Don´t you folks think it´s time for an update in this old thread? The 6.8 liter V8 Megazilla is coming at 27 th of Sept. Will it be +450 hp? Will it be CGI in the block? Will the the cylinderwalls be thinner that much and the overall size that small that it will fit in more enginebays? It will...
The 7.3-liter gas V8 engine delivers high performance in a compact package. Based on decades of commercial engine experience, this 7.3-liter is expected to be the most powerful gas V8 in its class – providing durability, ease of maintenance, and the towing and payload capability customers want...
I may be CGI
New Ford 7.0 L....?
Engine #1, optional on F250/350, E Series, Raptor, and Navigator, standard on F450/550
Block: CGI
Displacement: 7.3L / 447 cubic inches
Bore: 108mm
Stroke: 100mm
Power: 485 hp at 5250 rpm
Torque: 525 ft-lbs at 3000 rpm, 90% of peak available from 1500 rpm
Ford plant in Windsor being transformed to build new engine
this "Computer numerical control (CNC) equipment — highly automated machine tools — will be used to build the engines."
smells CGI
About the block material being grayiron or CGI it´s more likely it will be CGI as the new lines at Windsor plant will have a complete reneval of its machiningequipment
Machining grey iron was already on the menue
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Tony Savoni says the computer controlled metal machining...