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Re: 2.8i

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 2.8i
From: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 11:53:49 CDT
Garry Archer <archer@hsi.com> writes:
> Capris with the 3.0 V6 (built at the Ford plant at Dagenham, Essex?  I
> thought all engine building was done in Germany.  Perhaps it was just named
> after the English plant?) were not exported to the US as far as I know.

I think Dagenham did build engines. It is (or was) a HUGE plant, one of
their biggest. I might be wrong, though; I know the euro-Capris (and the
German-built Fiestas) use Behr ventilation systems, hardly a British brand,
even though the Capris were built at Dagenham.

Sidenote: My uncle's pianola company in England uses a big Ford delivery
van with a V4 (yes, V4) engine in it. Never had the heads off, but that
thing must have had cylinders the size of coffee cans in it!

-- Andy


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