50 Coyote Engine Coyote Front Cover
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Typical of current Ford engines, the beautifully cast Coyote front cover is a large, sprawling piece sealing the entire front of the engine. It's heavy and structural so belt tensioners and such can be bolted to it, and that means plenty of ribbing. The ribs make the NVH people happy, but increase cost and weight, and impede oil draining, so even this cover was an engineering battlefield for the Coyote team. Inside, the enclosed area has been kept large to improve engine ventilation and slough oil off the whirring timing chains. This was partially accomplished by keeping the core engine packaged rearward, leaving room for the longer oil pump, ventilation, and so on under this cover at the front. Check out those unused, reinforced bosses on the left branch. They seem poised for the tensioner and idler pulleys in a blower drive to us. The curved edge in the lower right in this photo is for the alternator. View Related Article
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