Originally Posted by
SBT83
Yeah I heard that too. But wasn't the BDT derived from the formula 1 1500 engines?
If you watch the Equinox program on youtube about this period they show a Turbo BD being dynoed and it keeps twisting the block at around 10,000 revs and seizing up so they gave up on the idea of using it in F1 and developed the v6 instead that went in the Beatrice and later the Benetton