cylinder walls of the engine block. Ford is also using a mirror-image porting design for the integrated inlet manifold for the first time to pre- cisely control air flow into the cylinders clockwise for cylinders one and two, counter-clockwise for three and four to ensure uniform fuel and air mixing in the combustion chamber. A new compact turbocharger has also been designed to deliver more air at lower rpms compared to the 2.2-liter unit it replaces, and can produce up to 250 lb-ft of torque at 1,250 rpm. Ford touts that its new EcoBlue 2.0-liter will be the first diesel com- mercial vehicle engine from its lineup to achieve passenger car levels of NVH. “The basic structure of an engine can act as a soundboard for the movements happening inside it, just like a bell. So we try to develop a bell that does not ring very well,” said Dominic Evans, NVH specialist at Ford Europe, in a release. “We’ve engineered every significant noise-influencing component of this engine to be quieter and smoother operating resulting in the most refined diesel commercial vehicles Ford has ever built.” Additionally, a molded acoustic cover and sound-deadened steel keeps engine noise from being transmitted into the cabin. The automaker says the new 2.0-liter EcoBlue diesel engine will meet global durability standards for all markets including Europe, China, and the U.S., and has put the engine through the equivalent of 3.4 million miles of durability testing.
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JUNE 2016 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS
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