330kitad cosworth?
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Taget från FastFord Nov 2003 - Cult of Cosworth - Boost Intentions
So, what did this engine have to do? Quite simply, it had to provide winning
power for touring car racing and it had to power at least 5000 super-fast
Sierra road cars.
Ford's motorsport team had wanted to do this for some time,
but there was no suitable engine. Looking again at the regulations, and after
juggling with minimum vehicle weights (these would depend on the chosen
engine size), they decided that a special turbocharged Sierra would need a
2-liter engine.
To be a winner, it would need up to 350 bhp, in an engine that could race for
24 hours - and that was only for the first season. For future years, it would
be best to look for 400 bhp and more.
The road cars needed for this machine to qualify to go racing could get by on
a smaller power output, as Ford reckoned 200 bhp was enough to deliver the
150 mph which would make the new Sierra dominant. Here though, was a
problem.
Cosworth thought it could achieve 350 bhp in race car tune, but
wasn't at all sure about the road car level. As race engine guru Geoff Goddard
once quipped, with a big grin: "With the Sierra engine, originally we didn't get
the 200 bhp requested - we just couldn't get the engine down to that!"
So, what did this engine have to do? Quite simply, it had to provide winning
power for touring car racing and it had to power at least 5000 super-fast
Sierra road cars.
Ford's motorsport team had wanted to do this for some time,
but there was no suitable engine. Looking again at the regulations, and after
juggling with minimum vehicle weights (these would depend on the chosen
engine size), they decided that a special turbocharged Sierra would need a
2-liter engine.
To be a winner, it would need up to 350 bhp, in an engine that could race for
24 hours - and that was only for the first season. For future years, it would
be best to look for 400 bhp and more.
The road cars needed for this machine to qualify to go racing could get by on
a smaller power output, as Ford reckoned 200 bhp was enough to deliver the
150 mph which would make the new Sierra dominant. Here though, was a
problem.
Cosworth thought it could achieve 350 bhp in race car tune, but
wasn't at all sure about the road car level. As race engine guru Geoff Goddard
once quipped, with a big grin: "With the Sierra engine, originally we didn't get
the 200 bhp requested - we just couldn't get the engine down to that!"
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