2015 powerstroke 440hp/860tq

OilfieldtrashLA wrote:

Me Again wrote:

marek wrote:
The 15 truck will have a new fuel pump that is not as sensitive to water and will have a new fuel filtering system. Right now if you have problems on your 11-14 diesel ford it will be down for a while as injectors,head gaskets and Bousch pumps are on a national back order. Two more things , 1 if these engines are so great and these trucks have gotten expensive how about more warranty ? Not many guys want to own a modern diesel out of warranty. 2 if Ford really wants to appeal to the commercial market, make a tilt front end so if and when things break you can get to them

What are they going to do about the connecting rods. Was looking at pictures this morning of 6.7 bent connecting rods. The 6.7 rod is smaller in the rod area than the earlier powerstrokes. Rod bearings are also not keyed. What keeps them from spinning bearings.

Some things are great in the 6.7, like air/exhaust flow direction, individual rocker arms for each valve, giant lifters etc, but if they leave an important component like the connecting rod lacking, then the whole engine becomes lacking. The aftermarket is already into better 6.7 connecting rods, which is telling.

Do they need a operator warning "If hydro-locked, do not attempt to turn over!"?

Chris

Rods on the 6.7 PS do not seem to be lacking at all. H&S pushed their test truck to over 1600 ft of torque and drove it home. The size of rod is not really a big deal, metallurgy and design are just as important.

H&S test

H&S still use this truck daily. You can get aftermarket rods for anything.

Yeap, I looked at one site that had a set of 8 for $3400! Chris