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Ford says that its Cleveland (Ohio) Engine Plant Number 1 began production today of its turbocharged and direct-injected family of engines. Called EcoBoost in Ford vernacular, the powertrains are designed to meet more stringent emissions and fuel economy standards while delivering the power of larger engines.
Production in Cleveland had been idled in 2007; the automaker brought back about 250 employees to start building the engines. First opened more than 50 years ago, the plant was the manufacturer’s first engine plant in Ohio. After initially producing Ford’s first overhead valve engine (the Lincoln V8), it has produced the famous “5.0″ 302-cubic-inch V8s of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the “Cleveland” family of V8s used in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The new 3.5-liter V6 to be built in Cleveland, the first to get the direct injection/turbocharging treatment, will see duty initially in the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and Flex and Lincoln MKS and MKT
next step is putting it in ford mustang
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