Ford Vulcan engine

The Ford Vulcan is a 3.0 litre V6 engine that Ford designed and built, introduced in 1986 in the newly launched Ford Taurus. Ford went on to fit it to a range of cars, vans and pickup trucks until production stopped after the 2008 model year. The project began as a successor to the mid-size LTD and Marquis and was first called Sigma, then DN5. Neither Ford V6 then in the range suited the car, since the Essex V6 was too wide and rough and the Cologne V6 was too large and heavy, so engineers produced a clean-sheet, all-metric design. The 60 degree vee angle was chosen to fit the Taurus engine bay, and displacement grew from an original 2.8 litres to 3.0 litres.