The 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty: Engines & Transmission
Starting Price: $33,705
The 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty comes with an
all-new 7.3L V8 gasoline engine. There is an upgraded third-generation 6.7L
Power Stroke® V8 diesel engine. Ford also offers a 10-speed TorqShift®
automatic transmission for the new 2020 F-Series Super Duty model.
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Ford F-450 Super Duty
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The gasoline engines: 7.3L V8
The all-new 7.3L V8
gasoline engine is designed to give you high performance. Its goal is to be the
most powerful V8 gasoline engine in the segment. The highlights of this 7.3L
engine are providing durability, ease of maintenance, towing and payload
capabilities. This engine has an all-new cam-in-block, overhead valves
architecture with a cast-iron block and forged steel crankshaft. All of these
components have to ensure maximum durability. The performance of the engine
depending on the port injectors with variable-valve timing that optimizes the
intake and the exhaust manifolds in order to match the performance with
workloads. There are oil jets that cool the pistons under heavy load.
Simply, the 7.3L V8
gasoline engine comes with 430 hp @ 5,500 rpm and max torque is 475 lb.ft (644
Nm) @ 4,000 rpm. This engine is going to be available first in the Ford Super
Duty F-250 and the F-350 pickup models.
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Ford F-Series Super Duty 7.3L V8 Gas Engine
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Another version of the
7.3L V8 gas engine with a dyno-certificate for producing 350 hp @ 3,900 rpm and
the max torque of 468 lb.ft (635 Nm) @ 3,900 rpm. This engine will be offered as standard for
F-450 chassis cab, F-550, the new F-600, F-650, and F-750 Medium Duty Trucks,
and also for stripped chassis models F-53, F-59. This particular version of the
7.3 V8 engine will be also available and for the upgraded E-Series.
6.2L
V8 Gasoline
The 6.2L V8 engine is
another gasoline unit available for the 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty. The
engine produces 385 hp @ 5,750 rpm and 430 lb.ft (583 Nm) @ 3,800 rpm. This
engine is available for the base model 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty.
Diesel Engine: The 6.7L PowerStroke® V8
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Ford F-Series Super Duty Third Gen 6.7L Power Stroke
Diesel
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The 3rd generation Super
Duty 6.7L PowerStroke® V8 diesel engine has a new fuel injection system that
works at 36,000 psi (2482 bar). In order to ensure the performance, this engine
has all-new injectors that spray up to 8 times per stroke in order to optimize
the combustion and noise levels. This gen 6.7L diesel engine comes with a
redesigned electronic-actuated variable-geometry turbocharger. Thus the engine
has to give you improved pumping efficiency and throttle response, especially
response. The engine comes with structural enhancements which increase the
strength of the cylinder head, block, connecting rods, and bearings in order to
handle the higher cylinder pressure and the increased output. The new steel
pistons have to provide higher firing pressure capability and less friction and
thus it has to provide improved performance, more power, and more torque.
The 6.7L V8 produces 475
hp @ 2,800 rpm and 1,050 lb.ft (1424 Nm) of torque at 1,600 rpm. This diesel
engine comes has also and a turbocharger.
Transmission
Ford is manufacturing the
engines and the transmissions which could give some points of advantage over
the Chevrolet Silverado, which uses an Allision® 10-speed transmission
automatic transmission. Well, for the new 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty and all
of its engine options there is an all-new Ford-designed, Ford-build,
Ford-integrated and everything else that Ford can do to-put-into-the-vehicle
the 10-speed TorqShift® automatic transmission, even to sell it.
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Ford F-Series Super Duty All-New 10-Speed Transmission
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The new 10-speed automatic
gearbox TorqShift® distinguished itself by a wider gear ratio span and it's
designed for more towing capability, compared to the 6-speed gearbox. The new
10-spd TorqShift® heavy-duty transmission offers live-drive power takeoff, so
you can engage industrial equipment and accessories, even to using them while
you're driving the new F-Series Super Duty. Snowplows are just an example of
how you can use the live-drive power takeoff.
The all-new 10-speed
automatic transmission TorqShift® is electronically controlled. You can choose
between Normal, Tow/Haul, Eco, Slippery, and Deep Sand and Snow driving modes.
There aren’t any space
requirements for the new 10-speed TorqShift® gearbox because it's as big as the
old 6-speed gearbox. It's only 3.5 pounds (1.6 kg) heavier than the old one.
Still, the old 6-speed
TorqShift Heavy-Duty Automatic Transmission with SelectShift™ is available only
for the Ford F-250 with the 6.2L V8 gas engine.
Full
Review
The Full Review about the
2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty is published on the Dro4Cars MAGAZINE 1 MARCH
2020. There you can find all the details like the technologies that F-Series
Super Duty uses and also the equipment levels, and information about the
interior and the exterior.
Get the Dro4Cars MAGAZINE 1 MARCH 2020 here: https://bit.ly/3df5hyJ
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