[DeTomaso] First dumb Question of the year

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Well Curt,
We can see now that your question does not qualify for "the first dumb question of the year award". There will be some real dumb ones showing up later.
Jeff
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---- "msm at portata.com" <msm at portata.com> wrote:
> >From Wikipedia:
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> Contrary to popular belief, the Modular engine did not get its name from its design or sharing of certain parts among the engine family. Instead, the name was derived from a manufacturing plant protocol, "Modular", where the plant and its tooling could be changed out in a matter of hours to manufacture different versions of the engine family.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Modular_engine
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of Curt Hall
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 12:24 PM
> To: Pantera Web
> Subject: [DeTomaso] First dumb Question of the year
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> To All...
>  
> Who can tell me why the 4.6 and 5.4 engines are called Modular engines? ( and NO I don't know the answer)  Other then being OHC engines, they have a block, heads, intake, like the rest of the engine so where does the name Modular come from?
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> Curt 
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