Ford T-Drive: 4-Liter, I8, RWD Tempos That Never Were?

It didn’t quite pan out for Ford, but they tried! Interesting stuff from the '90’s:

“The T-Drive engine was literally t-shaped - the transmission was located in the middle of the engine instead of the end. This allows easy and compact placement in small spaces. Due to the tight spacing of the cylinder bores, engines were possible from 4 to 8 cylinders.”

http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-ford/FMC-engines/t-drive/default.htm

http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-ford/FMC-engines/t-drive/t_drive-1.jpg

http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec-ford/FMC-engines/t-drive/t_drive-2.jpg

Somedude is going to cum all over his keyboard when he sees this.

Inline 8, not a V8. Neat concept.

Interesting but it’s still a tempo :gay: lol

^^ Good catch. I’m so used to seeing ‘V8’ for anything with 8-Cylinders that it’s just natural to write it.

Very cool. I’ve dreamed of whipping an AWD SHO swapped tempo around the streets…

Sounds like a nightmare.

this is only funny due to a recent convo with a good friend.

first thing i thought. hahahaha.

http://www.tempo-topaz-performance.com/topazsho/

:funny:

Pretty sweet!!!