Cleveland Engine is aFord Motor Companyenginemanufacturing facility inBrook Park,Ohio, United States, a suburb ofCleveland. It consisted of two distinct plants until one was closed in 2012.
Opened in 1951,Cleveland Engine Plant number 1 was the site of production for Ford's firstoverhead valve engine, theLincoln "Y-block" V8. It also produced many of the"5.0" V8 engines used through the 1980s and 1990s, with the last produced in 2000. The demise of the 5.0 was to also be the end for CEP1, but Ford instead invested $350 million to refurbish it to handle production of theDuratec 30 for theFord Taurus andMercury Sable. Ford idled the plant in May 2007.[1]
In 2009, Ford reopened Plant 1 with a $55 million investment in tooling to produce their new 3.5 LEcoBoost V6.[1] The EcoBoost V6 produces 15% lowerCO2 emissions, and is capable of 20% betterfuel economy.
The Cleveland-builtEcoBoost V6 engines were available in the 2010Lincoln MKS,Lincoln MKT, andFord Flex, and standard on the 2010Ford Taurus SHO.
Ford made an additional US$1.5 million investment in the plant in 2016 after building over a million EcoBoost engines.[2]
Cleveland Engine Plant number 2 opened in 1955[3] to produce theY-block 292 V8 for theFord Thunderbird. It was the source of the famed351 Cleveland V8, and most recently, it was the site forDuratec 25 and 30 production starting in 1994.[3] The plant closed in May 2012, with the last of its output going to 2012 model yearFord Fusions, and its 250 employees transferring to Plant 1.[3]
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