Ford Zephyr engine

Ford's revolutionary United Kingdom Zephyr/Consul cars used a new family of engines. The so-called Zephyr engine included both straight-4 and straight-6 OHV engines. Production began in 1951 and lasted through to 1966.

Consul/Zephyr 4

The straight-4 engine started in 1951 at 1508 cc. In this form it had a bore of 79.3 mm and stroke of 76.2 mm. With its standard compression ratio of 6.8:1 it produced an output of convert|47|bhp|abbr=on at 4400 rpm. It was enlarged in 1956 to 1703 cc engine for the Mark II Consul by increasing the bore to 82.5 mm and the stroke to 79.5 mm putting the power up to convert|59|bhp|abbr=on. This engine continued in the Mark III car, now called Zephyr.

Automobiles using the Consul engine:
* Allard Palm Beach
* Buckler DD2
* Ford Consul
* Ford Zephyr "4"
* Paramount Ten
* Reliant Sabre

Zephyr 6

The straight-6 Zephyr engine was used widely. Displacement began at 2262 cc when it shared the same bore and stroke as the 1508 cc 4 cylinder engine. It was produced with two standard compression ratios of 6.8:1 and 7.5:1 with outputs of 68 and convert|71|bhp|abbr=on. It grew to 2553 cc in the 1956 Mark II.

Automobiles using the Zephyr engine:
* AC Ace
* AC Greyhound
* Allard Palm Beach
* Britannia GT
* Fairthorpe Zeta
* Ford Zephyr
* Ford Zodiac
* Lea-Francis Lynx
* Reliant Sabre
* Reliant Scimitar

ee also

* List of Ford engines