New 2015 Ford F-Series Super Duty Will Deliver Best-in-Class Horsepower, Torque and Towing Capacity

[Ford Super News Ticker]

Ford F-Series Super Duty reinforces its leadership in the heavy-duty pickup truck market with engine and chassis upgrades for 2015 that together deliver best-in-class horsepower, torque and towing capacity.

 

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[acdii]

Just read the part of how they improved the design of the Powerstroke by flipping the intake and exhaust ports. Great idea. Move the intake to the outside of the heads where its cooler, and concentrate the exhaust in the middle of the engine, put the turbo right up top and exhaust it out the back. Cooler intake air, better combustion, better performance. Good job!

[kuzzi]

Code name "Scorpion" during engine design. Quite fitting.

 

Although I have heard that they've tucked everything in there so tightly that they have to remove the body from the chassis to do engine work. Not sure how true that is.

Edited March 8, 2014 by kuzzi

[acdii]

Code name "Scorpion" during engine design. Quite fitting.

 

Although I have heard that they've tucked everything in there so tightly that they have to remove the body from the chassis to do engine work. Not sure how true that is.

It has been that way since 2003 on the superduties. I remember going to the service department one time to get an oil change and one of the F250 crew cabs was on the lift. The cab was with the fenders still attached, the rest of the truck was on the ground. They were replacing a head gasket. They can separate the chassis from cab rather quickly.

[Ryan Goodlett]

The "scorpion" engine is the current 6.7L Power Stroke engine. Keeping as much heat in the exhaust stream does two things.... 1. It keeps the turbo lag to a minimum. 2. It keeps the heat to a maximum to burn off particulates in the DPF. Yours truly happened to be a rep for the Power Stroke Diesel engine for the past 8+ years until last month. ;) As far as taking the cab off on the 6.0L (03-07), Ford did not approve it per say. Techs realized it was much easier to access the head bolts this way. Once Ford realized it was best thing since sliced bread, they looked at how the redesign for the 08 6.4L body could benefit from this. Like anything, sometimes an engineer takes things too far. The cage bolts they used just spun creating headaches for tech among a few other things. Not to mention they intended to make it part of repair processes with certain failures like the turbo, fuel pump, etc.. This left customers scratching their heads. If you are a tech with spaghetti arms it is possible to do all of the repairs without removing the cab on the 6.4L.

[kuzzi]

Like anything, sometimes an engineer takes things too far.

Sometimes?

 

If it wasn't taken too far then two things may have happened

 

an engineer didn't do it

 

or someone with an MBA told them to tone it down a bit.

 

I've been on the giving and receiving end of this situation before, but nothing feels better when you throw your best and most complex plan out there and the people with the money say "Sure, let's do it!" Despite the headaches that inevitably follow.

[acdii]

I myself am a Network Engineer, and sometimes I run across network designs that are so complex, you are better off, just replacing the hardware and starting from scratch. This is what happens when you have people who think they know what they are doing, and mix equipment from different vendors that work different from other vendors and the end result is a kludge. I am currently working on a redesign of just such a Kludge! Of course others who dont work on networking and try to move things find out the hard way to listen to what I have to say. Happened yesterday, they wanted to move a server system to another colo, I said sure, and moved the network. They forgot all about the firewall that cant be moved. OOPS. Guess it didnt work after all. :)

 

Sometimes all it takes is some common sense injected into the design for future development.

[kuzzi]

I run across network designs that are so complex, you are better off, just replacing the hardware and starting from scratch.

 

Also known as job security. Haha

[acdii]

 

Also known as job security. Haha

For me, yes, not for the person who designed it! LOL