1,100 HP 2.3 Ecoboost engine?

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Ken Duttweiler has built some amazing turbos engines over the years. But 1,100 hp goal out of a 2.3 is going to be interesting to follow. To say the least. lol

Ken Duttweiler Hops Up the New Ford Mustang’s Direct-Injected 2.3L

Ken Duttweiler has been building and modifying engines for more than 60 years. The builder of the world’s fastest internal combustion-powered land-speed-record car is now applying his expertise developing the new Mustang 2.3L, turbocharged, direct-injection, EcoBoost four-cylinder motor. But don’t think of this as a four-banger, think of it as a testing bed for all sorts of future direct-injection tech. “Our goal is big horsepower—over 1,100 in race trim—but we’ve got to take baby steps first,” Duttweiler says. “Like it or not, this is the future of performance. More than 60 percent of the Mustangs sold in southern California have the 2.3L engine.”

First steps are getting the engine to run with Ford’s existing electronics, then figuring out how to tune the factory ECU. After that, “we’ll hop up the existing production-based engine with a series of progressively larger turbos and aftermarket cams.” At some point, “we’ll move to aftermarket direct-injection engine-management systems currently under development. Ford Racing will also have a racing block and heads.” HOT ROD plans to follow along as development proceeds. Stay tuned for future updates.

Ken Duttweiler has got the 2016 Mustang EcoBoost motor up and running on his dyno as of March 2016. The engine has balance shafts; you’d hardly know it was just a four. His dyno rig’s standard intercooler is up front. HOT ROD Readers are used to seeing V8s here, but Duttweiler has high hopes for Ford’s latest high-tech marvel.

On a production car, the engine control unit (ECU) interfaces with the body control computer and various antitheft features, making it pretty hard to run as a standalone unit. Fortunately, Ford Racing sells an ECU and harness for its 2.0L standalone crate engine, and that’s what Duttweiler has adapted to the 2.3L. Note the electric accelerator pedal mounted at upper right that’s included in the Ford kit; it’s required to get the motor to run, even on the dyno.

The first mod waiting in the wings is this larger Borg-Warner turbo. Duttweiler’s already built an adapter to bolt it onto the 2.3L’s integrated cylinder head/exhaust manifold assembly.

Ken Duttweiler Hops Up the New Ford Mustang

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[Yaj Yak]

this is awesome

 

[Yaj Yak]

i like this article but i dont think this is telltale of anything:

“Like it or not, this is the future of performance. More than 60 percent of the Mustangs sold in southern California have the 2.3L engine.”

 

[Rent Free]

No thats because southern california is full of 4 cylinder honda tuners.....

there is reason FullRace and a few other "import" tuners have started providing parts for these.

The Honda guys know 4 cylinders well......

I dont think over 1k out of a 2.3 is out of reach GM did it with the ecotech ages ago...

:mb:

 

[RICH17]

Seems like a lot of manufacturers are going to manifolds in heads?

 

[Rent Free]

I believe honda, vw, and mazda? isnt the dodge dart too?

good question.

speaking of ford needs to make us a set of direct injected "header in head" heads for the coyote and then all we'd have to do is slap turbos on that 4 bolt flange.....

the dohc v8 engines share alot of similarities with the header in head type dohc 4 cylinders

so it seems like it would make sense to evntually double up and do it on each bank of the v8s.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

It will be interesting to see how this turns out. I know of 3 other builds both going for 4 digit hp.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

No thats because southern california is full of 4 cylinder honda tuners.....

there is reason FullRace and a few other "import" tuners have started providing parts for these.

The Honda guys know 4 cylinders well......

I dont think over 1k out of a 2.3 is out of reach GM did it with the ecotech ages ago...

:mb:

Yup plus the engine is in the Mustang which can be setup to actually put the power down on a road course or at a drag strip and has loads of space under the hood to play with. Its a crazy mix of guys on m6g's EcoBoost forum from hardcore DSM or EVO guys to V8 guys looking to do something different. Always interesting there.

 

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Wow, this is so amazing. I'm surprised a lot of other cars with less displacement than that haven't made that kind of power before... oh wait...

 

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I don't think making the power will be the issue. The requirements of it is needed to make the power and be reliable is more what I am interested to see. Will it need huge port heads? Aftermarket heads? Huge cam? Aftermarket crank? Aftermarket block? Hard fill the block? Things like that can cause the build cost to be astronomical. If you need all new parts besides the valve cover it isn't that great. lol

It is good to see the aftermarket taking off for these motors. Let's hope the v6 Ecoboost gets the same aftermarket build up. I think the F150 guys and motor swap guys may enjoy a strong aftermarket for that motor as well.