{"id":1367,"date":"2012-04-10T08:36:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T07:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atttraining.com\/auto\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:13:38","slug":"low-friction-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Low-friction technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ford&#8217;s new 1.0-L EcoBoost I3 uses low-friction technology. The new 1.0-L triple features a new low-inertia Continental turbocharger and an exhaust manifold integrated with the cylinder head casting. Ford machines the heads using its MQL &#8216;dry machining&#8217; process.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"&quot;Image: Ford2-12 Ecoboost 1.jpg&quot;\" href=\"javascript:smallWinLink(imageURL,920,720);\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/041012_0736_Lowfriction11.jpg?w=980\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; font-size: 9pt;\"><strong>Figure 1 Ford 1.0-L EcoBoost I3 engine<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Changing gears and associated friction reduction in the 1.0-L EcoBoost Ford Focus\u00a0is a key discussion for powertrain engineers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from SAE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sae.org\/mags\/AEI\/10714\">http:\/\/www.sae.org\/mags\/AEI\/10714<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford&#8217;s new 1.0-L EcoBoost I3 uses low-friction technology. The new 1.0-L triple features a new low-inertia Continental turbocharger and an exhaust manifold integrated with the cylinder head casting. Ford machines the heads using its MQL &#8216;dry machining&#8217; process. Figure 1 Ford 1.0-L EcoBoost I3 engine Changing gears and associated friction reduction in the 1.0-L EcoBoost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79TdE-m3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1267,"url":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=1267","url_meta":{"origin":1367,"position":0},"title":"Engine management barometric pressure sensors","author":"Tom Denton","date":"December 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Figure 1 Bosch SMP480 barometric pressure sensor (Source: Bosch Media) The new Bosch SMP480 barometric pressure sensor is extraordinarily small. 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