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Flashman
Mar 07, 2014Explorer II
The Mad Norsky wrote:Me Again wrote:
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.
Chris
Speaking of connecting rods, here is a video from PowerStrokehelp.com that shows some of the workings of the 6.7L diesel. Guess he finally got his hands on a 6.7L engine.
Pretty good video, he covers many differences between the current 6.7L, the 6.4L and the 6.0L engines.
And yes, the connecting rods are shown in the video. Connecting rods and main bearings take center stage at around the 12 minute mark in the video.
Ford 6.7L engine
Maybe Ford should give up on diesel engines - one disaster after another.
But the faithful just keep buying.
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