Ford CVH Engine - 1.3

1.3

The 1.3 L CVH was introduced in the 1980 European Escort and in the Orion and Fiesta from 1983 to 1986. Bore was 80 mm (3.1 in) and stroke was 64.5 mm (2.54 in). The 1.3 L was also planned for the North American version of the Escort, but engineering tests found it to be unacceptably underpowered, and plans to produce 1.3 L engines were scrapped just a few months before full-scale production.

For the facelifted "Mark 4", or "Erika-86" version of the European Escort in 1986, this engine was replaced by a 1.3 L version of the Valencia engine in low series trim models—the higher series models used the newer 1.4 L CVH described below.