venturis. Production tooling at the factory was scrapped and sold in 2000, to make way for the production of a new four cylinder OHC engine, the remaining old stock of 3.4 L Engines started to be sold as assembled crate engines, these engines had some differences from the 2.5 3.0 and 3.1 L Dagenham built engines such as: Ford Cologne 2.8 / 2.9 V6 forged connecting rods, German made pistons with moly coating, smaller crank journals which reduced bearing speed, more aggressive camshaft timing and higher lift, larger inlet valves, shaft mounted rockers from Ford's Cologne 2.8 / 2.9 V6 engine, unique cylinder head castings with extra oil galleries, solid pushrods with no oiling holes, unique exhaust manifold bolt pattern due to the head castings also being unique to the 3.4-litre engine and an improved inlet manifold with larger runners and an improved plenum chamber. From 1966 to 1998, the 3.0L was also used in industrial applications such as generator plants, airport vehicles, milk vans, jet boats (Hamilton jet) and even river barges. Vehicles using the Essex V6 The Essex V6 was fitted to a wide variety of cars, both from Ford and from smaller specialist manufacturers that used Ford engines. Among these were the following: United Kingdom AC ME3000 3.0 L Ford Capri 3.0 L and 3.1 L Ford Granada 2.5 L and 3.0 L Ford Consul (Granada Mk1 Based) 2.5 L and 3.0 L Ford Transit 3.0 L (only police and ambulance services) Ford A series Ford Zephyr 2.5 L and 3.0 L Ford Zodiac 2.5 L and 3.0 L Gilbern Genie 2.5 L and 3.0 L Gilbern Invader 3.0 L Marcos (various models) 3.0 L Reliant Scimitar 2.5 L and 3.0 L TVR 3000M – 3.0 L TVR 3000S – 3.0 L TVR Taimar 3.0 L TVR Tuscan V6 3.0 L Custom installations Ford Escort Apache 3.0 L Ford Corsair Crayford 3.0 L Ford Cortina Savage 3.0 L Ford Cortina Cheetah 2.5 L Ford Escort Superspeed Mk1 3.0 L Ford Capri Broadspeed 3.0 L Ford Capri Broadspeed 3.0 L turbo Ford Capri Comanche 3.0 L Ford Transit Easipower 3.0 L Ford Granada Seneca 3.0 L Ford Capri 3.0 L Perana V6 South Africa Ford Zephyr and Zodiac (Mk4) Ford Cortina Perana (Mk2) Ford Capri 3.0 L Perana V6 Ford 17M and 20M (Taunus) Ford Transit van V4 + V6 Ford Capri (Mk1)1970 to 1973. Ford Cortina (Mk3,