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#12
- Check out the Morse Tec site for info on their new VCT in the Ford engines. This makes the Atkinson cycle restart possible.
- Ford for its Partnership with BorgWarner Morse TEC Inc.
Cam Torque ActuatedTM (CTATM) Cam Phaser
Engine designers use camshaft phasing for variable valve timing, to boost fuel economy, decrease emissions, and improve idle quality, torque and horsepower of gasoline engines. BorgWarner's Cam Torque ActuatedTM (CTATM) innovation captures the existing torsional energy in the valve train to phase the cam shaft, operating more quickly and under a wider range of engine speeds and temperatures than traditional methods.
Recognizing the benefits of this innovation, Ford engineers collaborated with BorgWarner on engine hardware and software, sharing calibration and validation data, and modifying designs to accommodate each other's parameters, adapting the innovation to Ford's engine and available space in the vehicle. Shared data, open communication, and transparency allowed a rapid joint development process.
The technology operates at higher speeds and actuates faster than traditional oil pump camshaft phasers, so new control strategies and logic were developed by Ford to control it. The reward was better horsepower, fuel economy, performance, and customer experience.
Cam Torque Actuated Phasers
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<h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> Award-Winning Innovation
</h2>CTA Phasers
Morse TEC’s Cam Torque Actuated (CTA) phasers won two Automotive News PACE Awards for good reason: The technology improves engine performance and fuel economy while reducing emissions, engine complexity and engine oil requirements.
Instead of using oil pressure like conventional phasers, CTA phasers capture the existing torsional energy in the valve train to rotate the camshaft. The technology is faster, uses less engine oil, and operates under a wider range of engine speeds and temperatures, even during engine cranking. Smaller oil pump, faster phasing for improved low-end torque, no complex or special control algorithms... Just innovative engineering that’s hard to match.
<h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"></h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2">Next Generation Advancement:</h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h4 class="ms-rteElement-H4">CTA Phasers with Mid Position Lock
To provide engine designers with even wider calibration opportunities, Morse TEC developed CTA phasers with a patented mid position lock. This technology employs a hydraulic circuit to passively move the system, allows an increased range of camshaft positioning and features a default stop at an intermediate position within an expanded range of travel.
CTA phasers with mid position lock can improve fuel economy up to 4% compared with conventional VCT systems. The innovation also features a failsafe to ensure the phaser returns to the middle position, even after an engine stall. The benefits: reliable engine starts in nearly any potential operating condition with no added active relocking control.
http://www.borgwarner.com/en/MorseTE...TA%20Sheet.pdf
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<h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> Award-Winning Innovation
</h2>CTA Phasers
Morse TEC’s Cam Torque Actuated (CTA) phasers won two Automotive News PACE Awards for good reason: The technology improves engine performance and fuel economy while reducing emissions, engine complexity and engine oil requirements.
Instead of using oil pressure like conventional phasers, CTA phasers capture the existing torsional energy in the valve train to rotate the camshaft. The technology is faster, uses less engine oil, and operates under a wider range of engine speeds and temperatures, even during engine cranking. Smaller oil pump, faster phasing for improved low-end torque, no complex or special control algorithms... Just innovative engineering that’s hard to match.
<h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"></h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2">Next Generation Advancement:</h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h2 class="ms-rteElement-H2"> </h2><h4 class="ms-rteElement-H4">CTA Phasers with Mid Position Lock
To provide engine designers with even wider calibration opportunities, Morse TEC developed CTA phasers with a patented mid position lock. This technology employs a hydraulic circuit to passively move the system, allows an increased range of camshaft positioning and features a default stop at an intermediate position within an expanded range of travel.
CTA phasers with mid position lock can improve fuel economy up to 4% compared with conventional VCT systems. The innovation also features a failsafe to ensure the phaser returns to the middle position, even after an engine stall. The benefits: reliable engine starts in nearly any potential operating condition with no added active relocking control.
http://www.borgwarner.com/en/MorseTE...TA%20Sheet.pdf
Last edited by papa tiger; 01-04-2014 at 07:55 PM.
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Finally took the truck in to have it checked out...they claim there was a tsb update for the pcm so they did that and said everything else was fine....we shall see....ill report back after a tank or 2 of fuel with my results....
btw....they also said to clear all the trips once a month after filling up....i dunno it all sounds like bs to me but ill jump thru their hoops for now....
btw....they also said to clear all the trips once a month after filling up....i dunno it all sounds like bs to me but ill jump thru their hoops for now....
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Opinionated Blowhard
Finally took the truck in to have it checked out...they claim there was a tsb update for the pcm so they did that and said everything else was fine....we shall see....ill report back after a tank or 2 of fuel with my results....
btw....they also said to clear all the trips once a month after filling up....i dunno it all sounds like bs to me but ill jump thru their hoops for now....
btw....they also said to clear all the trips once a month after filling up....i dunno it all sounds like bs to me but ill jump thru their hoops for now....
I haven't reset the B trip since I got it. It is off by the 35 miles that were on it after a test drive. My lifetime mpg is 16.2 in 45,000 miles. About 10,000 of those are towing. Not bad for my little turbo six.
#15
Well what the dealer said is total bs i just refilled my tank and i got an average of 14.3 mpg....when i picked it up and filled up i was getting 16.5-17 mpg...it quickly went to crap, i tried easing into the throttle and slowly gradually pick up speed and use my cruise also kept it at 65 on the hwy...i really dunno what the deal is with this thing...
Last edited by mobile_audio_concept; 02-11-2014 at 07:57 AM.