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Nothing for us EcoBoost guys, well except for a throttle controller.

 

We are in the works of making something for the EcoBoosts!

 

For some reason I have a problem with the descriptions as applied to Ford engines..
First, any airflow that does not result in higher total airflow >at wide open< is not an advantage at lesser throttle openings. Was this found in Airflow Bench testing?
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Secondly, most throttle bodies are so far from the cylinder port runners that any so called mixing or air motion is lost, over that distance and direction changes plus the presence of port flap air control (IMRC)
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Third, what "mixing"? Its all air at that point.
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Forth, The Ox Sensors do the fuel control according to the Ox level detected in the exhaust. TB can't change the fuel tables directly. On late Ford after 2010, the Ox Sensors do the A/F Ratio detection right at the sensors and send that result to the PCM direct for much faster fuel corrections.
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Fifth, the Throttle angle Sensor advancement could be part of throttle response enhancement. Hard tell on any given engine unless tried and proven.
The >rate< of throttle opening detection is what usually adds fuel for fast accelerations. Throttle modifiers do this. On stock Fords there is already throttle modification built into some of the shift modes. ECO, Manual, Wet/Snow etc.
They sure to look pretty, otherwise.
Good luck.

 

Wouldn't a larger diameter TB flow more at any given throttle position? Also, I would think that to take full advantage of this would require modifications in filtered airflow, exhaust flow, in fuel delivery volume, and also ignition modifications. Of course all of that would require a custom tune.

 

Hi, there. You are right, we are not making any claims about improved mixing it was just a general description. In fact, we went ahead and edited that (removed it) so it doesn't cause any confusion. Thanks for bringing that up.

At partial throttle, more airflow makes the engine respond faster, the vehicle feels nimbler during transient maneuvers which are very common at partial throttle. In a steady state, your comment is correct.

The extra airflow is detected by the MAF sensor and the corresponding extra fuel gets added by the ECM (per table), the oxygen sensors control the fuel trims, a small correction to balance whatever the MAF might have missed.

We do not change the throttle body intrinsic calibration, there's no such feature as "angle advancement" in our throttle bodies. Maybe we misunderstood your comment.

Thanks!

 

Yes, if you go this route, we strongly recommend you do some other modifications, just like the type you mentioned. After all the throttle body is a power "allower" not a power "adder". A higher flowing throttle body swap would only add power when the stock one it left small relative to what's upstream and downstream of it becoming a restriction "the bottle kneck".

 

On a truck forum, these engines do not use MAF Metering.
The system is Speed Density based.
A MAP-T Sensor projected into the Intake is a large part of fuel control that has to respond to throttle opening changes in the same space.
by intake vacuum level changes, not mass air metering changes.
Fuel main control is a power controlled fuel pump capacity variation.
2018 and later, 5 L engines have dual fuel injection. That is both direct in Cylinder and Port injection.
This injection is a complex control of the two by percentages at the same time depending on engine temperature, RPM and load.
This control results in multiple injector tables for that much control resolution.
Also the separate injection systems runs at greatly different pressures between the two.
Low pressure port at about 70 psi +/-.
High pressure at as much as 3000 Psi is a separate mechanical pump fed from the low pressure system and boosted and with internal bypass pressure control.
V6 Turbo charging is somewhat a different animal for control under Boost where the intake works across a Vacuum to zero then to positive intake pressures..
It has to be seamless in dynamic operation over this extreme range as well as control variable valve timing of both intake and exhaust camshafts over the rpm band..

 

Thanks, Bluegrass7. Yes, they do have MAF sensors...at least all the trucks we are working with (2010+) have MAF sensors. What year is your truck?

In any case, they will work equally well on speed-density tunes, as long as the engine can estimate the increased airflow. Also, most folks doing this are going to be tuning anyway.

If the TB becomes the bottleneck, we are here, we have all sizes from 80 to 103mm, all kinds of adapters, and we also do custom work/matching.

 

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2015 up F150 are MAP sensor systems on GEN 1 and 2.
Mine is 2018 5L Gen 3. Heads flow more air, intake Manifold flows more, CR 12 to 1, Cam timing a bit more, and Revs will go higher into 7 k, just stock, as a result.
When there is a 'need' for those big 'holes' , usually injectors sizes have to be increased as well as fuel pump volume to feed a hungrey animal like high boost pressure. applications. Ford Motor Sports as this hardware, now.
Thanks.

 

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