New Radical 3.7 v6
New Radical 3.7 v6
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Gadgeroonie

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5,362 posts

259 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Has anyone spotted the new Radical has a 3.7 ford v6

does anyone know anything about the engine and who supplies it ?

ajf

428 posts

229 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Ford racing ecoboost as fitted in 3.5 trim to the f series pick ups in the states

Adrian W

15,099 posts

251 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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ajf said:
Ford racing ecoboost as fitted in 3.5 trim to the f series pick ups in the states
If it is they also do a Twin Turbo version, brilliant bit of packaging, I have said to several people, if mine goes bang it will be replaced one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_EcoBoost_engine

ajf

428 posts

229 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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V6 ecoboost is a twin turbo spoke to jetstream about going that route cost made it a no go

Adrian W

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251 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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ajf said:
V6 ecoboost is a twin turbo spoke to jetstream about going that route cost made it a no go
Why? how much? I'm pretty sure you can get them from the states with configurable ECU.

ajf

428 posts

229 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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Adrian W said:
Why? how much? I'm pretty sure you can get them from the states with configurable ECU.
The engine can be a turn key as the ecu only needs 6 feeds to run as the crate engine comes ready to bolt in.
But to bolt in to a noble the inlet manifold is to high so means new or replace the clam cover new exhausts and bell houseing plate and custom brackets to and mounts to fit. Might get cheaper if it starts to be used in the USA in a few nobles

Adrian W

15,099 posts

251 months

Monday 16th December 2013
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So engine mounts, adaptor plate and exhaust, so no sprites there then, how much were you quoted?

chuntington101

5,733 posts

259 months

Tuesday 17th December 2013
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Think the 3.7 is form the current (maybe last) gen Mustangs. Don't think it has anything to do with the Ecoboost units but could be wrong.

EDIT: also isn't the EcoBoost Direct injection? if so it could get costly to up power past what the stock injectors / pump can muster.

Gadgeroonie

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5,362 posts

259 months

Tuesday 17th December 2013
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it appears the 3.7 is the cyclone engine also known as the ecoboost

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cyclone_engine

designed to have room to bore it to 4.0 litres

i think 4.0 should spool those turbos pretty good !


chuntington101

5,733 posts

259 months

Tuesday 17th December 2013
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Would these engines bolt up to the current gearboxes?

V1DL3R

560 posts

152 months

Tuesday 17th December 2013
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chuntington101 said:
Would these engines bolt up to the current gearboxes?
The current engine just bolts to the 5spd gear box from what I understand haha

Mike Tuckwood

1,261 posts

222 months

Tuesday 17th December 2013
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It's a much stronger bearbox that is needed more than anything surely?


Mike.

sundance002

1,304 posts

187 months

Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Gadgeroonie said:
it appears the 3.7 is the cyclone engine also known as the ecoboost

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cyclone_engine

designed to have room to bore it to 4.0 litres

i think 4.0 should spool those turbos pretty good !
YEP thats correct,
its fords new range of eco friendly high output engines, and very good ones at that, I was looking at the 3.2L eco boost for a project.
Still have a gearbox prob though, unless its inline mounted, then a hole new world opens up, unfortunately the chassis is to short on the M12 by about 8 inches so it has to be fitted as is.

andygtt

8,345 posts

287 months

Wednesday 18th December 2013
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I have my engine out and I have a few porsche box's lying around and have done some measuring up... and Im very confident I could fit a porsche box behind my V6 with the drive shafts at a good angle.... unfortunately my twin turbo V12 with the porsche box is 6inches too large frown

Currently I don't see any point changing the engine... despite the silly power I run, Ive STILL capped the torque and there is loads more to come (the decision not to go further was very hard and I can hardly believe I made it lol)... Ive got huge power over a 4000rpm range so its not a highly strung peaky motor either.

Saying that Ive also not broken a single box yet and Ive run well over 600bhp for years now!

IMO starting development on an all new engine before we have even achieved the potential of our existing one would be a little mad.

Gadgeroonie

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5,362 posts

259 months

Wednesday 18th December 2013
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if it fits ( i am sure it will) the 3.7 litres will spool those turbos up real quick

should drive very nicely

the gt28 is too big really for a 1.5 litre engine

what are they fitting to the rossion these days ?


ajf

428 posts

229 months

Wednesday 18th December 2013
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sundance002

1,304 posts

187 months

Wednesday 18th December 2013
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andygtt said:
I have my engine out and I have a few porsche box's lying around and have done some measuring up... and Im very confident I could fit a porsche box behind my V6 with the drive shafts at a good angle.... unfortunately my twin turbo V12 with the porsche box is 6inches too large frown

Currently I don't see any point changing the engine... despite the silly power I run, Ive STILL capped the torque and there is loads more to come (the decision not to go further was very hard and I can hardly believe I made it lol)... Ive got huge power over a 4000rpm range so its not a highly strung peaky motor either.

Saying that Ive also not broken a single box yet and Ive run well over 600bhp for years now!

IMO starting development on an all new engine before we have even achieved the potential of our existing one would be a little mad.
Completly agree, now mine is finished its night and day to how it was running before, i wouldnt change engine, and like you i also capped the torque, but cal 8 runs the full monty but dont use it, well not often wink

andygtt

8,345 posts

287 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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I recently got myself an ST220, its quite a modified example so it made me look at the dyne charts for stock and mapped ST220 cars... they are supposed to have a better flowing inlet manifold and have a high cr than the noble etc etc.

I notice that my Noble engine despite having low CR and cams etc to make it rev to 8000rpm, actually makes the same or more power down low before the turbos kick in than the ST.
This surprised me as I was expecting our cars to be behind the NA engines down low.

Think this shows how far we have actually refined these cars.

chuntington101

5,733 posts

259 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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andygtt said:
I recently got myself an ST220, its quite a modified example so it made me look at the dyne charts for stock and mapped ST220 cars... they are supposed to have a better flowing inlet manifold and have a high cr than the noble etc etc.

I notice that my Noble engine despite having low CR and cams etc to make it rev to 8000rpm, actually makes the same or more power down low before the turbos kick in than the ST.
This surprised me as I was expecting our cars to be behind the NA engines down low.

Think this shows how far we have actually refined these cars.
Andy, maybe the low end of the stock engines is reduced to allow for greater drive-ability of the stock car.

mgbond

6,749 posts

255 months

Thursday 19th December 2013
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The ford ST200 (2.5) had extra butterfly's in the lower inlet manifold to give better low end performance.

Noble removed this and the holes left in the walls from chamber to chamber were blocked with liquid metal of some kind. We think this may have been the reason for my engine failure as one of the the nuggets that was blocking a hole had gone and that this may have bounce around and took out the spark plug.