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There’s no replacement for displacement -- unless said replacement is a pair of turbochargers.
That seems to be the idea behind this Ford project car, which is destined for this year’s SEMA show. Along with Detroit Street Rods, the automaker is building a custom 1934 Ford Coupe, but in place of the traditional flathead V-8 lies the company’s new twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter “EcoBoost” V-6.
“The decision to use the EcoBoost engine for our powertrain on this project was an easy one,” said Robert Smith, president of Detroit Street Rods. “The result is the perfect hot rod marriage of advanced technology for power and legendary automobile design.”
Ford’s not talking specific figures for the 3.5-liter in this particular application, but did note the engine is largely stock. The biggest change lies with the turbochargers. They’re stock parts, but engineers had to modify the engine’s intake, exhaust, and intercooler in order to position them within the confines of the narrow engine bay.
The EcoBoost motor is bolted to a Tremec five-speed manual transmission, which then sends power to the rear wheels. This is the first time we’ve seen the motor used in a longitudinal configuration (although the 2011 F-150 will do the same), but our question is this: When can we buy a crate motor?