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09-14-2012, 02:40 PM
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Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has revealed that it is updating the base powerplant on its 2013 Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Police+Interceptor/) sedan. Ford's 3.7-liter Ti-VCT V6 engine will replace the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 engine in its Taurus (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/taurus/) cop car, and the new engine will slot under the optional twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) V6.
The V6 offered is a version of the powerplant found in the base Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/18/2012-ford-mustang-v6-review/) and F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/report-ford-porting-3-7l-v6-into-2011-f-150/), and it was already available on Ford's Police Interceptor Utility (read: enforcement-spec Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/explorer/)). With the help of twin independent variable camshaft timing, the 3.7-liter V6 makes 305 horsepower and 279 pound-feet of torque. It puts up these numbers while achieving 18 miles per gallon city, 25 mpg highway. Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
According to Ford, the 3.7-liter provides the highest output of any naturally aspirated V6 pursuit engine. The change should improve its 0-60 time, especially compared to competing six-cylinder pursuit vehicles. If you recall (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/16/ford-police-interceptors-get-official-fuel-economy-ratings-from/), the outgoing 288-hp 3.5-liter V6 resulted in a 0-60 run of 8.36 seconds, well behind the 7.34 of the Chevrolet Caprice PPV (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/chevrolet+caprice+ppv/) V6 (301 hp), and the 7.68 of the Dodge Charger Pursuit (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/dodge+charger+pursuit/) V6 (292 hp). The new 3.7-liter mill should put the Ford Police Interceptor in that range, though we do not yet have those numbers.
If a police department decides that 305 horsepower is not enough to chase down perpetrators, Ford still offers its 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine with 365 horsepower, and it's still the only twin-turbocharged V6 engine being offered in America's police vehicle fleet. For more information on the naturally aspirated V6, click below to read through the press release.Continue reading Ford's Taurus-based Police Interceptor getting more power to catch scofflaws (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/fords-taurus-based-police-interceptor-getting-more-power-to-cat/)
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Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has revealed that it is updating the base powerplant on its 2013 Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/Police+Interceptor/) sedan. Ford's 3.7-liter Ti-VCT V6 engine will replace the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 engine in its Taurus (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/taurus/) cop car, and the new engine will slot under the optional twin-turbo 3.5-liter EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) V6.
The V6 offered is a version of the powerplant found in the base Mustang (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/18/2012-ford-mustang-v6-review/) and F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/12/report-ford-porting-3-7l-v6-into-2011-f-150/), and it was already available on Ford's Police Interceptor Utility (read: enforcement-spec Explorer (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/explorer/)). With the help of twin independent variable camshaft timing, the 3.7-liter V6 makes 305 horsepower and 279 pound-feet of torque. It puts up these numbers while achieving 18 miles per gallon city, 25 mpg highway. Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
According to Ford, the 3.7-liter provides the highest output of any naturally aspirated V6 pursuit engine. The change should improve its 0-60 time, especially compared to competing six-cylinder pursuit vehicles. If you recall (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/16/ford-police-interceptors-get-official-fuel-economy-ratings-from/), the outgoing 288-hp 3.5-liter V6 resulted in a 0-60 run of 8.36 seconds, well behind the 7.34 of the Chevrolet Caprice PPV (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/chevrolet+caprice+ppv/) V6 (301 hp), and the 7.68 of the Dodge Charger Pursuit (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/dodge+charger+pursuit/) V6 (292 hp). The new 3.7-liter mill should put the Ford Police Interceptor in that range, though we do not yet have those numbers.
If a police department decides that 305 horsepower is not enough to chase down perpetrators, Ford still offers its 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine with 365 horsepower, and it's still the only twin-turbocharged V6 engine being offered in America's police vehicle fleet. For more information on the naturally aspirated V6, click below to read through the press release.Continue reading Ford's Taurus-based Police Interceptor getting more power to catch scofflaws (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/fords-taurus-based-police-interceptor-getting-more-power-to-cat/)
Ford's Taurus-based Police Interceptor getting more power to catch scofflaws (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/14/fords-taurus-based-police-interceptor-getting-more-power-to-cat/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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