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11 minutes ago, akirby said:
Only if you like rust.....
I owned many cars with steel wheels. Never had a rust problem on the wheels themselves. The rest of the car ... well I live in SE MI. Lots of salt in winter !
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18 hours ago, akirby said:
And never mind the fact that a FWD escape on winter tires will outperform an AWD on all seasons.....People like AWD whether they need it or not.
Very true ! People miss this fact all of the time !!
17 hours ago, FR739 said:
No snow tires is the better choice. But people are stupid and think AWD = all wheel stop.
Any vehicle (RWD, FWD, 4WD) with snow tires will outperform any vehicle without snow tires
You must not drive on snow, or more specifically hard packed snow/icy roads. Snow tire are so 20the century ! You need WINTER tires.
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On 12/8/2020 at 1:09 AM, Willwll313wll said:
And love the steelie-like wheels
They should be STEEL ! Waste of money to save a few pounds !
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On 12/2/2020 at 11:18 PM, slemke said:
Accessories will likely all be electric as they are on Mercedes (M256) “new” I6 ...
As you said, this engine came out a couple of years ago, but it has some very unique technology !
- 48v integrated starter/alternator
- Electric turbo charger plus exhaust driven turbo
- 48v lithium ion battery
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On 12/1/2020 at 1:26 AM, 7Mary3 said:
Assuming the 6.2L goes away......
On 12/1/2020 at 8:05 AM, jpd80 said:As you just said, a second new engine can be a real finger trap for investment, engines that doesn’t sell all that many in F250 and F350 need enough numbers elsewhere to justify their reason for development.
Everyone keeps glossing over the simple truth. Big investments are only done after careful cost analysis !
The 6.2L was sort of a misfire. I don't think Ford had committed going back into Medium Duty while it was still on the drawing boards. If not that, then someone did a very poor heat analysis early on in the design.
I can guarantee you, the new 6.8L will cost less to build than the outgoing 6.2L ! Plus, I expect to see it in all trucks (except Ranger and Transit) up to F600 and E450 offer it.
On 12/1/2020 at 8:05 AM, jpd80 said:I still wonder about reusing the 6.2 machinery at Windsor but maybe turn that engine into say, a lower deck height 5.8 pushrod Godzilla.
Highly unlikely. Nostalgia does not sell in the commercial market place.
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IIRC, the only thing in the PCM that would prohibit starter engagement, after it has received a "start" command, is the fact that the engine is already turning.
The delay is likely from the BCM/SJC or the ignition switch itself.
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7 hours ago, 7Mary3 said:
In any event, I am glad to see that it looks like Ford will be able to leverage a truck engine platform into a high performance engine for the Mustang and F-150. The 6.8L will likely be 'it' for Ford high performance ICE's. I am a little sorry they didn't do a pushrod V-8 8 or 10 years ago.
Very questionable whether this engine will show up in the Mustang. I think the Coyote will remain the only V8 available in theMustang.
Clearly this engine is aimed at F-Series and maybe E-series. It would be AMAZING in a T-Series, but I doubt the rest of that vehicle could handle the power !
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6 hours ago, jpd80 said:
I bet Ford is too, everything we see in today’s 7.3 was possible fifteen years ago save for a workable cylinder deactivation system which I think was not possible in the OHC Boss 6.2.
On paper, OHC makes better power, but it is at higher RPM.
The big win of OHV is lower cost and better low end torque.
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On 11/23/2020 at 2:10 AM, 7Mary3 said:
Regarding the 7.3L, I have heard of a few random failures but no common mechanical issues yet.
There seems to be an issue with ignition related misfire. Root cause seems to be spark plug leads.
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20 hours ago, Sevensecondsuv said:
Yes, you got my hint. A 10 or 12 cylinder coyote would be bonkers!
I got $20 that says you will not see an engine with more than 8 cylinders during the remainder of my life !
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Gen 3 Coyote engine eliminated the piston cooling jets. Probably not need for "every day" driving, but this engine is targeted at enthusiast and people who want power for heavy hauling on the F150.
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You have to wonder when there is a recall on a "common" part (i.e. one that has been used on millions of other vehicles) what "bright" person cost reduced it !
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8 hours ago, 7Mary3 said:
Direct injection and/or dual ignition can help here, and it appears that the 7.3L was designed with DI in mind judging by the head castings.
I does have two spark plugs per cylinder. The wire to the second plug comes from coil-on-plug first plug
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22 hours ago, paintguy said:
Glass House has mostly very high level administrative employees. Many engineering, supply chain, marketing, etc. are dispersed in other facilities. So Glass House unlikely to be abandoned.
Correct ! In fact, when the (original, now modified) plans for rebuilding the Research and Engineering campus was announce several years ago, they said a major "face lift" would be done on WHQ after R&E was completed. The lobby of WHQ looks very "1960s" !
For those really interested ...
Ford has completed building TWO major computer centers. One behind the Ford Credit building and the other on the Flat Rock Assembly campus. All Ford owned facilities in SE MI are joined by fiber optics so moving data is not an issue.
