| Ford Taunus V4 | |
| Aka: | Taunus V4 |
| Manufacturer: | Ford Motor Company |
| Configuration: | 60° V4 |
| Bore: | 802NaN2 842NaN2 902NaN2 |
| Stroke: | 58.86mm 66.8mm |
| Block: | Cast iron |
| Head: | Cast iron |
| Valvetrain: | OHV 2 valves per cylinder |
| Supercharger: | Naturally aspirated (stock) |
| Turbocharger: | None |
| Fuelsystem: | Carbureted |
| Fueltype: | Gasoline (Leaded) |
| Oilsystem: | Wet sump |
| Coolingsystem: | Jacketed block (stock) |
| Production: | 1962 - 1981 |
| Power: | NaN0NaN0 |
| Torque: | NaN0NaN0 |
| Predecessor: | Ford Sidevalve engine (1.2) Ford Taunus straight-four (1.5, 1.7) |
| Successor: | Ford Kent engine Ford Pinto engine |
The Ford Taunus V4 engine is a 60° V4 piston engine with one balance shaft, introduced by Ford Motor Company in Germany in 1962. The German V4 was built in the Cologne plant and powered the Ford Taunus and German versions of the Consul, Capri, and Transit.
In common with other V4 and V6 engines, but unlike longer V engines with more cylinders, the connecting rods do not share a crankpin on the crankshaft.
The V4 was later expanded into the Ford Cologne V6 engine that was used in the Ford Capri, Ford Taunus, Ford Cortina, Ford Consul, Ford Granada, Ford Sierra, Ford Scorpio, Ford Ranger, Ford Explorer, Ford Mustang, Mercury Capri, and many other cars. The V4 engine was also used in industrial applications: pumps, electrical generators, agricultural machinery and snowcats. In automobiles, the Taunus V4 was replaced by the Ford OHC/Pinto engine.
Initially the V4 engine was designed by Ford for a new entry compact car intended for the US market to be called the Ford "Cardinal", which eventually evolved into the Taunus 12m P4. Ford abandoned the "Cardinal" project and instead built the Ford Falcon for North America. Ford then sought other uses for the V4 engine which was initially tested in the Saab 96. Ford bought several Saab 96s for testing and eventually sold the cars back to Saab with the V4 engines in them. Saab tested the V4s at their Trollhättan test track which stimulated Saab to acquire the V4 engine for their 95, 96, and 97 (Sonett) introduced in August 1966 (1967 production model). The V4 engine eliminated the need to mix oil with fuel for the two-cycle Saab "Shrike" engine and provided better low end torque. Saab dealers offered the first owner a "Lifetime Warranty" for the V4 for US$50.
Applications:
The 1183cc version features an NaNmm bore and stroke. Output was 401NaN1 and 800NaN0 or 451NaN1 and 820NaN0.
Applications:
The 1288cc version had an NaNmm bore and stroke. Output was 501NaN1 and 950NaN0 or 531NaN1 and 980NaN0.
Applications:
The 1498cc V4 had a NaNmm bore and stroke. It produced 550NaN0 and 1070NaN0, 601NaN1 and 1140NaN0 or 651NaN1 and 1170NaN0 at 2500 rpm.
The 1699cc V4 had a NaNmm bore and stroke. It produced 651NaN1 and 1290NaN0, 701NaN1 and 1370NaN0 or 750NaN0 and 1300NaN0.
Also, some DKW Munga, a Jeep like vehicle used in the German army were retrofitted with this Ford V4, to replace its standard two-stroke engine.
Since the Saab 96 was used for rallying it was also tuned. In the rally versions it was bored and stroked to 1815and giving around 150hp in the naturally aspirated version and 200hp DIN at 7000 rpm in the Saab 96 RC Turbo version, doing 0 to 1000NaN0 in five seconds. SAAB also tuned the engine to 240hp.