New ford engine

[gummy]

One of my sons who is a mechanic,and mot inspector got sent to a seminar by his boss,it was to do with Ford,the subject was a new engine for use in mondeos etc,it would be a complete unit which would go in and out of car easilly as one piece! it will be a 900cc 3 cylinder turbo/supercharged motor pushing out about 170 bhp,i dont know when this will happen or at what stage of development it is. Any thoughts on this !!!!.

 

[pgarner]

the already do something similar with the 1ltr turbo

Merc and GM have been playing about with variable compression turbo engines that actually work in the same way as diesels - the compression ignights the fuel rather than spark.
its been under development for years they were reconning the 1.8 engine was going to be powerful enough for the s class and still get somewhere near to 50mpg

 

[charger69]

it is about time that we all accept that small engines can handle power.
just take a look at zakspeed capri or lancia beta montecarlo.

 

[gummy]

Zakspeed capri,what a car !!!