First Ecoboost to hit 600HP!

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Mac98SHO

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Couple things:

What will your driveline handle?? With all the torque I can only imagine that the current driveline setup will limit you.

:):)600WHP Nice job BTW.:):)

I always want more HP, but me personally would also like to be able to put it to the ground without any issues. (Coming from mustangs more pwr is not always a good thing unless you can get it to the ground efficiently)

From what I have read on the internet (It must be true..lol), and my understanding of our cars. Our cars are inherently front wheel drive with PTO to the rear which has caused a few problems for some people running high HP.

Are you considering any driveline mods to handle that beast of a motor?
 

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Nobody knows what the driveline will handle on this platform. I am in no mans land right now and whatever I'm doing I'm doing it first. If something breaks I'll try and get it built beefier than before, if I can't I'll have to just turn the power down until I don't break any more or until someone makes me something that can handle it.
I don't have any other plan than that :)

I guess I should add some more:
Here's how I'm attacking traction issues on the street
Low boost mode - our ECU can't do boost per gear
Simple solution that will be installed by Friday night when I go to track which is just to hook up MBC on a vacuum solenoid so that when I hit a switch the car is at 12psi and when the switch is off I get 25psi. This way I can keep traction in first gear. Complex solution I'm working on will probably be a megasquirt or Pro EFI so I can do a few things on top of just aux injector control:
A. boost per gear
B. Control timing (hopefully)
C. an additional smarter traction control so that the piggy back can use a rev limiter to limit front wheel spin, Pro EFI has an incredible traction control. If I can do that then the car won't have a problem with the awd system.
I don't know if I'm doing new piggyback first or after water to air IC, I also have to attack the exhaust manifolds soon as well as they're massively limiting my power.
 
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typhoon5000

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Forged block = forged rods and pistons which CP Carrillo are ready for me with a set sitting in their shop.
Factory block = aluminum so I guess it could be considered forged....
:p

Ah, I see what you mean now. The factory block is cast aluminum, not forged. I don't even think you can forge something as complex as a block come to think of it :nut:

Maybe this will get Ford and Riley to sell some HD/race parts for the EcoBoost V6 now (depending on how close this motor is to a production unit, which it doesn't look like much): http://jalopnik.com/would-have-an-lmp-over-that-any-day-1435432812
 
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