SEMA preview: Ford 3-Window Coupe Hot Rod gets a 400 hp EcoBoost engine

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When you think of a hot rod you think of a big V8 engines. Ford claims the motto “There’s no replacement for displacement,” is out of date with their EcoBoost™-powered ‘34 Ford hot rod.

Next week at the SEMA Show,Ford Powertrain and Detroit Street Rods are showing the public a 1934 Ford 3-Window EcoBoost Coupe Hot Rod.

This hot rod will be the “first” rear-wheel-drive application of the 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 delivering an estimated 400 horsepower and 400 ft.-lb. of torque.

“Hot rod builds provide blank canvases for SEMA member companies and SEMA is uniquely positioned to demonstrate that horsepower and green power can coexist without sacrificing performance or the cool factor,” said John Waraniak, SEMA vice president of Vehicle Technology. “This ‘34 EcoBoost hot rod is a fantastic example of modern green technology being applied in a manner that any performance enthusiast would love.”

While the stock Honeywell turbochargers that drive the EcoBoost engine are used, they were repackaged to fit the engine bay of this all-steel replica body. The engine configuration and turbocharger packaging was dynamometer tested by Ford Powertrain for proper calibration of the engine electronic control module (ECM). In addition to the all-stock engine, other components including the fuel pump, ECM, fuel pump module, fuel pump processor and drive-by-wire throttle were utilized in their original production configuration.