page_title: Ford GAA engine
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Ford GAA engine / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Ford V8 Tank engine as used in Sherman and Pershing tanks, Bovington Tank Museum.
context_page_description: The Ford GAA engine is an American all-aluminum 32-valve DOHC 60-degree liquid-cooled V8 internal combustion engine designed and produced by the Ford Motor Company before and during World War II. It features twin Stromberg NA-Y5-G carburetors, dual magnetos and twin spark plugs making up a full dual ignition system, and crossflow induction. It displaces 1,100 cu in and puts out well over 1,000 pound-feet of torque from idle to 2,200 rpm. The factory-rated gross output was 500 hp at 2,600 rpm.
  The GAA powered several models and derivatives of the M4A3 Sherman medium tank.
context_section_description: The GAA was used in the M4A3 (1,690), M4A3(75)W (3,071), M4A3(76)W (1,400), M4A3 (105) (500), M4A3E2 (254), M4A3(76)W HVSS (3,142), M4A3(105) HVSS (2,539), M10A1 (1,413), and M7B1 (826).
  The GAF powered the M26 (2,222), M26A1, T28/T95 (2), and M45 (185).
  The GAN powered the T23 (248) and M4A3E2 (254).
  In order to meet the need for a larger engine, Ford resurrected the V-12 version as the GAC, which produced 770 hp (570 kW) and powered the T29, T32 (6).
  A number of M74 tank recovery vehicles were rebuilt from M4A3s, which used the GAA.
caption: All-aluminum Ford GAF V8 tank engine, next to an M26 Pershing, The Tank Museum
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