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Watch Ford’s 3.5L EcoBoost V6 Engine Undergo Endurance Testing In A Specialized Dynamometer Lab: Video

To get ready for its record-setting run at the Daytona International Speedway as well as for the upcoming 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (USCC) season in the Daytona Prototype, Ford recently put its 3.5 liter EcoBoost V6 engine through endurance testing at its Dynamometer Lab in Dearborn, Michigan. The engine was specifically placed in the 17G cell, which is dedicated to motorsports.

“The key about this dyno cell is that it’s dedicated to motorsports, but it’s within Ford’s dynamometer facility,” says David Simon, Ford Racing engine engineer. “We can do full vehicle simulation in racing conditions, in a way some of our other cells aren’t capable of doing. It’s very, very specific to high-performance racing engine programs.”

Engineers from Ford and specialists from Roush Yates Racing Engines observed the engine’s performance and various results, collaborating to ensure the powerplant is ready for the season. In its 222.917 mph record-beating form, the boosted V6 was tuned to make 750 horsepower; it will sport 600 horses for USSC races.

In the video just below, Ford engineers explain some of the intricacies of preparing an engine for prime-time racing and for setting world speed records. Interestingly, the reasons behind Ford’s motorsports efforts today aren’t that much different from those of Henry Ford: he wanted to showcase the technology he had at the time, and Ford races for those very same reasons today.

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