typhoon5000
Ferd Enganear
So I went to the SAE Detroit Section Meeting hosted by Ford, presenting the new SHO tonight and it was pretty cool. This is mainly because they also had supplier booths that were showing off specific components of the new SHO as well.
One example was Honeywell, which made the turbos for the EcoBoost V6. I chatted with the rep from Honeywell for awhile, asking him about the possible upgrades and he said, even though the turbos are running 12psi of boost stock, a few more pounds would easily produce 35-40 more hp and that the motor could easily take 400+hp in stock form. What can't take 400+ft-lbs of torque is the transmission, he said. So basically, the tranny is the weak link in the system (again, like the POS ATX). However, I also learned that the EcoBoost has electronic wastegates, not your typical vacuum operated ones. So a manual boost controller won't work here. You need to use a programmer to do anything essentially.
Also while talking with the rep from Honeywell, Pete Reyes, the chief engineer of the new Taurus came up and I introduced myself and chatted with him about my SHO and how this car better be ready to be modded, and he seemed a little hesitant about that. One thing that surprised me though, was Pete asked the Honeywell guy to explain why the compressor and exhaust fans were different designs. This is the Chief Engineer of the new Taurus and was also the Chief engineer of the 2008 Super Duty with it's twin sequential turbo Powerstroke, you think he would know the ins and outs of turbos by now. So that kinda worried me a bit, but luckily he's not the chief powertrain engineer of the EcoBoost V6.
That guy is Dan Kapp, who mentioned he had also worked on the original Vulcan 3.0L V6 in the '85 Taurus, the 24V DOHC Duratec 3.0L in the '96 Taurus as well as the 3.4L V8 in the gen 3 SHO. so he knew what he was talking about. BTW, while I was taking pics of the display motor (which I will link to later), I over heard some Journalists were asking Dan questions about the EcoBoost. One of them was "will this [EcoBoost V6] motor be availible as a crate motor for enthusiasts and marine applications? Dan answered with "I can't answer that right now, but we working with our suppliers on this." which basically means yes in automotive bureaucratic terms.
So now to the pics and I got almost 50 of them of the 5 SHO's and 2 other SLO 2010's there. I'm only gonna post a few here and you can just go to my Flickr page to view the rest in high-res (including close-up engine, underside and separate component display pics!), as well as an exclusive pic that I'd like to keep on the D-L if you pick out which one it is.
First pic of a Steel Blue Metallic SHO that I know of (sorry for the darkness, but my point & shoot HP sucks in low light):
Black SEL:
Dan Kapp and the EcoBoost:
Engine in the natural sunlight!:
Yes my point & shoot can pull off amazing pics once and a while:
The only downfall was that there were no rides or drives, but it was still pretty cool.
One example was Honeywell, which made the turbos for the EcoBoost V6. I chatted with the rep from Honeywell for awhile, asking him about the possible upgrades and he said, even though the turbos are running 12psi of boost stock, a few more pounds would easily produce 35-40 more hp and that the motor could easily take 400+hp in stock form. What can't take 400+ft-lbs of torque is the transmission, he said. So basically, the tranny is the weak link in the system (again, like the POS ATX). However, I also learned that the EcoBoost has electronic wastegates, not your typical vacuum operated ones. So a manual boost controller won't work here. You need to use a programmer to do anything essentially.
Also while talking with the rep from Honeywell, Pete Reyes, the chief engineer of the new Taurus came up and I introduced myself and chatted with him about my SHO and how this car better be ready to be modded, and he seemed a little hesitant about that. One thing that surprised me though, was Pete asked the Honeywell guy to explain why the compressor and exhaust fans were different designs. This is the Chief Engineer of the new Taurus and was also the Chief engineer of the 2008 Super Duty with it's twin sequential turbo Powerstroke, you think he would know the ins and outs of turbos by now. So that kinda worried me a bit, but luckily he's not the chief powertrain engineer of the EcoBoost V6.
That guy is Dan Kapp, who mentioned he had also worked on the original Vulcan 3.0L V6 in the '85 Taurus, the 24V DOHC Duratec 3.0L in the '96 Taurus as well as the 3.4L V8 in the gen 3 SHO. so he knew what he was talking about. BTW, while I was taking pics of the display motor (which I will link to later), I over heard some Journalists were asking Dan questions about the EcoBoost. One of them was "will this [EcoBoost V6] motor be availible as a crate motor for enthusiasts and marine applications? Dan answered with "I can't answer that right now, but we working with our suppliers on this." which basically means yes in automotive bureaucratic terms.
So now to the pics and I got almost 50 of them of the 5 SHO's and 2 other SLO 2010's there. I'm only gonna post a few here and you can just go to my Flickr page to view the rest in high-res (including close-up engine, underside and separate component display pics!), as well as an exclusive pic that I'd like to keep on the D-L if you pick out which one it is.
First pic of a Steel Blue Metallic SHO that I know of (sorry for the darkness, but my point & shoot HP sucks in low light):
Black SEL:
Dan Kapp and the EcoBoost:
Engine in the natural sunlight!:
Yes my point & shoot can pull off amazing pics once and a while:
The only downfall was that there were no rides or drives, but it was still pretty cool.
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