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09-26-2010, 03:11 PM
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Ford tortures its EcoBoost engine - Click above to watch video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/#continued)
Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford) is itching to show that its 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost) V6 engine is tough enough to take whatever F-150 buyers can throw at it. In order to do so, the company has lined up a bevy of torture tests and enlisted Mike Rowe to narrate a documentary on the whole affair. Things will kick off with Ford randomly selecting an EcoBoost engine off of the assembly line to be subjected to the equivalent of 150,000 miles on the dyno. From there, the engine will be bolted into an F-150, where it will head to Oregon to skidsteer logs for a lumber company.
Then, the same truck and engine will head to Homestead Miami Speedway where it will tow two Sprint Cup Ford Fusion race cars around the track for 24 hours at full throttle, stopping only for fuel and tires along the way.
But wait, there's more.
From there, the engine will be removed from the 2011 F-150 and bolted into a specially prepared race truck (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/23/ford-to-campaign-f-150-ecoboost-in-baja-1000/), where it will do battle in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. After all of that, Ford will tear down the engine and give the public a look at how things went inside. Sounds like a party. You can hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/#continued) for a look at the full press release and to check out the first video in the series.
[Source: Ford]Continue reading Mike Rowe narrating Ford F-150 EcoBoost web documentary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/)
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Ford tortures its EcoBoost engine - Click above to watch video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/#continued)
Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford) is itching to show that its 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost) V6 engine is tough enough to take whatever F-150 buyers can throw at it. In order to do so, the company has lined up a bevy of torture tests and enlisted Mike Rowe to narrate a documentary on the whole affair. Things will kick off with Ford randomly selecting an EcoBoost engine off of the assembly line to be subjected to the equivalent of 150,000 miles on the dyno. From there, the engine will be bolted into an F-150, where it will head to Oregon to skidsteer logs for a lumber company.
Then, the same truck and engine will head to Homestead Miami Speedway where it will tow two Sprint Cup Ford Fusion race cars around the track for 24 hours at full throttle, stopping only for fuel and tires along the way.
But wait, there's more.
From there, the engine will be removed from the 2011 F-150 and bolted into a specially prepared race truck (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/23/ford-to-campaign-f-150-ecoboost-in-baja-1000/), where it will do battle in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. After all of that, Ford will tear down the engine and give the public a look at how things went inside. Sounds like a party. You can hit the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/#continued) for a look at the full press release and to check out the first video in the series.
[Source: Ford]Continue reading Mike Rowe narrating Ford F-150 EcoBoost web documentary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/)
Mike Rowe narrating Ford F-150 EcoBoost web documentary (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/26/mike-rowe-narrating-ford-f-150-ecoboost-web-documentary/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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