# F-150 EcoBoost race truck finished the gruelin Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in Just over 38 hours, traveling 1,061 miles

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- Published: 2010-12-31T00:51:47-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

The EcoBoost truck engine from Ford Motor Company was deemed a success for fuel 
economy.

The race truck was recently in the Tecata SCORE Baja 100 and held 65 gallons of 
fuel, with the strategy to carry about 30 gallons of fuel during a given stint to
save weight and to save time during fuel stops. The EcoBoost race truck ran the 
entire race on regular fuel, unlike other competitors who used more expensive specially
blended fuels.

EcoBoost is fundamental to Ford’s strategy to provide technologically advanced, 
high-output, smaller-displacement powertrains that deliver uncompromised performance
and fuel economy.

EcoBoost engines deliver fuel economy gains of up to 20 percent and reduction of
CO2 emissions of up to 15 percent, compared with larger, less-efficient engines.
In addition to turbocharging with direct injection, Ford engineers have enhanced
EcoBoost’s technology capabilities by adding variable valve timing and precisely
controlling all aspects of the engine.

Ford has at least 125 patents on its EcoBoost technology.

 Source: Ford Motor Company

_**High-tech features in a stock engine**_ 

The EcoBoost hero engine was installed in an F-150 race truck for the Baja challenge
after several other real-world demonstrations of the new truck engine’s durability
and performance. It has racked up the equivalent of more than 160,000 miles.

“While racing is action-packed and exciting, it serves a very real purpose for our
engineers to learn about vehicle and engine performance that directly benefits our
customers,” said Cliff Irey, Ford Truck Motorsports program manager. “The Baja 1000
is no different. In those 30 hours we learned a tremendous amount about the durability
of this new F-150 engine, the EcoBoost. And we’re delighted to report that the EcoBoost
engine showed it was up to this test.”

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