Cosworth engines... what are they in?
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Cosworth engines... what are they in?
What cars have cosworth had a part in the engines of?
escort BDA
RS 200 BDT
Sierra/Escort YB
Granada/scorpio 24v
Mercedes 190 cosworth (and evolution??)
Litchfield subaru
Nissan GTr ??? (sure i read something once lol)
what others can you name?!
just wondering!
escort BDA
RS 200 BDT
Sierra/Escort YB
Granada/scorpio 24v
Mercedes 190 cosworth (and evolution??)
Litchfield subaru
Nissan GTr ??? (sure i read something once lol)
what others can you name?!
just wondering!
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just found this too..
http://www.race-cars.com/utility/coswrthr.htm
most of the obvious ones there, and a few of the lesser known ones
http://www.race-cars.com/utility/coswrthr.htm
most of the obvious ones there, and a few of the lesser known ones
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#16
the xe was the same as the yb i think
was designed as an aftermarket 16v head for the std 8v block
then it all worked out well and got a production run
turned out to be 2 of the best engines around in value/tuning terms
was designed as an aftermarket 16v head for the std 8v block
then it all worked out well and got a production run
turned out to be 2 of the best engines around in value/tuning terms
#18
From what ive heard & read it was cosworth that did modifications to the xe heads, something to do with sleeving the waterways in them to overcome them going porus and thats where the name 'coscast' came from, wheres Chip? he will know lol
#19
coscast heads had a ledge on the n/s side of the head below the water connection and didnt go porous,i believed they were the first heads used on the astra mk2 gte xe's,after that the cavalier mk3 gsi's and astra mk3's inc turbos used the shitty gm head which did go porous.great engines,never broken 1 so bad i couldnt nurse it home.always fancied putting 1 in an rs turbo.
#20
Apart from the obvious YB engined cars, they had a hand in the following, bit of duplication of other posts but you should get the idea.
Lotus 7
Caterham Super Seven, with cosworth BDR
Chevrolet Cosworth Vega
Escort RS1600,RS1800,RS1700T
RS200
Scorpio 24v
Opel Ascona 400
Opel Manta 400
Opel/Vauxhall 2.0i16v as used in the Kadett/Astra, Vectra, Omega
Vauxhall Chevette HS and HSR
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16, 2.5-16, 2.5-16 Evolution
Panther Solo
Aston Martin DB7, Vanquish
Lotus 7
Caterham Super Seven, with cosworth BDR
Chevrolet Cosworth Vega
Escort RS1600,RS1800,RS1700T
RS200
Scorpio 24v
Opel Ascona 400
Opel Manta 400
Opel/Vauxhall 2.0i16v as used in the Kadett/Astra, Vectra, Omega
Vauxhall Chevette HS and HSR
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16, 2.5-16, 2.5-16 Evolution
Panther Solo
Aston Martin DB7, Vanquish
#21
The Audi RS4 2.7 was done there, and I set up the engine line for the RS6 before I left.
Some Rolls Royce V8 were also assembled at Cosworth, when RR was re-building there engine plant. Also, the development of the RR engine to comply with new emission regulations was done by Cosworth. Myself and a chap called Dave assembled the first ever Vanquish S engine.
All the Aston Martin V12, Vanquish and Vanquish S, was developed and built by Cosworth.
Coscast heads are Cosworth.
A lot more goes on there, that never reach's joe public, including a lot of validation and testing for many manufacture's.
John
Some Rolls Royce V8 were also assembled at Cosworth, when RR was re-building there engine plant. Also, the development of the RR engine to comply with new emission regulations was done by Cosworth. Myself and a chap called Dave assembled the first ever Vanquish S engine.
All the Aston Martin V12, Vanquish and Vanquish S, was developed and built by Cosworth.
Coscast heads are Cosworth.
A lot more goes on there, that never reach's joe public, including a lot of validation and testing for many manufacture's.
John
#23
Coscast is the casting process developed at what was the cosworth foundary and licenced to just about every car manufacturer in the world.
Steve
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#29
They have been mentioned so a bit of History.
The Cosworth Vega
Jim Musser, the principal designer of the Vega engine, joined forces with Keith Duckworth at Cosworth Engineering, Ltd. UK - based Cosworth was well known for its winning British racing engines, and the plan was to explore the feasibility of modifying the aluminum - block Vega mill for Formula II racing. Ten Vega engines (without heads) were shipped to Cosworth and modification work began.
