Ford Zephyr engine

The Ford Zephyr engine was a line of overhead-valve inline engines designed for and unveiled with Ford of Britain's Zephyr, Zodiac and Consul models. The family included both four-cylinder and six-cylinder versions, and production ran from 1951 until 1966, when Ford's Essex V4 and Essex V6 engines replaced it. The four-cylinder debuted in the Consul at 1.5 litres, with bore and stroke of 79.37 mm by 76.2 mm and 47 bhp, and was enlarged in 1956 to 1,702 cc for the Mark II Consul. The six-cylinder began at 2,262 cc, making 68 bhp in the Zephyr and 71 bhp in the Zodiac, and grew to 2,553 cc in the 1956 Mark II. Beyond Ford it was used by small British makers, with the four in the Allard Palm Beach, Buckler DD2, Paramount Ten and Reliant Sabre, and the six in the AC Ace and Aceca, Lea-Francis Lynx and Reliant Scimitar.