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  F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Engines > Cosworth Engineering
The most famous engine of all was the 3-liter DFV which won its debut race in Holland in June 1967 and went on to win another 154 victories in Grand Prix racing.
In addition Cosworth built the highly successful BDA in 1968 which is still being used in club competition.
In the late 1980s Cosworth became part of UEI and in 1980 was acquired by Carlton Communications as part of the takeover of UEI.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/eng-coswo.html   (368 words)

  
  Cosworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Ford Cosworth DFV on a Ligier JS11
In the 1980s the Cosworth BDT-E equipped mid-engined Ford RS200 competed in the short lived Group B rally formula and then in later years a 2 litre turbocharged engine was used to power Ford Cosworth Sierras, Cosworth Escorts, and now Cosworth Focuses in the WRC.
Cosworth designed a series of replacements for the DFV to be used in Indycar racing: the X-series, beginning in 1992 with the XB.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cosworth   (1655 words)

  
 Sigmund's Ford Escort RS Cosworth page
When the required 5000 examples of the three door Sierra RS Cosworth was produced Ford felt that they needed a car with the same amount of power but with more comfort and ability to carry the family too.
Ford knew they had a great engine in the YBG that sat in the the Sierra Saphire, so Ford's master plan was to simply put the engine, drivetrain and suspension of the Sierra Saphire 4wd into a modified and strengthened Escort shell.
The Escort RS Cosworth was Ford's new rallycar and was much more successful at it than it's earlier brothers; the Sierra Cosworth in two and four wheel drive versions.
www.wrc-cosworth.org /dv/history/history.html   (1015 words)

  
 Champ Car > Sponsors | Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford knew the future was in horseless carriages, but in order to continue his dream of putting the world on wheels, he needed additional funding to continue work on his combustion engine.
Ford entered that race in 1901 knowing he needed to prove his ideas were better than the rest.
Ford Motor Company is involved in racing to not only make its cars and trucks safer, more reliable, and exciting to drive, but to help challenge and teach bright, young Ford engineers.
www.champcarworldseries.com /About/Sponsor.asp?ID=29   (532 words)

  
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The Ford Cosworth Focus Concept was inspired by the 1999 Ford Focus World Rally Car (WRC), the legendary successes of Cosworth Racing and the heritage of Ford's performance road cars bearing the Cosworth badge that have earned a special place in the hearts of European motoring enthusiasts.
"Ford Focus has already brought new levels of dynamics and refinement to the C Segment and was the natural candidate to explore Cosworth's continuing road car partnership with Ford," according to Al Kammerer, Ford Focus Vehicle Line Director.
Cosworth Racing and its parent company are quick to point out that there are no immediate production plans for this vehicle, but Ford is not ruling out the possibility that a performance-oriented model could join the Ford Focus range sometime in the future.
members.lycos.co.uk /cleocatnet/focuscosworth.htm   (607 words)

  
 1999 Ford Cosworth Focus Concept Pictures and Specifications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ford Cosworth Focus is powered by a Cosworth-developed 2.0-litre turbo-charged and inter-cooled Zetec-E engine which produces more than 200 PS.
Lower body panels and a new front bumper with integral fog lamps further distinguish the sporty exterior of the Ford Cosworth Focus, while the roof-mounted rear spoiler is designed to provide significant downforce at higher speeds.
The sporty theme continues inside the car: the distinctive Ford Focus interior is augmented by Recaro front seats, alloy pedals, steering wheel and gear lever knob, as well as a customised instrument panel.
www.fast-autos.net /ford/fordcosworthfocus.html   (427 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ford Cosworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Despite being an independent company Cosworth was supported by Ford and most of the Cosworth engines were branded Ford.
Cosworth began manufacturing racing engine with a 1000cc Formula 3 engine based on a Ford block.
The V8 Ford Cosworth DFV is the most successful engine in Formula 1 history.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ford-Cosworth   (440 words)

