The below is from my contact at Ford. I think we are going to soon see many more certified conversion system offerings on the Ford vehicle platforms. Kudos to Ford for supporting the return of Natural Gas Vehicles into the marketplace -- even if for now they are not OEM product 
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Please consider Ford first as you choose vehicles to convert.

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Please understand that Ford Motor is actively enabling CNG and LPG converters to make high quality conversions.
- Ford starts with providing a CNG/LPG -prep engine that has the appropriate durability (option 91G).
- 2010 Econoline 5.4L 2V, 6.8L 2V.
- 2011 SuperDuty 6.8L 3V
- Others to be announced.
- Where we don't provide a gaseous-fuel prep engine, Roush is refitting its own! (5.4L 3V).
- Ford instructs converters how to verify proper engine control to insure this durability (document Q-185).
- Ford invites converters use the same companies we use to provide PCM (engine computer) software changes (Mahle, Roush).
- Ford may grant converters access to a source of aged catalysts for CARB certification (Johnson Matthey, etc.).
- Ford invites converters to use Livernois Engineering (does most of our crash prep and gaseous fuel vehicle build).
- Ford invites converters to use Roush (who does most of our vehicle prototype build).
- Ford invites converters to use our internal test facilities (at your expense), some of which are now accepting non-Ford customers.
- Converters are asking for other forms of support and we are trying to respond positively to those requests.
- Other Detroit engineering companies already aid Ford in OEM-quality engineering and the converters are welcome to contract with them. E.g. Mahle, Roush, Livernois Engineering, IAV, AVL, Ricardo, Watson, etc.
Please consider Ford first as you choose vehicles to convert.
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