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==={{anchor|136|Aquilon|Simca|Emi-Sul|Super Typhoon}}136=== [[File:1953 Ford Comète, Aquilon Engine.jpg|thumb|The 144ci ''Aquilon'' engine used by Ford France and later Simca]] A {{cvt|136|cuin|L|1}} V8-74<ref name="Street Rodder, 1/85, p73" /> version was introduced in the United States in 1937. With {{cvt|2.6|by|3.2|in}} bore and stroke and 6.6:1 compression,<ref name="K214" /> the engine was rated {{cvt|60|hp|0}} and {{cvt|94|lbft|0}}.<ref name="Street Rodder, 1/85, p73" /> The designation changed again in 1939, to V8-922A, but the specifications remained the same.<ref name="Street Rodder, 1/85, p73" /> It was produced in Europe in 1935 and 1936, and was used in the many standard Ford vehicles based on the [[1937 Ford|car platform of the era]]. It was not very popular with U.S. buyers who were used to the {{cvt|85|hp|0}} cars. Redesignated V8-82A in 1938, V8-922A in 1939, and V8-022A in 1940, compression, power, and torque remained unchanged.<ref name="Street Rodder, 1/85, p73" /> The engine was very popular as a powerplant for midget race cars after [[World War II]]. This engine is most commonly referred to as the "60 horse" flathead, or the V8-60.<ref name="K214" /> It was replaced by the [[Ford Straight-6 engine|226 straight-6]] in the [[1941 Ford]]s, though it would continue to be used after the war in the French [[Ford Vedette]] and the British [[Ford Pilot]]. In 1952 [[Ford SAF|Ford France]] (who called this engine the ''Aquilon'') created a somewhat bored out version displacing {{cvt|{{cvt|2355|cc|cuin|0|disp=number}}|cuin|L|1}}. Production was taken over by [[Simca]] in 1954 who began installing it in their [[Simca Vedette]] in 1955. Simca then transferred the Aquilon production line to [[Simca do Brasil]], where it was kept in production until 1969 (the company was known as Chrysler Brazil from July 1967).<ref name=SdB>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/simca/simca-aquilon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425220541/https://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/simca/simca-aquilon.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-04-25 |magazine=Rod & Custom (Brazil) |number=10 |title=The Simca Aquilon: Ford V8, Retuned by Chrysler and Simca |last=Ferraresi |first=Rogério}}</ref> Simca do Brasil introduced a {{cvt|{{cvt|2432|cc|cuin|0|disp=number}}|cuin|L|1}} version in May 1962 but the real surprise was the {{cvt|2.5|L|cuin|order=flip}} "Emi-Sul" of April 1966. This engine has overhead valves and [[hemispherical combustion chamber]]s; it produced {{cvt|{{cvt|140|PS|hp|0|disp=number}}|hp|0}} in its most powerful version.<ref name=SdB/>
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