Ford May Have A New 7.3L Pushrod V8 Truck Engine In Development
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While Ford has invested heavily in building out its 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine with more modern technology, the automaker may be pulling a page from General Motors and taking a more serious look at a new pushrod V8 engine.
According to Ford Authority, the blue oval may have a 7.3-liter pushrod V8 engine in development for trucks. The engine will allegedly replace the 6.8-liter Triton V10 engine.
Pushrod engines offer numerous benefits, despite their rather archaic engineering. To start, they’re much smaller and easier to package. And with a smaller overall footprint, the vehicle carries less mass, too. Pushrod engines are also less expensive to produce, which could save the automaker large sums in mass production.
GM has stuck by pushrod V8 engines in numerous applications, from trucks to the Camaro and Corvette. We’ve explored the small-block V8 engine’s benefits in the past as well.
Right now, the 7.3-liter V8 engine is only a rumor, but evidence suggests the new mill will enter production at Ford’s Windsor engine plant in Canada in the near future.
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Pushrods are only a feature and not as a whole outdated. This engine could feature many advancements that would otherwise make older ohc engines feeble. while its true that OHC engines are more responsive at high rpm, a truck motor shouldn’t need high RPM’s, so a pushrod makes a ton of sense in this application.
I hope GM has a large displacement gasoline/CNG/LNG engine under development for HD pickups and medium duty.
Bring back the 8.1, great low end torque monster that works well in both medium duty service and hd trucks. You will be hard pressed to find any bad reviews or issues with this engine. Fuel mileage is not much less than the 6.0.
As a former owner of two 8.1 engines, I agree they were great engines but I would like to see something new or put the 8.8 from Power Solutions in the HD trucks.
Where’s that Ford guy who asked “why did it take GM so long to get a DOHC engine in a truck”?
Time will tell, the new Ford 7.3 gas engine looks good, however there are some concerns. Very long valves, Long small diameter Valve springs. Plastic intake manifold. Don’t see any type of exhaust manifold gasketing. OIL PUMP? The oil pump is concerning, Also how serviceable is this engine by the average home mechanic?. I want to see how these hold up to real world testing. Ford and other manufactures do very little testing before public release, it’s cheaper to let an unassuming public test the product. Time will tell, wondering how these engines will hold up at 200.000 miles or more.