Ecoboost 2.3 Engine Heritage?

[JustinR]

Here's what I hope is a simple question, and I apologize in advance if it has been asked before and I haven't found it in the forum.
Browsing Wikipedia today after watching TFL Truck's new Youtube video comparing the F150 to the new Hurricane-powered Ram, I read up on the Ecoboost engine family on Wikipedia: Ford EcoBoost engine - Wikipedia
What I saw there was that their chart says the 2.3L is descendant from the Mazda L, while the 2.0L Twin-scroll is a clean-sheet motor. I have the 2.0L Twin-scroll in my wife's Nautilus, and aside from it being turned 90 degrees from the 2.3 in the Ranger, they look visually identical. Same valve cover, even (or so it appears - whether they're actually interchangeable I'm not going to try just to find out). There are some minor differences, like oil filter location, but that kind of thing is expected since the motor is transverse in the Lincoln and longitudinal in the Ford.
My understanding was that the main difference between the 2.0L Twin-scoll and 2.3L Twin-scroll was in the stroke, since the 2.3 uses a different crank. My understanding was that the 2.0 was derived but different from the Mazda L, but is the 2.3 still a Mazda L, or a "stroked" 2.0? I thought it was the latter.

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[Dr_Strangelove]

Here's an older R&T article about how the 2.3 from the Focus RS was sourced and modified to be produced for the Ranger. That's one step back in heritage for you.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-shows/detroit-auto-show/a15840269/ford-focus-rs-ranger-engine/

 

[Dgc333]

FWIW, one of the more popular mods people make when building a high horsepower 2.3 is to use a 2.0 Ecoboost block with the 2.3 internals. The 2.0 block is a closed deck design that is more stout than the 2.3 block. This tells me that the two engines are very much related.

 

[theprinceofsnj]

All I know is that the 2.3 in my 2019 is not the same as the 2.3 I had in my 1997.

 

[Dunedain Ranger]

While this is strictly from my idealistic point of view, I like to think that the Ecoboost Engine technology which was used to win the 2016 LeMans in the Ford GT40, may have spilled down to the 2.3L Ecoboost Engines in our beloved Rangers. But that's just me without any empirical evidence.

 

[Big Blue]

While this is strictly from my idealistic point of view, I like to think that the Ecoboost Engine technology which was used to win the 2016 LeMans in the Ford GT40, may have spilled down to the 2.3L Ecoboost Engines in our beloved Rangers. But that's just me without any empirical evidence.

Not sure what you are talking about the 2016 Le Man's. It was won by a Porsche. The GT40s won in 1966 thru 1969 and we're powered by naturally aspirated V8s of 427 and 302 CID

 

[Dgc333]

Not sure what you are talking about the 2016 Le Man's. It was won by a Porsche. The GT40s won in 1966 thru 1969 and we're powered by naturally aspirated V8s of 427 and 302 CID

The Ford GT #68 won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2016 24 hours of LeMans race. This was an all out effort on Ford's part to commemorate the 1966 win by a GT40.

The Ford GTs were powered by 3.5 liter V6 Ecoboost engines.

 

[Big Blue]

The Ford GT #68 won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2016 24 hours of LeMans race. This was an all out effort on Ford's part to commemorate the 1966 win by a GT40.

The Ford GTs were powered by 3.5 liter V6 Ecoboost engines.

OK, those are Ford GTs not GT40s as you said on your original post. Two entirely different animals.

But yeah we can hope for a little of that to trickle down into our 2.3s.

 

[bill_AUS]

Both the original 2.0L and 2.3L EcoBoost engines are derived from the Mazda L engine, however the two do not share a block, the 2.0 is semi closed deck and the 2.3 is open. The 2.3 also has a taller deck height (the top of the block is further away from the centre of the crank).

FWIW, one of the more popular mods people make when building a high horsepower 2.3 is to use a 2.0 Ecoboost block with the 2.3 internals. The 2.0 block is a closed deck design that is more stout than the 2.3 block. This tells me that the two engines are very much related.

Ford has refreshed the 2.0L and 2.3L EcoBoosts, deviating further from their Mazda L origins. They started out as basically the same engine as their older naturally aspirated cousins with a different head whacked on top. The 5G Ranger uses a blend of Focus RS and Mustang S550 2.3, with the head and internals being Focus RS like, and the block being Mustang like (set up for RWD engine mounts etc).

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