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To: Maverick who wrote (3700)	1/4/1999 12:26:00 PM
From: PIERRE HANDL	Respond to of 4908

(This is a Crazy trend!)Big news: Ford speeds V8 output in Windsor WINDSOR, Ont., Jan 04, 1999 (The Canadian Press via COMTEX) -- It seems we just can't get enough of those big V8 engines: Ford is boosting production of the 5.4-litre Triton power plant at its Windsor engine factory by 50,000 units a year. Ford said Monday that the move is ''in response to unprecedented customer demand for the company's V8-powered trucks and sport utility vehicles.'' The Windsor plant, which also produces Ford's 4.6-litre V8 and 6.8-litre V10, ended the year with output of 769,800 engines. Combined with the nearby Essex plant, Windsor operations produced 1,363,000 engines in 1998, up by almost 200,000 from 1997, Ford said. For the new year, the 5.4-litre V8 -- which powers the F-Series pickup, Econoline van and Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs -- has had its horsepower raised by more than 10 per cent to 260. Its fuel consumption is rated at 17.4 litres per 100 kilometres in the city, 12.3 on the highway, in an F-150 with automatic transmission. The Windsor engine plant, with a workforce of 2,380, was built in 1922, was closed in 1990 and reopened, completely rebuilt, two years later.