Future engine tech may extend the life of the gas-powered Bronco

[timhood]

This article is about engine technology Ford is working on to achieve up to 23% better fuel efficiency. The Bronco isn't specifically mentioned, but it's not hard to connect the dots and see it applying to the Bronco. I thought it was interesting.

https://www.automobilemag.com/news/ford-f-150-prechamber-ignition-research/

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[Cappy]

That's an interesting read. I'm curious to know when they plan on rolling out the technology.

On current gen Bronco's we'll be using the established 2.3L and 2.7L ecoboost engines and I can't imagine it would be cheap to have the engine swapped once these new Maserati tech engines become available.

 

[timhood]

That's an interesting read. I'm curious to know when they plan on rolling out the technology.

On current gen Bronco's we'll be using the established 2.3L and 2.7L ecoboost engines and I can't imagine it would be cheap to have the engine swapped once these new Maserati tech engines become available.

It's not really clear how this tech would be deployed. It seems as though the pilot project engine is the 3.5--or maybe it's just the comparisons being made to the 3.5--but the 2.7 and 2.3 are pretty popular engines across the Ford lineup, so one would imagine that if the results are successful, the designs will propagate to at least those two other engines. It seems a bit off right now, but who would complain about another 4+ MPG without having to give up power?

 

[jbacon47]

3 injectors? With an air compression injector and another spark plug? Seems like a lot of tech to potentially go wrong. The article mentions another solution using 3 traditional spark plugs instead.. that seems much simpler.

Edit: oh this is an old post..

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