WRC Cosworth loud and Sierra RS Cosworth

	WRC Cosworth loud and Sierra RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Turner have Walter Hayes, at the time Vice President of public relations at Ford, to get support for the project. Hayes was earlier driving force for the development of the Ford GT40 that won Le Mans in 1966, as well as the Cosworth Dfv engine that brought Ford 154 victories and 12 World Championships in formula 1 in the 1960s and 1970s. Hays created the project, very attractive and promised their full support. Turner invited Ken Kohrs, Vice President of development, to visit Ford ' s his longtime partner, the automotive company Cosworth, where they were presented a project developed on Cosworth ' s initiative, yaa engine. This was twin cam, 16-valve engine based on Ford ' s own T88 engine block, better known as Pinto. It is therefore placed a formal request for the turbokompresori version (designated Cosworth YBB) to 180 HP on the street and 300 HP in race trim. Cosworth answered positively, but they are placed two conditions: the engine does not lead not less than 150 kW (204 HP) of the street version, and Ford had to accept engines with not less than 15 000. Turner ' s project will need only about 5,000 engines, but however, Ford accepted the conditions. Extra 10,000 engines would become one of the reasons Ford also decided to develop a four door, second generation Sierra RS Cosworth. To find a suitable gearbox proved more challenging. Borg-Warner T5, also used in the Ford Mustang has been selected, but the higher ...	От:jansolanellas Views:368 3assessments
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