Cosworth to enter ALMS in 2007?
10-16-2006, 09:46 PM
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Cosworth to enter ALMS in 2007?
Cosworth is rumored to be involved with bringing two Courage LC70 LMP1s to ALMS with backing from an existing team in motorsports.
http://feedmesportscars.com/node/1266
Cosworth has a new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8
http://www.cosworth.com/content.php?...5&contentid=73
http://feedmesportscars.com/node/1266
Cosworth has a new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8
http://www.cosworth.com/content.php?...5&contentid=73
10-17-2006, 01:07 AM
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The British race engine specialist debuted its DFV engine in 1967 through cash from Ford.
Cosworth currently supplies Williams, which will become Toyota's first customer team next season, and Toro Rosso, which also is expected to use the Ferrari V8 after sister-team Red Bull Racing secured Renault engines for 2007.
In 1966 Colin Chapman (Lotus Cars founder and principal of Team Lotus) persuaded Ford to bankroll Keith Duckworth's design for a new lightweight Formula 1 engine. Cosworth received the order along with the £100,000 that Ford felt it adequate to spend on such an objective. The design merged two in-line four-cylinder FVA units (as used in 1.6 L form in Formula 2) into a single 90° V8 engine, thus creating a legend in its own right, the DFV (standing for "double four valve"). This engine and its derivatives were used for a quarter of a century, and it was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. Winning 167 races in a career lasting over 20 years, it was the product that put Cosworth Engineering on the map. Although originally designed for Formula One, the engine has been modified to be used in a range of categories.
The DFV won on its first outing, at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix in the hands of Jim Clark, fitted to a Lotus 49, and from 1968 was available for purchase to any F1 team that wished it. During the 1970s it was not uncommon for almost the entire field (with the notable exception of Ferrari) to be using one of these engines (this at a time when independent wealthy individuals could buy exactly the same engine off the shelf that was also being used by McLaren et al). Most teams just built a tub around a Cosworth DFV and a Hewland gearbox. It won a record-holding 155 World Championship races, the last being Detroit in 1983, powering a Tyrrell driven by Michele Alboreto.
Cosworth currently supplies Williams, which will become Toyota's first customer team next season, and Toro Rosso, which also is expected to use the Ferrari V8 after sister-team Red Bull Racing secured Renault engines for 2007.
In 1966 Colin Chapman (Lotus Cars founder and principal of Team Lotus) persuaded Ford to bankroll Keith Duckworth's design for a new lightweight Formula 1 engine. Cosworth received the order along with the £100,000 that Ford felt it adequate to spend on such an objective. The design merged two in-line four-cylinder FVA units (as used in 1.6 L form in Formula 2) into a single 90° V8 engine, thus creating a legend in its own right, the DFV (standing for "double four valve"). This engine and its derivatives were used for a quarter of a century, and it was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. Winning 167 races in a career lasting over 20 years, it was the product that put Cosworth Engineering on the map. Although originally designed for Formula One, the engine has been modified to be used in a range of categories.
The DFV won on its first outing, at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix in the hands of Jim Clark, fitted to a Lotus 49, and from 1968 was available for purchase to any F1 team that wished it. During the 1970s it was not uncommon for almost the entire field (with the notable exception of Ferrari) to be using one of these engines (this at a time when independent wealthy individuals could buy exactly the same engine off the shelf that was also being used by McLaren et al). Most teams just built a tub around a Cosworth DFV and a Hewland gearbox. It won a record-holding 155 World Championship races, the last being Detroit in 1983, powering a Tyrrell driven by Michele Alboreto.
10-19-2006, 06:53 PM
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I emailed Cosworth the following question:
Will Cosworth use their new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8 in Le Mans
racing next year?
Their response:
At this time we are not sure if we will be involved
in LMP1 racing.
Thanks.
Ken Anderson
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Cosworth, Inc.
Will Cosworth use their new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8 in Le Mans
racing next year?
Their response:
At this time we are not sure if we will be involved
in LMP1 racing.
Thanks.
Ken Anderson
Sales/Marketing
Cosworth, Inc.
10-22-2006, 12:26 AM
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10-22-2006, 12:53 AM
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The fastest thing I have ever been in, besides a plane, was a Cosworth powered super seven. I guess it was some indy car motor. It had some very trick exhaust. The 5 inch pipe going down the passenger side, burnt the crap out of my leg, when I got out. Stupid fast!!!
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Originally Posted by micro
I emailed Cosworth the following question:
Will Cosworth use their new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8 in Le Mans
racing next year?
Their response:
At this time we are not sure if we will be involved
in LMP1 racing.
Thanks.
Ken Anderson
Sales/Marketing
Cosworth, Inc.
Will Cosworth use their new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8 in Le Mans
racing next year?
Their response:
At this time we are not sure if we will be involved
in LMP1 racing.
Thanks.
Ken Anderson
Sales/Marketing
Cosworth, Inc.
but he did not say LMP2?
10-22-2006, 08:37 AM
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Is it too much of a stretch to imagine Cosworth and Prototype
Technology Group working together on something?
While BMW is pulling out, PTG seems like they still intend to return
in 2007.
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Technology Group working together on something?
While BMW is pulling out, PTG seems like they still intend to return
in 2007.
.
Silly season is in full swing.
10-22-2006, 07:06 PM
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PTG did sound like they would return to ALMS next year, but with some other car.
Cosworth didn't say P1 or P2.
The Cosworth engineers get a cake for their last race with Williams F1.
2006 Brazilian GP
Cosworth didn't say P1 or P2.
The Cosworth engineers get a cake for their last race with Williams F1.
2006 Brazilian GP
10-22-2006, 08:03 PM
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I don't think there is any word between Cosworth and don't.
Information from the April, 2006 issue of Race Tech magazine on the new V-8:
The RaceTech article says that the base weight is 130 kg but there is 5 kg that could be machined off. The "all-up" weight including exhaust, turbo, wastegates, and turbo cradles is calculated to be 160 kg.
Information from the April, 2006 issue of Race Tech magazine on the new V-8:
The RaceTech article says that the base weight is 130 kg but there is 5 kg that could be machined off. The "all-up" weight including exhaust, turbo, wastegates, and turbo cradles is calculated to be 160 kg.
10-25-2006, 06:44 PM
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Asked about next spring’s joint venture at Long Beach with the American Le Mans Series, Kalkhoven said, “I think that the concept of sports car racing on Saturday and Champ Car racing on Sunday is a good formula for our fans. I think we’ll see more joint races in ‘08.”
The tie-in is more than promotional, as he admits Cosworth has developed an ALMS engine, but won’t say more about it. “We’re under a confidentiality agreement.”
- http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...5/TOC01ARCHIVE
The tie-in is more than promotional, as he admits Cosworth has developed an ALMS engine, but won’t say more about it. “We’re under a confidentiality agreement.”
- http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...5/TOC01ARCHIVE