  
 Audi-Cosworth Deal; Ford Says 'No Thanks'
Although Ford stands to lose the racing prestige associated with its Cosworth relationship, a Ford source says the company has many options after the Cosworth connection is severed.
Cosworth is crucial to VW's Rolls-Royce deal, as BMW AG, a rival bidder for Rolls, says it will no longer supply engines for the Rolls-Royce and Bentley car lines after losing its bid to acquire Rolls-Royce.
Ford's trend-setting aluminum casting facility in Essex, Ont., which turns out heads for the company's passenger-car and light-truck V-8 and V-10 engines, employs a proprietary casting process developed by Cosworth to produce the cylinder heads for those engines.
waw.wardsauto.com /ar/auto_audicosworth_deal_ford   (456 words)

  
 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
The Escort Cosworth was based on the outgoing Sierra Cosworth floor pan, although this Escorts basic shape looks the same as the every day Mk5 Escort the rear 1/4's were built to be a little longer.
Ford Escorts of all types, competing at all levels, were successful rally winners up to the turn of the century, and even today are still occasionally winning events all round the world.
The Ford Escort was also unbeaten in the British Rally Championship for eight consecutive years, from 1971 to 1978.
www.rsownersclub.co.uk /car_info/esccos.htm   (1596 words)

  
 Media.Ford.com: Ford, Cosworth Technology Team Up On High Performance SVT Focus Engine
At the heart of the SVT Focus is a normally aspirated four cylinder engine developed jointly between Ford’s SVE team in the U.S. and U.K. and a project team of engineers at Cosworth Technology in Novi, Michigan, and Northampton, England.
Ford and Cosworth Technology achieved these dramatic increases with a variety of changes to improve breathing and power management, including several technological "firsts" for Ford.
Ford's SVE group's mission is to “polish the Ford oval” by creating, for customers, the ultimate driving experience.
media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=7675&make_id=1049   (1375 words)

  
 1:10th ford cosworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This 118 scale replica of the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth from AUTOart is due to be released during the summer of 2004, but...
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 40 years of Ford-Cosworth partnership - 4Car News from Channel 4
The company's co-founder, Keith Duckworth, chose the 997cc over-head valve unit used in the Ford Anglia as a good basis for a racing car engine - it was developed to give double the horsepower, and went on to dominate racing for several seasons.
Cosworth then developed other Ford engines for use in Formula Three and Formula Two single-seater racing, which led to Ford asking the company to help develop engines for the Cortina GT in the early 60s.
However, to many UK drivers, Cosworth is best known for the road car engines it has produced with Ford - the RS Escort engines of the 70s, as used in the rally cars, and then the turbo-charged Sierra RS Cosworth and Escort RS Cosworth of the 80s and early 90s.
www.channel4.com /4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=802   (426 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Indianapolis 500   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing.
Ford and Chevy engines were built in the UK by Cosworth and Ilmor, respectively.
A Ford Cosworth DFV on a Ligier JS11 The original company was founded as a British racing engine maker, based in Northampton in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Indianapolis-500   (12085 words)

  
 Ford Escort RS Cosworth history
The history of the RS Cosworths starts at the moment Ford decided to put a turbo onto the old trusty Pinto block and install it in the Sierra RS Cosworth.
Based on 500 examples of the Sierra RS Cosworth 394 were fl 52 were moonstone blue and 56 in white including 4 prototypes, these were converted by aston martin tickford on behalf of ford.
Probably Ford's most successful car to date it did win the only World touring car championship that was ever held.It also had 40 victories in row in the BTCC.
homepage.ntlworld.com /stephen.kell/ford_escort_rs_cosworth_history.htm   (1052 words)

