Renault Ventoux Engine

Renault Ventoux Engine

The Ventoux was an automotive engine designed by Renault for the Renault 4CV, used subsequently until 1997, and named after Mont Ventoux in Provence. It later received the internal code "B", for Billancourt, where the casting took place.

The engine is liquid-cooled, with four cylinders in line. It is also characterised by its three main bearing design and its piston stroke of 80 mm. It is made of cast-iron and uses a lateral camshaft to operate overhead valves. Renault continued developing the engine and later developed it into the Renault Cléon engine.

The engine was produced from 1947 to 1984, in displacements of 603 cc, 748 cc, 782 cc, and 845 cc, the differences being effected by changing the cylinder bore diameter. Ford do Brasil extended the engine to 1,300 cc and 1,400 cc to use it for the Ford Corcel and others.

The following Renault models used the Ventoux engine:

• 4CV
• Dauphine and Ondine
• Dauphinoise
• Caravelle and Floride
• Estafette
• Alpine A108
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6