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Ford F-150 Power Stroke?

Another customer rebuilding what he has........

I-6!

I think it’s a step in the correct direction. All Aluminum doesn’t bother me in a LD engine, which is what this is... despite have more power than a 03 SO 5.9.

Where did you read belt driven cams? Thou those too are fine for LD applications.

Maybe this will help turn the fuel economy market towards diesel instead of electric.
 
“Just simply pull back the transmission”
Double sets of timing chains on the rear of the engine? Last time I saw something like that was the 4.0 V6 Explorer, and it was a disaster. What’s with the obsession with this rear accessory drive?
Glow plugs? Really? On a inline? How sad! But there seems to be good ideas too, like the emission packaging and low pressure egr. Very European.
 
I understand the reasoning of keeping the DPF(?) near the engine, but imagine the underhood heat to be dealt with between that and the turbo.
 
As cool as the engine appears to be set up...................the belt driven oil pump is a non-starter for this dude. I'd prefer it have a timing belt like the little VM in my Liberty instead of a halfbreed mess of chains and belts. Silly engineers.
 
This engine has a lot of decent ideas, but I can't help feeling like they tried to outsmart themselves on it. Time will tell if it's a good reliable engine or not.
 
Not a fan of chains driving things in a diesel and here is why. GM: Throw some 350 gasser parts at a Olds 5.7 diesel and the engine didn't live long enough to really matter anyway. Same double roller chains on a 6.2/6.5 diesel that just can't take the shock load of driving the injection pump so the chains stretch out. The sloppy chains beat the hell out of the valve train specifically fatigue failure at the exhaust valve stem tips. The chains were sloppy at a mere 30K miles after going on tight.

Sloppy chain on a 6.2 diesel:







What the exhaust valve tips getting hammered from chain slop looks like:

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