Ford King Ranch changes to Power Stroke diesel engine - Western Producer (subscription)
Having driven Ford’s F350 each year for many years, it can be difficult to tell what really is new and improved season to season. Ford dumped the old Navistar-Ford joint venture engine in favour of an in-house Power Stroke. New injector tips atomize the fuel for better burning in the combustion chamber, thus providing improvements in fuel economy, power and emissions. For 2015, there is an increase from 400 horsepower to 440 and 860 foot pounds of torque, up from 800 foot lb. The easiest way to tell this engine apart from previous ones is the location of the turbo in the valve train valley where the intake... For racing enthusiasts, the old Cosworth racing V8s used this design to promote packaging and power efficiencies in Formula One. Maximum 5th wheel, gooseneck towing capacity comes up to 26,700 lb. and maximum gross combined vehicle weight climbs to 35,000 lb. For the seriously heavy haulers there’s an F450 that peaks out at 31,200 lb. for fifth wheel/gooseneck towing and a... The Alison six-speed automatic may be short a gear or two by light duty standards, but it can handle the torque of this engine and the loads. Source: www.producer.com
