Originally Posted by martysmartie

The YAA which was seen by accident when on a visit to Cosworth to look at Formula 1 engine, Stewart Turner asked Keith whats that? To which the reply was "Thats a Pinto with a cylinder head conversion, we believe there is enough demand for it to put into production as a performance part" Nothing more was said. Turbocharging was then thrown in by Stewart's legendry comment whilst consuming a ploughmens lunch at a pub. To be specific "If we turbo charge your Pinto with the 16V head and put it into a Sierra Rover won't win another race" and so the YB was born.

Martin