The stroke was shortened from 92.0 to 82.3mm in order to reduce the displacement from 139.5 cubic inches to 121.7 cubic inches to conform with the Formula II two - liter limit. Duckworth had also designed an aluminum cylinder head with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Three prototype racing engines, rated at 270hp each, were completed by September, 1971.
Yep ! they have a fastest one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ke7htho9Sw
The Cosworth Vega
Jim Musser, the principal designer of the Vega engine, joined forces with Keith Duckworth at Cosworth Engineering, Ltd. UK - based Cosworth was well known for its winning British racing engines, and the plan was to explore the feasibility of modifying the aluminum - block Vega mill for Formula II racing. Ten Vega engines (without heads) were shipped to Cosworth and modification work began.
The stroke was shortened from 92.0 to 82.3mm in order to reduce the displacement from 139.5 cubic inches to 121.7 cubic inches to conform with the Formula II two - liter limit. Duckworth had also designed an aluminum cylinder head with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Three prototype racing engines, rated at 270hp each, were completed by September, 1971.
Yep ! they have a fastest one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ke7htho9Sw
#34
Coscast was a technology which I beleive bolenonged to a subsiduary casting company of cosworth, and cast the early heads.
GM then took over production and made the heads themselves, although returned to the cosworth for the turbo models which also had coscast, and the very late DIS engines, this was to stop the issue with porous heads that the GM castings were prone to.
HTH
#35
They have been mentioned so a bit of History.
The Cosworth Vega
Jim Musser, the principal designer of the Vega engine, joined forces with Keith Duckworth at Cosworth Engineering, Ltd. UK - based Cosworth was well known for its winning British racing engines, and the plan was to explore the feasibility of modifying the aluminum - block Vega mill for Formula II racing. Ten Vega engines (without heads) were shipped to Cosworth and modification work began.
The stroke was shortened from 92.0 to 82.3mm in order to reduce the displacement from 139.5 cubic inches to 121.7 cubic inches to conform with the Formula II two - liter limit. Duckworth had also designed an aluminum cylinder head with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Three prototype racing engines, rated at 270hp each, were completed by September, 1971.
Yep ! they have a fastest one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ke7htho9Sw
The Cosworth Vega
Jim Musser, the principal designer of the Vega engine, joined forces with Keith Duckworth at Cosworth Engineering, Ltd. UK - based Cosworth was well known for its winning British racing engines, and the plan was to explore the feasibility of modifying the aluminum - block Vega mill for Formula II racing. Ten Vega engines (without heads) were shipped to Cosworth and modification work began.
The stroke was shortened from 92.0 to 82.3mm in order to reduce the displacement from 139.5 cubic inches to 121.7 cubic inches to conform with the Formula II two - liter limit. Duckworth had also designed an aluminum cylinder head with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder. Three prototype racing engines, rated at 270hp each, were completed by September, 1971.
Yep ! they have a fastest one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ke7htho9Sw
2.3 litre reved tp over 9000 rpm, made over 300 bhp on lucas mechanical injection, some were fitted with a turbo , bit heavy though.
Engine was known as a rally master and used mainly in rallycross.
Steve
#37
The Audi RS4 2.7 was done there, and I set up the engine line for the RS6 before I left.
Some Rolls Royce V8 were also assembled at Cosworth, when RR was re-building there engine plant. Also, the development of the RR engine to comply with new emission regulations was done by Cosworth. Myself and a chap called Dave assembled the first ever Vanquish S engine.
All the Aston Martin V12, Vanquish and Vanquish S, was developed and built by Cosworth.
Coscast heads are Cosworth.
A lot more goes on there, that never reach's joe public, including a lot of validation and testing for many manufacture's.
John
Some Rolls Royce V8 were also assembled at Cosworth, when RR was re-building there engine plant. Also, the development of the RR engine to comply with new emission regulations was done by Cosworth. Myself and a chap called Dave assembled the first ever Vanquish S engine.
All the Aston Martin V12, Vanquish and Vanquish S, was developed and built by Cosworth.
Coscast heads are Cosworth.
A lot more goes on there, that never reach's joe public, including a lot of validation and testing for many manufacture's.
John
We must have crossed paths at some time then,i worked on a lot of the Aston stuff as well as Rolls/bentley,YB,Fba,some of the Audi stuff also worked on the build line for the Vauxhall XE head and the Mercedes Cosworth head,that was a long time ago,lol.
Mick.
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