Ford Falcon FG II XR6 EcoLPi - 2011
Built for Flickr LUGNuts 4th anniversary build challenge to the theme - "Alternate Fuels". Shown here is the late 2011 model year upgrade to the long running Ford Australia Falcon. Now code named FG II, the model bring upgrades to the FG Falcon launched in 2008.
Also new for 2011, though launched just prior to the FG upgrade is a new fuel delivery technology LPi. This stands for Liquid Phase Injection. In this case, for LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas). LPG is made of light fractions of crude oil, or straight from gas fields. The hydrocarbon fractions are mainly Propane and Butane, the mix of which varies from season to season. The interest in this fuel in Australia stems from the abundance of these fractions in Australia's petroleum reserves, and the minimal effort required to produce the usable fuel stock. Additionally, the consumer price of the fuel (approximately $0.65 per litre) is around 40-50% of the cost of regular unleaded petrol (gasolene).
The new LPi technology is analogous to a multi-point port fuel injection on a modern gasolene engine, enabling accurate metering of fuel, precise fueling pattern into the combustion chamber past the inlet valves and reduced fule vaporisation in the inlet charge. This replaces the older type system of a single point inlet vaporisation system. Capitalising on these benefit, the compression ration of the engine can be increased to over 11:1, yielding a more efficient burn (and consumption) and increased torque and power. In independent tests, the LPi fueled Ford Falcon consistently iout performs its gasolene equivalent. Specific fuel consumption is still poorer, however, due to the lower calorific content of the base fuel. A side benefit though, is a measured reduction in the production of CO2, due to the fewer carbon molecules contained in the hydrocarbon chains.
All these benefits yield a vehicle with increased peformance (approximately 200kW and 420 Nm) from the 4.0 litre naturally aspirated engine, with a lower fuel running cost than a small car segment vehicle such as a Toyota Corolla.
The vehicle architecture requirements of the ECOLPi system are chiefly a high-strength steel pressure vessel LPG gas tang, fitted aft of the rear suspension system, minimising the impact on luggage volume.
LPi is a system of fuel delivery optimised to the Australia/Pacific and S.E. Asia markets and is an enabler for reduced greenhouse emissions and energy security. The uptake of gaseous fueled vehicle in the growing Indian market is indicative of their benefits.
ECOLPi in the Ford Falcon has been on e of the vehicle design and engineering projects I have been involved with at Ford Australia's Product Develpment facilities.
www.caradvice.com.au/139156/2-grand-prix-pits-ford-falcon...
Ford Falcon FG II XR6 EcoLPi - 2011
Built for Flickr LUGNuts 4th anniversary build challenge to the theme - "Alternate Fuels". Shown here is the late 2011 model year upgrade to the long running Ford Australia Falcon. Now code named FG II, the model bring upgrades to the FG Falcon launched in 2008.
Also new for 2011, though launched just prior to the FG upgrade is a new fuel delivery technology LPi. This stands for Liquid Phase Injection. In this case, for LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas). LPG is made of light fractions of crude oil, or straight from gas fields. The hydrocarbon fractions are mainly Propane and Butane, the mix of which varies from season to season. The interest in this fuel in Australia stems from the abundance of these fractions in Australia's petroleum reserves, and the minimal effort required to produce the usable fuel stock. Additionally, the consumer price of the fuel (approximately $0.65 per litre) is around 40-50% of the cost of regular unleaded petrol (gasolene).
The new LPi technology is analogous to a multi-point port fuel injection on a modern gasolene engine, enabling accurate metering of fuel, precise fueling pattern into the combustion chamber past the inlet valves and reduced fule vaporisation in the inlet charge. This replaces the older type system of a single point inlet vaporisation system. Capitalising on these benefit, the compression ration of the engine can be increased to over 11:1, yielding a more efficient burn (and consumption) and increased torque and power. In independent tests, the LPi fueled Ford Falcon consistently iout performs its gasolene equivalent. Specific fuel consumption is still poorer, however, due to the lower calorific content of the base fuel. A side benefit though, is a measured reduction in the production of CO2, due to the fewer carbon molecules contained in the hydrocarbon chains.
All these benefits yield a vehicle with increased peformance (approximately 200kW and 420 Nm) from the 4.0 litre naturally aspirated engine, with a lower fuel running cost than a small car segment vehicle such as a Toyota Corolla.
The vehicle architecture requirements of the ECOLPi system are chiefly a high-strength steel pressure vessel LPG gas tang, fitted aft of the rear suspension system, minimising the impact on luggage volume.
LPi is a system of fuel delivery optimised to the Australia/Pacific and S.E. Asia markets and is an enabler for reduced greenhouse emissions and energy security. The uptake of gaseous fueled vehicle in the growing Indian market is indicative of their benefits.
ECOLPi in the Ford Falcon has been on e of the vehicle design and engineering projects I have been involved with at Ford Australia's Product Develpment facilities.
www.caradvice.com.au/139156/2-grand-prix-pits-ford-falcon...