  
 Tuning Ford Cosworth engines.
When tuning a Cosworth engine (YBT or YBP) the amount of tuning done is generally divided into stages from 1 to 5.
Generally the RS Cosworth engines are very easy to tune, especially the YBT, which has a bigger turbo than the YBP, a hybrid turbo, sized midway between the Garrett T3 from the Sierra Cosworth and the Garrett T4 from the Sierra Cosworth RS500.
When trying to preserve a Cosworth engine for as long as possible it is a good idea not to rev it above 3000rpm, and not put too much load on it before it has reached normal operating temperature.
www.wrc-cosworth.org /tech/tuning/tuning.html   (1870 words)

  
 Ford Capri RS Cosworth - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Capri was not on pace in the GT class anymore and halfway through the season Ford decided to switch to Group 2 Touring car racing for which at least 1000 examples had to be produced.
Ford evaded this rule by fitting very thin and basically useless leaf springs at the rear combined with 'additional' coil springs, which completely took over from the leafs.
Ford never raced Capris as a works team again, but this was not the end of the Capri's racing career.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=1964   (908 words)

  
 Cosworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
However, Cosworth are keen to point out that it was not just reliability that rose dramatically in 2005 - it was also power - and with the V10s making way for...
In 1998 Vickers sold the company to Volkswagen Group, who then signed a deal with Ford, which would buy the racing division which had long always made racing engines for Ford.
Cosworth Racing is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford.
www.wikiverse.org /cosworth   (331 words)

  
 Ford Sierra Cosworth April 2006 Car Review - CarPoint Australia
In effect, all that happened was a shift in the ascendancy from Holden to Ford and dominance by the locally unobtainable Sierra Cosworth.
This one was slated to use the 2.0-litre 'Pinto' engine with a twin-cam cylinder head developed by Ford's Cosworth subsidiary and slotted into the three-door Sierra body.
Standard Cosworths that haven't turned an angry wheel on a race track can be found at less than $30,000 but those need to be treated cautiously.
www.carpoint.com.au /car-review/ce8050.aspx   (1758 words)

  
 Race 2 Win: Ford Cosworth Comes to NASCAR
He has certainly proved that in business as owner of Akins Ford in Winder, Ga., one of the top dealerships in the country, and as the leader of Ford's top Busch Grand National team.
Ford Cosworth is the premier racing engine builder in the world.
Before this year, Ford Cosworth had built components for stock car engines.
www.race2win.net /gn/00/fc.html   (352 words)

  
 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 - Practical Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
By 1987 Ford was ready to launch its face-lift Sierra range which now included a four door Sapphire model.
As its high performance Cosworth variant was based on the old and out going three door saloon body the Cosworth Sierra would have to use the new four door Sapphire as its base.
However, as a parting shot, Ford announced a special "run-out" edition of the three door model, the Sierra Cosworth RS500.
www.practicalclassics.co.uk /vehicle/by-id/-787306169   (185 words)

  
 FORD FOCUS RS COSWORTH
Ford Cosworth Focus concept Inspired by the 1999 Focus World Rally car, Ford designers developed the Cosworth Focus to show potential for future performance derivatives of the all-new Ford Focus.
The Cosworth Focus' exterior is distinguished by unique lower body panels, new front bumper with integral fog lamps and a roof-mounted rear spoiler, designed to provide significant downforce at higher speeds.
The Ford Cosworth Focus Concept - and indeed the new Ford Focus WRC car - may well have remained on the drawing board were it not for the unsurpassed, 30-year reputation of the all-conquering Ford Escort rally cars.
www.rs4x4.co.uk /rs-cosworth-focus.htm   (1242 words)

  
 Ford Sierra 3 door Cosworth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Sierra Cosworth was launched in July 1986 and 5545 were manufactured in total of which 500 were sent to Tickford for conversion to the Sierra 3 door RS500 Cosworth.
The first engines to be used by Cosworth in the two wheel rear drive (3 door) Sierra was coded YBD and had a measured output of 204 bhp at 6000 rpm.
The Sierra Cosworth 3 door was produced from 1986 to 1988, when the Sierra Sapphire 2WD Cosworth based on the new design Sapphire 5 door shell replaced it.
www.turbocharger.co.uk /rs-cosworth-sierra.html   (1007 words)

