As I look through the record books, I see that from the mid 60's to the early 80's, Ford Cosworth dominated the Formula One circut.
They had Ferrari, and for a time, BRM and Alfa Romeo, but aside from that, did Ford Cosworth really have any real competition during this era, up until Renault, Porsche, etc come in with their turbo's?
Did the 80's Cosworth have any direct link in design to the 60's?
Why did, during the near monopoly, some teams run with Ford decals on the car and others did not?
Where there different versions of the engine for different teams, or did each team get the same thing?
Any other avaible info on the engine is appericated.
Info on the Ford Cosworth (yea, that one)
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Megatron
, Dec 17 1999 06:21
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Don Capps
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Posted 17 December 1999 - 10:51
Check out the Special at the 8W on the DFV: http://www.racer.demon.nl/8w/home.html
That should be a start on the road to breaking the code.
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Yr fthfl & hmbl srvnt,
Don Capps
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That should be a start on the road to breaking the code.
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Yr fthfl & hmbl srvnt,
Don Capps
Semper Gumbi: If this was easy, we’d have the solution already…
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Ray Bell
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Posted 17 December 1999 - 18:12
There were certainly challengers in the horsepower department, Ferrari and Honda with V12s, and for just one year the twin cam Repco V8.
It was this latter engine which should have been the closest challenger, but it suffered in having a different lubricant on the test bench to what it had in the car - due to contractural obligations - and that caused it to eat up its cam lobes and followers.
One of the principal advantages of the Cosworth V8, which I believe was the unit on which the Indy engines were based in the eighties, was that it was made from the start to be a stressed member of the chassis. Take a close look at pics of cars using it and you'll see a triangular mount on the cam covers which bolts to the chassis - made that way to allow for expansion as the engine heated up. They're the obvious mounts.
Later years saw versions in magnesium, and the better teams got the developments first. They went to Le Mans in up to 3.5-litre versions (I think that was their upper limit) and they raced in the Tasman Series in 2.5-litre form.
It was this latter engine which should have been the closest challenger, but it suffered in having a different lubricant on the test bench to what it had in the car - due to contractural obligations - and that caused it to eat up its cam lobes and followers.
One of the principal advantages of the Cosworth V8, which I believe was the unit on which the Indy engines were based in the eighties, was that it was made from the start to be a stressed member of the chassis. Take a close look at pics of cars using it and you'll see a triangular mount on the cam covers which bolts to the chassis - made that way to allow for expansion as the engine heated up. They're the obvious mounts.
Later years saw versions in magnesium, and the better teams got the developments first. They went to Le Mans in up to 3.5-litre versions (I think that was their upper limit) and they raced in the Tasman Series in 2.5-litre form.
