06:04 PM
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Off smelting
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Thats decent power from a 1litre, hopefully going in something that weighs the as much as a daihatsu charade it'll be a little rocket.
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18-06-2011, 06:23 PM
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