  
 Ford Focus Rally Car - 5.0 Mustang & Super Fords Magazine
As feature-laden as these cool little cars are in stock edge-design form, their size and the availability of the optional 2L Zetec E engine are among the design basics that make the Focus ideal for the high-speed, rough-and-tumble world of international rallying.
Ford lead driver Colin McRae was recently given a courtesy testdrive in a Ford Cosworth–powered Formula One car and he drove extraordinarily well—just a few seconds off the pace in a machine considered by many to be the most difficult breed of racers on the planet.
With Cosworth power (thanks to Ford’s absorption of Britain’s famed Cosworth Engineering) and Martini sponsorship this year, the team has high hopes of finishing in the top spot.
www.mustang50magazine.com /featuredvehicles/82799_ford_focus_rally_car   (978 words)

  
 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 - Motorbase
By 1987 Ford was ready to launch its face-lift Sierra range which now included a four door Sapphire model.
As its high performance Cosworth variant was based on the old and out going three door saloon body the Cosworth Sierra would have to use the new four door Sapphire as its base.
However, as a parting shot, Ford announced a special "run-out" edition of the three door model, the Sierra Cosworth RS500.
www.motorbase.com /vehicle/by-id/-787306169   (149 words)

  
 Ford Racing: About Us: History
Ned Jarrett is first Ford driver to win the NASCAR Grand National title.
Ford wins its 10th NASCAR manufacturers’ championship, the first since 1969.
The Ford Five drivers Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch make up half of the 10-drivers championship competition.
www.fordracing.com /about/history   (640 words)

  
 A guide to the Cosworth 24V
The engine uses quad cams driven by a single duplex chain with the four valves actuated with hydraulic tappets arranged in a pent-roof combustion chamber, with a central platinum spark plug.
The new aluminium cylinder heads were made and machined by Cosworth and Mahle pistons raised the combustion ratio to 9.7 to1.
Even without using variable induction systems, the 150bhp of the 12 valve was raised to 195bhp at 4,500rpm, while the torque soared from 172 ft/lb to an impressive 203 ft/lb with standard catalyst fitted.
www.fordscorpio.co.uk /24valve.htm   (436 words)

  
 The Ford Escort RS Cosworth part 3
Ford developed a car based on the Sierra Cosworth chassis and mechanics but housed in an Escort looking outfit.
This is the same device as the one fitted to the Ford RS200 GroupB car of old.
By applying all these modifications Ford hoped to be able to sell more cars since in the HTT version the turbo lag time was dramatically reduced as compared to the T35 based version and the cars were easier to drive in everyday traffic conditions.
www.rallycars.com /Cars/Cosworth/Cosworth3.html   (1034 words)

  
 Cosworth Casting Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ford's first world car, the Contour/Mystique in North America and Mondeo in Europe, was the first to benefit from the new technology, followed by North America's Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable.
The Cosworth Casting Process was born out of the need to make the enormously successful Ford Cosworth DFV F1 engine even better.
Ford then took the new process under license from Cosworth Engineering and built the 270,000-square-foot Aluminum foundry in Windsor, Ontario, to put the process into practice.
www.v8sho.com /SHO/cosworthcasting.html   (420 words)

  
 Ford Escort Cosworth - Review - My Love / Hate Relationship with the car of my Dreams
Ford knew that the engine response would suffer with the larger turbo (experience gained from the Sierra RS500) but was deemed an trade off on the road car as it was very much needed in the Rally Car, which due to homologation requirements required the road cars to have the same basic configuration.
It was so planned, that after the inital run to satisfy the homologation, Ford brought out the smaller turbo version of this car, which had much better engine response and drivibility, but ultimately less tunability.
As the car was launched during the rise of car theft, Ford included all the security measures at their means as standard features which include and Vecta immobiliser, dead loacks and Fords own built in security system.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /cars/ford-escort-cosworth/376942   (947 words)

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