I seen the following on a local site and although the information / spec supplied isn't exactly comprehensive i was just wondering if the Passion Ford Elite could enlighten me as to whether the power claim from this can be so?

"shes a 4,3 all steel engine, cosworth sixteen value head with twin forty five draught carbs 512bhp 450lbs foot torque!

the owner has spent in and around 16k so far constructing the engine himself. " Quote from forum




Thank you please

 

not a chance.

 

don't know why people bother with turbos if you can get 512 brake from 45s.

 

This was my view - i know of one Escort Cossie with that kinda power over here but it also has an extra 4 injectors and just a tad of boost, ooh and has a history with Turbosystems

Just wondering what type of power that engine could realistically aim for - if all was set-up / running perfect ...

 

under 300bhp i should imagine... probably around 250.

these are my guestimates

 

sounds good as i replied on the forum that i'd be more believing of about half that figure - i also asked for a full spec. Really nice car etc, just don't understand where the figure came from

 

didnt think 45s cud flow enough for 350bhp let alone 500

not a chance thats true mate

 

ne surprised if it's as much as 250 on 45s.. if they were 48s or 50s could be just under 300.

what's the 4,3 all about?

 

a cosworth sixteen value head must be the bollocks

 

well I can quarantee that power figure is crap as I helped build that car, it's a 2.4 and is running just under 300bhp on weber 48's. It's a proper Gp4 spec thing with ff atlas, AP's all round etc.

 

Well it's good to know - i assumed it was just a genuine mistake or an exaggeration- car itself is mint enough not to need any "inaccurrate" claims.






Thats another couple of pics of it at a show in Scotland i do believe

 

That's a pretty awesome spec (although there is no such thing as a Grp 4 Mk 1).

 

obviously not but it conveys to non mk1/mk2 conversant peoples in a quick manner as to what standard it is prepared to.

for info quick list of stuff,
alloy gartrac arches
round turrets
caged
2 piece link boxes
big tunnels
carbon bonnet & bootlid/seats
watts linkage
tension struts & arb
dog box
atlas with big shafts, side gears etc zf m/sport diff
twin 2 pot ap's on rear
monte carlo fronts
bespoke look
bronze polycarb
heated screen
adj billies
etc etc etc

 

how much would a car like this be worth as a matter of interest???