This new 2.0 litre DI Ti-VCT engine (that’s a mouthful!) is likely set to progressively replace the Duratec20 engine in Ford’s vehicle line-up. The new engine is more advanced than the existing 2.0 litre 4-pot Ford and its Mazda MZR cousin, featuring variable valve timing on both intake and exhaust, a high 12:1 compression ratio as well as direct injection, and it can even run on E85, which grants it the ‘flexfuel-capable’ badge.
It produces 155 horsepower and about 196Nm of torque. While peak horsepower and torque may not seem unusually high for a modern 2.0 litre engine, thanks to DI and the twin VCT you can expect a wider spread of torque making the engine more driveable. This is of course just an educated guess on my part on what engineers can usually do when given DI and twin-VCT to play with, as official horsepower and torque curve graphs have yet to be released.
Instead of the current 4-speed auto, a majority of the auto-tranny equipped versions of this new engine will be instead matched with Ford’s oil-bathed dual clutch transmission.
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The engine doesn't appear to produce ground breaking horse-power at 155 hp, but the ability to burn E85 will make it cheaper to run. Wonder why we don't have E85 in Malaysia, considering that Thailand already uses this fuel, & its cheaper than petrol I heard. Should we consider using this type of fuel in light of petrol price increases this May?
dukenborg said,
January 12, 2010 @ 5:23 am
The engine doesn’t appear to produce ground breaking horse-power at 155 hp, but the ability to burn E85 will make it cheaper to run. Wonder why we don’t have E85 in Malaysia, considering that Thailand already uses this fuel, & its cheaper than petrol I heard. Should we consider using this type of fuel in light of petrol price increases this May?
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i think malaysia already short in supply for sugarcane, especially on festive season like hari raya & CNY. isn't that what they use to produce ethanol? cmiiaw
quote "…matched with Ford’s oil-batched dual clutch transmission."
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dear paul, i think you meant "oil-bathed" .right? i know that you're very excited to bring us all the news, but all you need right now is some rest.
Ford's playing catch-up with the europeans in the engine tech race… gogogo
Yup, during CNY all sugarcane sapu by the Hokkiens. :-P
Boink said,
January 12, 2010 @ 10:32 am
Ford’s playing catch-up with the europeans in the engine tech race… gogogo
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this engine is probably more european than yanky
I was expecting a higher torque figure from this DI, rather than the BHP. Seems like it's been tuned down of sort.
Finally its a chain-driven-cam engine, low maintenance cost.
thats the misconception that many have here. people generally just like to compare BHP to BHP rather than both BHP and Torque.
frankly speaking, a high torque low bhp car will accelerate fast but high speed will not be that much. vice versa with the high bhp low torque. of course, balance is the best.
hi ive got a 2.0l mazda 3 petrol engine that has been destroyed and i was wondering if i could put a similer ford engine in?
any suggessions?