Pictures of the Ranger Raptor 3.0 V6 engine assembly out of the truck?

[aft86]

Anyone know what this is and is it supposed to be rusty that way? (If its actually rusty and not that color). I checked mine and its the same way.

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[bonjo2]

This might help a little. Removed all the factory airbox, piping and crossover piping. Lot more room for activities. Each intake is going straight into the turbo.

It would be nice to relocate battery and put matching intake boxes on each side

 

[Lion77]

Anyone know what this is and is it supposed to be rusty that way? (If its actually rusty and not that color). I checked mine and its the same way.

That is your CGI (Compacted Graphite Iron) engine block. It's NOT a sleeved aluminum block like the 3.5L EB: SinterCast AB | Passenger Vehicles

The block is a single CGI iron alloy with ideal properties for engine applications, fractured main bearing caps. There is a cast aluminum support cradle that goes over the bottom for added structural strength, but the CGI has MUCH higher tensile strength than aluminum, better sound and vibration damping as well.

I will say Ford's block is much beefier than Audi's / Porsche's between the cylinder walls, look at how thin the German variant is. The 3.0L from Ford looks closer to the 6.7L Diesel! It's a well designed engine, barring mfg. / assembly issues.

Basically, it's a Turbo Diesel engine block tech, literally. Ford first used this tech in the 6.7L Power Stroke. Same with the pistons in the 3.0L, they have much heavier skirts and wrist pin supports than the 2.7L pistons, they also feature oil cooling galleys under neath like the 6.7L Power Stroke pistons. Both the 2.7L and 3.0L pistons also have cast in steel ring lands / groves like the 6.7L Power Stroke diesel pistons, so the rings are supported by heavy duty steel inserts vs. just machined groves in the aluminum. Again, diesel tech. The 3.0L is no joke, it's well built.

Both Audi and Porsche have a very similar 3.0L V6 CGI block design and make similar power (Audi's 3.0L TT makes about 444 HP, similar to a Pro Cal tuned 3.0L), but ford uses a shallower V angle (more upright), so I think the torque is much better than Audi's (lower down in the RPM range) as it's primarily intended for SUV's and light trucks vs. cars.

Sinter cast makes CGI blocks for Ford / Lincoln, Jaguar, Land Rover, VW, Audi, Porsche, Hyundai, Kia, Chrysler / Jeep / Ram (aka Stellantis products) and Maserati.

CGI has properties right between Ductile and Grey irons, making it very ideal for engine block applications: SinterCast AB | Compacted Graphite Iron

There are no sleeves in your 3.0L block or the 2.7L V6 block. It's a single cast piece and it's very structurally rigid. That's probably why tuners can push 600 WHP on a stock 3.0L block (with supporting mods).

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