The Ford CVH engine is a straight-four automobile engine produced by the Ford Motor Company. The engine's name is an acronym for either Compound Valve-angle Hemispherical or Canted Valve Hemispherical
1.6 L Ford CVH engine in a 1988 Ford Escort XR3i
1.6 CVH cylinder head with valves, followers and rockers
1.6 CVH cylinder head, combustion chambers
An overhead valve engine, abbreviated and sometimes called a pushrod engine, is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with flathead
Ford CVH engine
…1,117 cc (68.2 cu in). It debuted in the 1980 Escort MkIII for Continental Europe only, where it was offered as an alternative to the 1.1 L Valencia overhead valve (OHV) engine, which was the only 1.1 L engine offered in UK market Escorts. The 1.1 L CVH offered negligible improvements in economy or performance…
1894 prototype overhead valve Diesel engine
1904 patent for Buick overhead valve engine
1918 Buick 242 engine, right side.
V8 engine (with intake manifold removed), showing the camshaft, pushrods, and rockers