The Aussie Ford 4.0 straight six made at Ford's Melbourne Engine Plant is a brilliant engine and it's extremely under-rated. When you add a turbo, the 4.0L engine's power output is just enormous for a six cylinder engine. I'm lucky enough to own a FPV (Ford Performance Vehicle) F6 310 FG, but it did cost me an extra $1000 with just one speeding fine alone.
Dude I've seen a Genuine Ford introduction booklet for mechanics on these engines and they are a beautiful piece of Australian Art! It even has oil squirters that run along the top of the rocker cover to provide oil to both the cams! No matter what car manufacturer you prefer this engine is a masterpiece of Australian Engineering!!!
The standard 4 litre in line six engine produces a healthy 183 kw. So for the engine to handle 750 shaft kw is very impressive. Testament to the good engineering & strength of this great Aussie engine.
That is not a blow off valve, its a Wastegate. That is called an external wastegate. Most turbo's have them internally from standard production cars. A blow off valve is totally different. Cheers.
Back in the early 1960's Ford North America shipped first gen Falcon tooling to Australia when the second gen Falcon went into production in the USA. Ford stopped building the Falcon in the US in 1970, but Ford Oz continued to develop the Falcon platform locally. The engine in this vid shares a common heritage with the inline 6 engine Ford built in the US in the 60's/70's. Where Ford USA quit the I6, the folks in Oz continued to develop theirs and this the result. Good job Ford Oz.
I clenched up so tight from watching that thing spool up... When shit started to glow I thought my computer screen was going to blow up and hell spew out! DAMN!
Anyone who is aware of the layout of a normal computer keyboard may know that the letters R and T are very close neighbours and an easy typo may slip in anytime without notice? Thank you kind sir for pointing that out, thank you so much, I love you!
i digg that it was an australian company to finally make a big 6 turbo for a stock car.... still the strength of a 1jz for when it was built (from 1990) is pretty impressive.... but the inline 4ltrs are just that bit more impressive....probably the best "bang for buck" engine out there,, so easy to extract power
105 Honda Ricers disliked this, lol. Seriously, I love seeing turbo engines in a dyno cell, gives me goosebumps. Props to making over 1000 hp, I am trying for a lowly 5-600 whp with my 2.5 turbo.
doesn't matter what motor you got, bmw, merc, ford, datsun... spend enough and it will go hard and cop mega shit this is awsome footage, better than thrashing your car at night and then pulling over and lifting the bonnet to see glowing manifolds. real nice motor and good power by the way.
Brake horse power is taken from the drive shaft before the gearbox. The term brake is the device used to measure it, not the cars brakes (which would have sweet FA to do with horsepower output).
too much gas restriction is perhaps the cause of the amazing heat glow, but a streamlined exhaust would nearly be impossible to fabricate because its trying to pump into the turbine housing where the exhaust has to pass the turbine wheel. Its the turbine that causes the high pressure area just outside the flange. Thats where trimmed blades and other design tricks come in.
nice work boys. a bloke i know has a 1200hp XR6 ute..... and he still drives it to work every day. i am an old school sbc man but must admit these things go like stink!
Im a chevy guy myself, but I can agree with the sentiment behind your post. The Aussies get to play with the XR6 while we have the 4.6l...(I know that the mustang guys are feeling cheated)
Yes it says 1000 "hp" on the youtube title, but watch it ..."Nizpro stage5 750kw Cobra Engine is Tested". I dont think a company to this caliber like Nizpro would need to lie about power outputs, they have some of the most knowledgeable engine builders in this country.
Actually that 3.5 will outperform a normally aspirated Aussie I6, and there will be a 400+ HP TwinForce turbo version of that engine. BTW the 3.5 is not at all like the 3.0 Duratec, it fetures direct acting valve lifters-right under the cam - decent.
