Ford Kent engine

The Ford Kent is an inline four-cylinder, overhead-valve pushrod engine from Ford of Europe, with a cast-iron block and head, first developed in 1959 for the Ford Anglia. It exists in three sub-families: the original pre-Crossflow Kent, the Crossflow of 1967, which became the most widely built, and the transverse-mounted Valencia. The first 1.0 litre engine made 39 bhp at 5,000 rpm from an over-square 80.96 by 48.41 mm bore and stroke, and carried an externally mounted combined oil filter and pump. Variants powered Cortinas, Capris, Escorts, the early North American Pinto and small sports cars such as the Lotus Seven and TVR Grantura. Use in production vehicles ended around 2002, though the engine is still built for Formula Ford.