Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine

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V-8 engine gasoline engine tank engine

The Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine was a powerful American tank engine used to propel the World War II–era M26 Pershing heavy tank.

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Label	Occurrences
Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine canonical	2
Ford GAN V-8 tank engine family	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	V-8 engine ⓘ gasoline engine ⓘ tank engine ⓘ
application	heavy tank propulsion ⓘ
aspiration	naturally aspirated ⓘ
bore	approximately 5.4 in ⓘ
category	Ford engines ⓘ V8 internal combustion engines ⓘ World War II tank engines ⓘ
configuration	90-degree V-8 ⓘ
coolingSystem	liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cylinderCount	8 ⓘ
designedFor	M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: M26 Pershing heavy tank
displacement	18.0 L ⓘ about 1100 cu in ⓘ
driveType	connected to manual transmission and final drives ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
fuelType	gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem	spark-ignition ⓘ
manufacturer	Ford Motor Company ⓘ
materialUse	cast-iron block ⓘ
mountingPosition	rear engine compartment of tank ⓘ
notableFeature	adapted from large Ford industrial and truck engine designs ⓘ provided improved mobility for heavy tanks compared to earlier engines ⓘ
powerOutput	about 500 hp ⓘ approximately 500 hp at 2600 rpm ⓘ
powerToWeightRole	optimized for heavy armored vehicle use ⓘ
productionPeriod	1940s ⓘ
relatedTo	Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ford GAN V-8 tank engine family
serviceEntry	mid-1940s ⓘ
stroke	approximately 6.0 in ⓘ
successorEngineInRole	Continental AV-1790 ⓘ
torqueOutput	high torque at low to medium rpm ⓘ
usedBy	United States Army ⓘ
usedIn	M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: M26 Pershing M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: M26A1 Pershing M3 half-track ⓘ surface form: M45 howitzer motor carriage T26E1 tank ⓘ T26E2 tank ⓘ M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: T26E3 Pershing M26 Pershing tank ⓘ surface form: T26E4 Super Pershing T29 heavy tank prototypes ⓘ T30 heavy tank prototypes ⓘ T32 heavy tank prototypes ⓘ
valvetrain	overhead valve ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M26 Pershing tank → engine → Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine ⓘ

subject surface form: M26 Pershing

Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine → relatedTo → Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ford GAN V-8 tank engine family

M26 → engine → Ford GAF V-8 gasoline engine ⓘ

subject surface form: M26 Pershing