Ford Essex V4 engine

The Essex V4 is a petrol V4 engine that Ford built from 1965 to 1977, offered in 1.7 and 2.0 litre sizes. Ford of Britain designed it and made it at Dagenham, a plant then in the county of Essex, which gave the engine its name. Work began in 1961 under engine design director Alan Worters, with a product planning team that wanted one engine for both cars and vans, with marine and industrial uses and even a diesel version considered. It shares its 60 degree bank angle, oversquare bore and stroke, combustion chamber and many small parts with the Essex V6. It powered the Corsair, the first Capri, the first Consul and Granada, the Zephyr Mk IV and the first Transit van.