What are the Powerstroke's plans for the future? What are going to do to it and are they gonna offer variations of the new PSD?

 

The new engine, code named V110, is supposed to be in production in the Fall of 2002 for the 2003 model year for use in F series pick up trucks. The Econoline vans will continue to use the present version of the Power Stroke for at least another year. It will be a 6.6L engine with 4 push rod actuated valves per cylinder, the new injectors will be smaller and quieter, the turbo will have variable pitch vanes which will allow it to blow more air at lower speeds and feather the blades at higher speeds thereby eliminating the need for "spool up" or a waste gate. It should start out at 300 horse power and 600 ft. lb. of torque for the first year. It will be smaller, lighter, more compact and quieter all at the same time. The photos I've seen show a very nice set of cast aluminum valve covers -- it looks good. That is about all I know about it at this time.

 

have they changed it? i heard it was a 6.0

 

I believe you are correct on the 6.0L displacement. My mistake.

 

just wondering, i know u work w/international and i didn't know if you had heard something that we haven't.

 

Yes, I work for International but they don't tell me anything. I've picked up bits and pieces here and there and I'm not even sure that what I think I know is correct. I have seen a photo of the new engine and I've had my hands on a fully machined crankcase but I still don't know much about it. The pre-production engines are being built in Huntsville, Alabama and because of that I've yet to see a completed engine. We will be doing some training for our production people starting this October. My assumption is we will have some complete units to work with at that time (I don't know how else we can train people on this new engine any other way). Our engineering department is second to none and I have complete confidence that what ever may be wrong with the 7.3L Power Stroke will be engineered out. As I said before, it will be smaller, lighter, quieter and more powerful all at the same time. It looks to me like there will be a lot of cast aluminum used which probably means it will have a quality appearance to it (as opposed to cheap stamped steel oil pans and rocker covers, etc.) The heads and block will remain cast iron and as far as I know the crank shaft will remain forged steel. I'll try to keep this list posted as new (to me) information comes in.

 

Hey Joe did I see tha you are from Indy in one of these boards. Justr checking since I live only a few miles east of there.

 

Yes, I live on Indy's east side in Christian Park and work for International where the Power Strokes are made.

 

Joe, what about the camless diesel I've been reading about? Is that only for the 466 and 530? Also, I've heard that International will be making a V6 diesel for the F150. Any truth to that? My dad works for Nav. but won't tell me a thing since I work for a competitor.

 

The V6 will be made in Huntsville, Alabama. I'm not sure when they expect it to be in production. When the camless technology is ready it will be for all engines. I have seen the rough cast camless V8 blocks and we had an inline 6 prototype running in a truck at our plant on display earlier this year. They are talking 2008 for the camless to be in production. If they can make it work, camless tecnology will revolutionize the internal combustion engine. There is nobody at the Indianapolis plant that has any information that our competition doesn't already know. We're not building a perpetual motion machine or an anti-gravity device and we are not working on cold fusion so tell your dad to relax.

 

Engines really aren't the reason he's not talking. After all, we are going to sell International our engines for US02. He's more strict about truck info than anything. Maybe, some day, we'll own Navistar, LOL.

I was under the impression, based on an article I read in a trade publication, that the camless technology would implement sooner. You're right, it would definately revolutionize the industry. IT&E has very good engines now. I'm sure they'll be just as good, if not better, in the future.

 

The 2008 date is what I've been told. Frankly, I think the camless technology will be implimented as soon as it is ready and as soon as the tooling can be ordered and fabricated. I'm not privy to what kinds of problems they are having but I'm reasonably sure that they don't know how long it will take to solve them. Therefore, it is a safe bet that they don't know for sure when it will be in production dispite what they may have told the magazine. The Power Stroke was originally billed as a "smokeless diesel" -- they even had a story done on CNN about this new "smokeless" technology, in which they had a competiter's truck and our truck running down the highway side by side, theirs smoking like a freight train and ours with a particulate trap on it, not smoking a bit. What they didn't say is a few miles down the road the particulate trap was full choking the life out of the engine. Several companies have been working on this particulate trap for years without success. And you never hear the term "smokeless diesel" used any more. Strange, isn't it? The point is, you'll want to take this information, reguardless of where it comes from, with a grain of salt.

 

I understand that the v110 is to be rated at 330hp (@3300rpm) and have max. torque of 550 ft-lb (@2000 rpm)

 

Actually it is 325 HP and 560 lb/ft.

 

w/ 600ft/lbs in 2004:-staun