The factory 2.3L Ford Ecoboost block is built with an open deck configuration. This open deck configuration has a series of advantages in the stock application, such as ease of manufacturing, cooling, and lower weight.
However, when pushed beyond the stock power level, this open deck configuration becomes a problem. With the cylinder bores floating freely, there is no structural support to keep their position relative. Additionally bore geometry is affected at higher power levels as the bores distort and shift because they lack support. The head gasket faces increased loading and shift as the bores move under heavy load, leading to possible gasket failure under load.
All of these problems are big issues for a higher output 2.3L Ecoboost engine, as more boost, larger turbos, and upgraded parts allow for nearly doubling the output of the stock engine. Without some method of stabilizing the cylinder bores the engine will have reduced performance, and most likely eventually suffer a failure.
Livernois Motorsports has taken and applied it's extensive background in block modification for racing and OEM development and created a block and deck brace system for the 2.3L Ecoboost engine, which offers significant increases in strength, durability and performance.
The Livernois Motorsports 2.3L Ecoboost deck brace is designed from a single billet piece of 6061-T6 aluminum and is machined to perfectly fit into the 2.3L Ecoboost block. Exacting tolerances are used to ensure a precision fit, as well as the best performance. Using high strength aluminum allows the brace to closely match the factory aluminum's expansion rate, which allows the brace to expand and contract at the same rate as the block, keeping the bore geometry as it should be. Aluminum is preferred over steel for the insert, as steel inserts can pose an issue with expansion and negatively impacting the geometry of the surrounding bore and deck structure. Additionally, the brace is machined with cooling passages that match the factory 2.3L Ecoboost head gasket, as well as other machining steps to ensure that the head gasket is properly cooled.
POWERSTORM FORD 2.3L ECOBOOST PISTON
-Forged 2618 Alloy
-.Top Ringland .320 Down (.225 stock)
-.Skirt Thickness .155 (.085 stock)
- Increased Skirt Strut Support Thickness
- Lower Skirt Reinforcement Band
- Direct Injection Dome Design
- 4 Valve Reliefs
- Coated Crown & Skirts
- Designed to Support 30+ Lbs Boost & Over 800 HP
POWERSTORM FORD 2.3L ECOBOOST ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE ROD
We take pride in our engineering, and staying at the forefront of EcoBoost Mustang engineering. When designing to create an extreme forged rod for our shop Ecoboost Mustang (and yours) we went right to a forged I-beam rod design because we knew the power levels that we were planning to make would be on the outer extremes of what the H-beam design would support.
However, when pushed beyond the stock power level, this open deck configuration becomes a problem. With the cylinder bores floating freely, there is no structural support to keep their position relative. Additionally bore geometry is affected at higher power levels as the bores distort and shift because they lack support. The head gasket faces increased loading and shift as the bores move under heavy load, leading to possible gasket failure under load.
All of these problems are big issues for a higher output 2.3L Ecoboost engine, as more boost, larger turbos, and upgraded parts allow for nearly doubling the output of the stock engine. Without some method of stabilizing the cylinder bores the engine will have reduced performance, and most likely eventually suffer a failure.
Livernois Motorsports has taken and applied it's extensive background in block modification for racing and OEM development and created a block and deck brace system for the 2.3L Ecoboost engine, which offers significant increases in strength, durability and performance.
The Livernois Motorsports 2.3L Ecoboost deck brace is designed from a single billet piece of 6061-T6 aluminum and is machined to perfectly fit into the 2.3L Ecoboost block. Exacting tolerances are used to ensure a precision fit, as well as the best performance. Using high strength aluminum allows the brace to closely match the factory aluminum's expansion rate, which allows the brace to expand and contract at the same rate as the block, keeping the bore geometry as it should be. Aluminum is preferred over steel for the insert, as steel inserts can pose an issue with expansion and negatively impacting the geometry of the surrounding bore and deck structure. Additionally, the brace is machined with cooling passages that match the factory 2.3L Ecoboost head gasket, as well as other machining steps to ensure that the head gasket is properly cooled.
POWERSTORM FORD 2.3L ECOBOOST PISTON
-Forged 2618 Alloy
-.Top Ringland .320 Down (.225 stock)
-.Skirt Thickness .155 (.085 stock)
- Increased Skirt Strut Support Thickness
- Lower Skirt Reinforcement Band
- Direct Injection Dome Design
- 4 Valve Reliefs
- Coated Crown & Skirts
- Designed to Support 30+ Lbs Boost & Over 800 HP
POWERSTORM FORD 2.3L ECOBOOST ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE ROD
We take pride in our engineering, and staying at the forefront of EcoBoost Mustang engineering. When designing to create an extreme forged rod for our shop Ecoboost Mustang (and yours) we went right to a forged I-beam rod design because we knew the power levels that we were planning to make would be on the outer extremes of what the H-beam design would support.
