The Blue Oval automaker has turned to a modified ''superalloy'' used in outer space to improve the performance and durability of the 2.0L EcoBoost turbo engine available with the 2013 Ford Fusion.
In order to extend the turbo's life and combat thermal fatigue, powertrain engineers at Ford worked with a team from BorgWarner on a sophisticated material that's been tried and tested in the Space Shuttle main engine's high-pressure fuel turbo pump.
So while the upper temperature limit for the turbine wheel in the Ford Edge and Explorer is 970 degrees Celsius, the addition of tungsten and cobalt gives the sporty 2.0L EcoBoost in the Fusion an upper temperature limit of 1,050 degrees Celsius.
In order to extend the turbo's life and combat thermal fatigue, powertrain engineers at Ford worked with a team from BorgWarner on a sophisticated material that's been tried and tested in the Space Shuttle main engine's high-pressure fuel turbo pump.
So while the upper temperature limit for the turbine wheel in the Ford Edge and Explorer is 970 degrees Celsius, the addition of tungsten and cobalt gives the sporty 2.0L EcoBoost in the Fusion an upper temperature limit of 1,050 degrees Celsius.
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