Rain poured down as we walked briskly toward the side door of Ford’s Romeo Engine plant. Throughout the 2.2-million-square-foot facility, all was quiet at 6:30 a.m. It was damp and early, but we were on a mission to capture a historic moment. Crossing through the plant that began creating industrial hardware 55 years ago but blossomed into the home of modular engines way back in 1990, we entered a smaller building on the 268-acre campus.
Since 1996, this hallowed home of factory horsepower has served as the birthplace of many of the most iconic Ford engines to ever spread the shock towers of a Mustang. Where the main plant could crank out as many
