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Numbering the cylinders in each bank sequentially (e.g. 1-2-3-4 along the left bank and 5-6-7-8 along the right bank). This approach is typically used by V8 engines from Audi, Ford and Porsche. [2] Numbering the cylinders based on their position along the crankshaft (e.g. 1-3-5-7 along the right bank and 2-4-6-8 along the left bank).
302 Windsor V8; 351 Windsor V8; 400 Cleveland Ford 335 engine#400 V8 aka 400FMX certain 1973 casting numbers D1AE and D3AE, mated to the FMX transmission) 3.8/3.9/4.2L Canadian Essex 90° V6 (RWD only) 240 I6; 300 4.9 I6; 4.6L Modular V8 (first two casting runs, numbers F1AE and F2VE) 302 5.0L Windsor V8; 351 5.8L Windsor V8
Ford had helped pioneer the concept of an affordable mass-produced car. Historically , these used inline-four and inline-six cylinder engines. Following French engineer Léon Levavasseur's invention of the V8 in 1902, V8s, V12s, and even V16s, were produced for use in luxury models. [4]
All of Ford's mainstream V8 engines were replaced by the overhead cam Modular family in the 1990s and the company introduced a new large architecture, the Boss family, for 2010. 1920–1932 Lincoln 60 Degree Fork & Blade V8 —(357.8 and 384.8 cu in (5.9 and 6.3 L))
A 427 Cammer once used by Ford's "X-Garage" skunkworks Ford's 427 cu in/7.0 L Cammer SOHC hemi-head V8 showing cam, rockers and timing chains The Ford single overhead cam (SOHC) 427 V8 engine, familiarly known as the "Cammer", [ 25 ] was released in 1964 in an effort to maintain NASCAR dominance by seeking to counter the enormously large block ...
The first engine of modern Ford small block family was called the Fairlane V8, [3] and introduced for the 1962 model year as an option on the Fairlane and Meteor. It had a displacement of 221 cu in (3.6 L), from a 3.5 in (89 mm) bore and 2.87 in (73 mm) stroke, with wedge combustion chambers for superior breathing, and a two-barrel (2V) carburetor.
Ford 385 V8 The Ford MEL is a big-block 90° V8 engine family produced in various configurations by the Ford Motor Company between 1958 and 1967 in displacements from 383–462 cubic inches (6.3–7.6 L), and used in Ford, Edsel, Mercury, and Lincoln vehicles.
The first Y-block on Ford automobiles and F100 trucks was the 239 cu in (3,910 cc) version as released in 1954 with EBU casting numbers. The Y-block was the same displacement as the old Ford Flathead V8 that it replaced but with a bigger bore and a shorter stroke (3.5 x 3.1 in).