is the title of an article in the June, 2006 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines, Issue #33, page 12.

According to the Detroit News, Mark Fields, Ford of America's group chief, has resurrected its high-performance Hurricane V-8 engine program, specifically to fight DaimlerChrylser's Hemi and GM's Vortec.

The decision reverses one several months earlier that canned the project, citing rising gas prices, but Fields apparently doesn't want to give up any ground in the domestic pickup truck market. Though Ford hasn't yet floated power estimates, and only has a vague 6.2-liter figure for the displacement, you can bet they'll aim for the 6.1-liter Hemi's 425hp or the 6.2-liter Vortec's 403hp. No word yet on whether Ford will return to pushrods with the Hurricane or whether it'll stick with overhead cams.

The newspaper reported that Ford's Cleveland casting plant will build the V-8's, that it'll appear in the pickups around 2008 and that Ford may apply it to other platforms.

It also likely won't keep the Hurricane name. We suggest a less-politically correct name- something like Tsunami or Midwestern Flooding.

end of article......

I don't get the last paragraph, and many may already have heard the news. Just thought I'd pass it along.

RustyFuryIII

 

I was just thinking about that this morning laying in bed.

I wonder if the new platform is going to be limited in length again, like the pre-99's.

The reason the V10 wasn't in the F-series until '99 was that they had to wait for the re-design because the engine was too long to fit in the pre-99's, or at least, that's what I've read about the subject.

I wonder if the 2008 re-design is going to make it impossible to put the V10 in there?

I just hope the 6.2 is not a "car" engine and will be a "truck" engine with all the things that implies.

Hey, retard the cams in the V10 and get more HP out of it just by raising the RPM where the HP peaks. Which means nothing.

I sure hope this isn't a marketing ploy and we're going to be stuck with a low-end torque marshmallow in the F-series.

art k.

 

art K

I suspect we are going to get a smog limited, low torque, exaggerated efficiency marshmallow....

I still want the hydraulic assisted take off kit

I bet if we got the hydraulic assisted take off kit, we could mod it for faster and higher pressure release and literally pull wheel stands with a 8000 lb long bed 4 door 4x4 truck!

 

I'm with you on that one fred!! I was hoping it would've debuted in 03' when the 6.0L came out because they had talked quite abit about it but nothing ever materialized! I think Hydraulic Launch assist will be WAY more effeicent then MDS systems. just watch your instant economy gauge, it goes down to 2-5mpg when accelerating!!! If we can combat this the entire average will go up at a minimum 2-4mpg. I would expect city mileage to be near what the hwy mileage is with it.

 

IMHO...here we go again...with FORD wanting to keep up with the "Jones". I prefer FORD lead the way...not keep up.

The 6.2L could certainly develop plenty of torque...and sure hope they are developing a "truck" engine and not a muscle car engine. No need for it in a SD. This reminds me of the days of the FE engine. Configure it for the F-Series (GREAT truck engine)...and configured for the Mustang, T-bird, etc. cars. Just hope FORD configures it for the need intended.

I am a fan of the American V8, but still prefer the V10 be kept around. I think a good SD line-up for engines would be: 6.2L, 6.4L PSD, 6.8L V10. Lose the 5.4L for the SD line.

biz

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2003 F250 SD SC 142" XLT FX4 V10 Auto 4x4 3.73s

 

fred how about we get a pair of engines off a 767 and take one each. then bolt them to the pick up bed's for take off ? or should i say launch off.

 

Shouldn't you be in Hawaii, the same place Monsta's trying to be a cop?

What a mix...

Intercooled blower, period.

Or the water/methanol tricks...

 

art
i got home at 1630 hours est. today! bad part was we did not want to leave and had jobs offered to both of us.
our next motor all i care about is it being big enough to power our loved toys with guts to spare.
as to size i can live with a v8 that big brass ones .

 

CaptChas

767 engines might be a tad big for a 4x4 long bed but there are a few JATO rigs that might be a hoot.... OH wait, can't do that mod... some dummy already got a Darwin award for launching a Chev Malibu into very low orbit (double grin)