Ford Announces Mustang Power Stroke Option for 2019

[enzo1]

This spring, muscle car fans have a new reason to celebrate as Ford delivers the first-ever Mustang Power Stroke. The only oil-burner in class is propelled by Ford’s new 3.0-liter diesel V6 which dances to the tune of 250 horsepower and 440 lb.-ft. of torque and brings the Mustang’s core engine lineup up to three. The move should add to the Mustang’s popularity in Europe where it deals with rivals like the BMW 4 Series and Audi’s A5.

“For every sports car owner who wants strong fuel economy while they haul ass, we offer a new 3.0-liter Power Stroke V6 engine that dreams are made of,” said Dave Fillup, vice president global powertrain engineering. “The more you go, the more you’ll appreciate its class-leading efficiency." The motor features a commercial-grade design similar to Ford’s larger 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8, and the same compacted-graphite iron block and forged-steel crank as in the company’s high-performance 2.7-liter EcoBoost engine. Peak torque comes on at just 1,750 rpm and pulls strongly throughout the rev range, which is ideal for hard digs at the strip or on the street



In order to give the Power Stroke V6 a personality to match the Mustang’s sporty dynamics, Ford engineers gave it a high-efficiency variable-geometry turbocharger, while a common-rail fuel injection system precisely optimizes performance, and high-pressure injection calibration gives it a silky smooth torque curve. Because diesel is growing in popularity among the drag racing crowd, the engineering team paid particular attention to extreme driving conditions. A premium mechanical engine-driven fan and dual radiator shutters improve the engine’s high temperature, high-performance parameters compared to a conventional electrically driven fan.


“Regular diesels with electric cooling fans have to dial back on power under extreme heat and acceleration, so we decided on a viscous-controlled mechanical fan that has the capacity to move much more air across the radiator and intercooler in extreme conditions,” said David Blowie, Ford diesel engine technical specialist. “This gives Mustang Power Stroke owners more power and more passing capability in harsh conditions.” The motor will come hooked to a 6-speed manual transmission as standard with a 10-speed automatic transmission calibrated specifically for the diesel’s low-end power as optional kit.

The 10-speed gearbox maximizes shift points and gear ratios to optimize power, low-rpm torque, and efficiency. Auto Start-Stop will thankfully not feature. Pricing information for the new engine isn’t available at this time because

[pavulon]

seems reasonable

[herr_oberst]

Rollin' coal in a Mustang. Happy April 1

[Macroni]

Diesel devote for awhile..... this makes more sense than a tesla roadster.....

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Macroni

Diesel devote for awhile..... this makes more sense than a tesla roadster.....

Tesla Roadster...a good April fool joke. Alas, the Tesla joke is on the taxpayers of the USA.

[ckelly78z]

I already have 4 diesels at home 03 Excursion, 99 F250, JD 955, and JD 310 backhoe. I could easily add a 5th, but I see it being an April fools joke, and not reality....cool idea though.

[drcoastline]

Preety cool but, whay aren"t any manufactures offering more diesel options in US truck/SUV's? Wrangler/Cherokee, Xterra, Ranger Rover, Colorado, etc. I understand Jeep offers diesel version in Europe and Australia why not in the US?

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Rollin' coal in a Mustang. Happy April 1

That's what I think

[john70t]

(pls forgive the newbie engineering but)

Isn't the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle a "stroker" long throw engine which turns long-burn fuel efficiency into a lever onto crank#2 output for fast torque control of the crank output?

That stroker Atkinson is used in the Hybrid Prius but nowhere else today, but I'm not sure why.
Synthetic oils are much better today.

[porsche930dude]

Rolling coal releases the same endorphins as eating styrofoam. Makes sense though since the mustang is super popular in europe.

[pwd72s]

I thought Porsche guys were supposed to be smarter than Mustang folks. Nobody, I mean nobody on the Bullitt Mustang board fell for this.

April 1...get it now?

[pavulon]

Europe only?? Can't wait to pick up my Croatian soon-to-be bride in one...when I brought it up, she said I should send her the deposit money to buy one tomorrow!!