Editing Ford Model T (section)

===Engine===
{{main|Ford Model T engine}}
[[File:Fordsidevalve.jpg|thumb|Model T engine]]

The Model T has a front-mounted {{convert|177|cuin|L|1|adj=on}} [[Straight-four engine|inline four-cylinder]] engine, producing {{convert|20|hp|kW|abbr=on}}, for a top speed of {{convert|42|mph|abbr=on|0}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimatespecs.com/car-specs/Ford/20867/Ford-Model-T-.html |title=Ford Model T Specs | access-date=2021-10-17 }}</ref> According to Ford Motor Company, the Model&nbsp;T had fuel economy of {{convert|13|-|21|mpgus|mpgimp L/100 km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="MediaFordCom">{{cite web |url=https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html |title=Model T Facts |publisher=Ford |access-date=2012-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928165026/https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/05/model-t-facts.html |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The engine was designed to run on [[gasoline]], although it was able to run on [[kerosene]] or [[Ethanol fuel|ethanol]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/fact-check-henry-ford-didnt-design-the-model-t-as-a-multi-fuel-vehicle/|title=Fact Check: Henry Ford didn't design the Model T as a multi-fuel vehicle|first=Daniel |last=Strohl |work=HEMMINGS.com |access-date=2024-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/07/25/mnmodel125.xml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529160308/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/07/25/mnmodel125.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-29 |title=Ford Model T reaches 100 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=2008-07-25 |access-date=2012-12-24 |first=Andrew |last=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol.html#ethintro |title=Ethanol fuel: Journey to Forever |first=Keith |last=Addison |work=Journey to Forever |access-date=2012-12-24}}</ref> although the decreasing cost of gasoline and the later introduction of [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] made ethanol an impractical fuel for most users. The engines of the first 2,447 units were cooled with water pumps; the engines of unit 2,448 and onward, with a few exceptions prior to around unit 2,500, were cooled by [[thermosiphon|thermosiphon action]].<ref name="Kimes1989p551">{{harvp|Kimes|Clark|1989|p=551}}.</ref>

The [[ignition system]] used in the Model T was an unusual one, with a low-voltage [[magneto]] incorporated in the flywheel, supplying alternating current to [[trembler coil]]s to drive the [[spark plug]]s. This was closer to that used for stationary [[gas engine]]s than the expensive high-voltage [[ignition magneto]]s that were used on some other cars. This ignition also made the Model&nbsp;T more flexible as to the quality or type of fuel it used. The system did not need a starting battery, since proper hand-cranking would generate enough current for starting. Electric lighting powered by the [[magneto]] was adopted in 1915, replacing [[Carbide lamp|acetylene gas flame lamp]] and oil lamps, but electric starting was not offered until 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.modelt.ca/history |title=History of the Ford Motor Company – Fast Facts |website=The Frontenac Motor Company & The Ford Model&nbsp;T |access-date=2017-09-27}}</ref>

[[File:1920 Ford Model T Controls (1495288990).jpg|thumb|View of the driver's controls, 1920 Model{{nbsp}}T]]
The Model T engine was produced for replacement needs as well as stationary and marine applications until 1941, well after production of the Model&nbsp;T ended.

The [[Fordson]] Model F tractor engine, that was designed about a decade later, was very similar to, but larger than, the Model&nbsp;T engine.<ref name="Manly1919p268">{{Harvnb|Manly|1919|p=268}}</ref>