Part of the reason for renovating R&E was to replace aging "infrastructure". This includes water and sewer lines and service/utility tunnels. The water and sewer lines on Oakwood Blvd were upgraded (likely paid by the city/county). Parts of R&E have public roads (at least there are no gates limiting access). If you drive Southwest on Village Road from Oakwood Blvd. The first big change you will is Parking Deck 300. It was not there 5 years ago. Second, there is a major jog in Village Road (bottom left corner of image) that was not there. It used to run straight into Rotunda Drive.
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Ford to Create the Campus of the Future in Dearborn (story and more pictures)
Ford has recently purchased the old Detroit Schools Book Depository (#2). Building #5 is the new Bagley Avenue Parking Hub (a niece 3 block walk in the middle of winter). The white space between the Book Depoistory and the Parking Hub is owned and occupied by other commercial enterprises.Two other non-existent buildings are #3, West Building and #6, West Parking Hub. -
11 hours ago, ffamousamos said:
Had my 2019 F150 in for battery replacement today. It was covered uner the bumper to bumper 36K warranty. Anyways it was replaced with a Duralast battery, not a Motorcraft. Is this normal?
NO ! And you may be "short changed". Motorcraft replacement parts are covered by a 2 year, unlimited mileage warranty.
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15 hours ago, jpd80 said:
That’s typical FOE issues, you’d think they’d learn by now
that commercial fleets expect and deserve better than
shoddy Guibo joints, brakes that wear out quickly and
a bitch to replace. What happened to sensible, basic design.
What I don't understand is that these designs were used in the "rest of the world" for many years without the issues that they have encountered in the US. What do we do different ?
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14 hours ago, twintornados said:
Put it in Transit T-450...
The Transit chassis (or lack there of) can not handle additional payload. This is probably the biggest misstep in allowing EU to have the design lead. And why are the dual rear wheels INBOARD ? With the tall version I want as much rear wheel width on the road as possible. That and those skinny ass rear seats ! Fine if you are under 5'4" and 150 lbs. Most adults in the US are not !
Talk to people running T150/250/350. They eat rear brakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Plus the way the rotors are mounted you have to pull the axle.
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HEGO should have 4 wires. 2 for the heater and 2 for the actual sensor. I don't have access to a wiring diagram so this is a shot in the dark. With the engine running, put a test light from a good ground to each wire. One will be +12v for the heater. (My gut says it will be gray.) If you don't have +12V on one wore, you probably have a bad fuse.
From that +12V source, test the other wires. One will be the heater ground (the other gray wire ?) but one will be sensor ground.
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18 hours ago, jpd80 said:
Thank you for that confirmation, I guess what's at the base of this thread is two things:
1. What is Ford's intentions for the 6.8 engine, limited HP model use or broader application ?
2. Is the 6.8 a signalling that Ford is moving away from more complex engine technologies ?
"Limited" HP means it is not going compete with any other existing engines (why would you design an engine to compete with what you already have ?).
IMHO, the #1 and #2 goals are lower manufacturing cost (and hopefully customer cost). Coyote and its variants are just too darn expensive. They have their place, but it is in "halo" application.
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20 hours ago, ice-capades said:
Maybe I missed something but since when is Avon Lake going to be retooled for Mustang Mach-E production? 2021MY Mustang Mach-E production is limited to 50,000 units so it's not like there's an immediate need for additional capacity unless Ford plans to dramatically increase production the year after and has access to substantially more batteries.
Eh ? Got any (public) info on that ?
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On 11/8/2020 at 3:13 PM, jpd80 said:
I think you've misinterpreted the highlighted quote, all 5.0 & 5.2 now have PTAW blocks,
that becomes apparent as you read the subsequent pages, 5.0 blocks don't have cast-in liners anymore.
You are correct !
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On 11/6/2020 at 8:05 AM, blksn8k2 said:
All gen 3 Coyote engine have been using PTWA since 2018. That includes the Mustang GT and the F-150.
According to the Ford 2011-2019 5.0L Coyote Technical Reference, page 3,
QuotePTWA (Plasma Transferred Wire Arc) cylinder bores as found on the GT350 5.2L
Gen 3 now up to 10 qt oild capacity with composite oil pan. (They tried a composite oil pan before with poor results.)
Somewhere I head that they dropped the "piston cooling jet" oil squirters. I thought those were a good idea.
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On 11/3/2020 at 8:38 PM, blksn8k2 said:
If they truly are going with an all new aluminum block ...
On 11/3/2020 at 8:48 PM, blksn8k2 said:Also, the aluminum block opens the door for using PTWA spray bore cylinders ...
Both of these "technologies" are expensive (PTWA is VERY expensive ... is there any "high volume" production engine that uses it ?).
If this new engine was slated for the Mustang (which I highly doubt) then either or both might make sense. A couple hundred extra pounds in an F-series does not matter.
Bronco Sport Impresses
in Ford Motor Company Discussion Forum
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I am not a Jeep fan, so I don't know when they stopped making a 2 door Jeep, but I would like to see a 2 door Bronco Sport.
While I understand that marketing has to hit the "sweet spot" (i.e. build what the most customers would like to buy) I would still like to see more of a "rock crawler" version. Real 4WD with real locking (E-locker ?) front and rear differentials. Bigger tires and more suspension travel.