The engine's designer Ed Waszczenko gave us an overview of his baby; a 500 pound compacted graphite engine running two Borg-Warner turbos up to 31 PSI at 5,700 RPM. Those snails are spinning at 53,000 RPM at idle, screaming to almost 200,000 RPM at full noise.

With the pistons running a 10:1 compression ratio, the engine is pretty much high-pressure across the board. Ford's confident they've done enough for longevity to keep that mix running strong with innovations like "bushingless connecting rods" coated in Teflon and a cooling system that siphons oil to the turbos after shutdown.

The powerplant has already been announced in a front-wheel-drive form as well, where it will see duty in the 2015 Ford Edge Sport. I guess we'll start seeing how it holds up soon.