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> 02-21-08: In news this week about the Canadian Auto Workers Union and
> a proposed Ford Motor Company project to invest $600 million in the
> shuttered Windor, Ontario engine plant, telling details were dropped
> about what they would be building.
>
> Buzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, says Ford
> Motor Co. is now weighing a project to reopen the plant that has been
> the birthplace of the "Windsor" engines longer than most enthusiasts
> have been alive. The plant closed last November, ending an era.
>
> What is more exciting than hearing that the plant could open again is
> what they plan to build there. Hargrove said this, regarding the
> proposal:
>
> "The best example of that is the 5-litre engine for the Ford plant in
> Windsor. We have an op****tunity to win an engine in that facility.
> When Ford first started talking to us and the provincial and federal
> government about it, it was about a $350-million investment which
> would have led to about 300 jobs being created in a plant that closed
> in November of last year. And since that time, they've adapted that
> engine. And they're going to utilize it in more vehicles than they
> initially planned. And the project now is an over $600-million
> investment, and possibly close to 600 jobs in the city of Windsor, in
> a local union, and a community, that are desperate for investment and
> jobs."
>
> This is further scuttle to back up the many rumors that the 2010
> Mustang will debut with a new 5.0 liter V8. While this may not be
> breaking news, it backs up what we have been hearing. The news that
> the engine is going to be used in more vehicles than initially planned
> is also alluring. Besides the F-Series and the Mustang, what other
> vehicles would be used for this engine?
>
> Time will tell!
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>
> Patrick
cost of production will tell. pushrods?
look to japan for low cost of production and high user satisfaction.
need 4 valves per cylinder
I would put a blower on each car, but no one has asked me.
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