3.0L GAS

The Ford 3.0L Duratec 30 engine received many technological firsts for its time thanks to inputs from Porsche and Cosworth. Components like an aluminum engine block and cylinder heads were all standard, as well as cylinders lined with cast iron and a sequential fuel injection system, as well as fracture-split forged powder metal connecting rods, and an assembled cast aluminum intake manifold.

In 2006, the engine received an important update by way of variable valve timing (VVT), further increasing horsepower and torque outputs. The Ford Duratec 30 engine powers the following vehicles:

• Ford Escape
• Ford Five Hundred
• Ford Freestyle
• Ford Fusion
• Ford Taurus
• Lincoln Zephyr
• Mercury Mariner
• Mercury Milan
• Mercury Montego
• Mercury Sable