### Ford Lotus Cortina in the early sixties Walter Hayes, a former journalist and chief PRARD Ford, turned to Lotus Bossa Colin Chepmen with a request to prepare a two-door Cortina according to Group 2. Does it look somehow modest? But there are a lot of differences from the usual “din”! For example, the “mechanics” box from the Lotus Elan sports car, a modified suspension (especially the back with springs instead of a springs) and part of the body of aluminum elements. The main thing is the 1.6-liter double-sized 8-valve Twin Cam (106 hp) based on the Ford “four”.
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Questions arose to the reliability of the first generation, but the car adequately performed in high-ring-ring competitions. Scot Jim Clark (two -time Formula 1 champion, recognized as one of the greatest racers in history) won the British Saloon Car Championship championship on it. And this is only one episode of the Ford Lotus Cortina racing career.
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### Ford GT40 The Middle Monster Monster does not need to be performed. His steep adventures shot the bright film “Ford against Ferrari”. And it all started with a big scandal. The American auto giant could not grab a delicious piece in the form of the Ferrari racing team and received a tough refusal of Enzo Ferrari himself, as he wanted to personally lead a motorsport unit. The boiling point was the Americans’s refusal to allow its equipment to the Indianapolis 500 race in the event of a transaction. In revenge, Ford created a Supercope to punish the arrogant “pasta” on his own field. Including, in a 24-hour marathon in Le-Man, where Italian cars uncompromisingly dominated.
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First, the GT40 broke and left the competition, so since 1964 the program was handed over to the legendary racer and designer Carroll Shelby and his Shelby American company. The track record of the car is amazing-it won in Le-Man from 1966 to 1969! The first triumph was the GT40 MK II with a 7.0 -liter V8 engine (the essence of the adapted unit for the American championship NASCAR) and a four -speed manual gearbox.
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### Ford GT40 MK IV History MK IV is simultaneously beautiful and very tragic. In fact, we have before us a rethinking GT40 (with the exception of a seven -liter V8, gearboxes, a number of suspension and brake components) with an emphasis on streamlines and relief. The mass is 1207 kg, 136 kg less than MK II. In August 1966, Supercar was tested at the Riverside International Raceway Aviation River, leading Ken Miles. At the end of the high-speed straight line, he got out of control and crashed. The racer died. The trial showed that the disaster is guilty of aerodynamics – more precisely, the lack of anti -wing, which would reduce the lifting force. This moment was taken into account and, in addition, installed a safety frame from the steel pipes A la NASCAR, which significantly increased passive safety.
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MK IV participated only in two races of 1967-“12 hours of Sebring” and “24 hours of Le Man”-and won both. And in the daily, he squeezed out incredible 343 km/h on a straight mulsanne. That triumph is symbolic for Ford as an American manufacturer: the chassis of the early GT40 (MK I – MK III) were built in the UK, and MK IV – completely in the States of the Ford division of Kar Kraft.
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### Ford Escort RS1800 rally is another sphere of interests of Ford Motor Company, in which the concern showed enviable perseverance and never gave up. BC fought the Escort RS1800, very combat-ready, with the rear drive wheels and the 163-hp in 253 hp) with a volume of 2.0 liters fought. Engineering, multiplied by the skill of Bjorn Valdegard, Ari Vatanen and Hannah Mikkola allowed to win many races, twice the world championship in the individual standings (1979 and 1981) and the Cup of manufacturers (1979).
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Road homologation RS1800 is extremely rare, 109 copies were built. The engine is “one and eight” with a 16-valve cylinder head (115 hp).
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### Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth Fantastic “Cossy” is the fruit of one of the most effective collaborations between the Ford concern and Cosworth. The standard RS hatchback with a two -liter “turbo -drive” and the rear -wheel drive is concocted for admission to the racing group A. RS500 Cosworth – evolution with further upgrades. For example, forced a 227-horsepower engine with many innovations-a more productive Garrett AireSearch T04 turbocharger, intercooler, fuel pump and intake system. A spoiler under a huge “whale tail” is a RS500 chip. The circulation, as you probably already guessed, is half a hundred pieces.
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The rapid ascent of the Sierra in the ring races began just with the appearance of a formidable RS500 Cosworth. Here are a few facts: Super Hatch won the Japanese Touring Car Championship championship (1987–1989), Australian Touring Car Championship (1988 and 1989), British Touring Car Championship (1990), as well as a number prestigious races. In particular, twice Australian Bathurst 1000 and a daily marathon on nurging and spa.
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### Ford Mondeo Super Tourer in appearance – almost serial mondeo liftback, but in fact one of the most sophisticated and advanced cars of the Super Touring British championship BTCC (British Touring Car Championship). Ford in this case has nothing to do with it. Super Mondeo has left the PRODRive engineering center and is globally different from the serial namesake. The V6 engine with a volume of 2.0 liters with six individual throttle shutters is based on the “two and five” factory. In short, from 806 of the main components, 682 parts are modified or replaced. Power – over 300 hp at 8500 rpm.
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Super Tourer arranged for competitors a complete variety in the 2000 season. He won 11 out of 24 races, and the pilots performing on it took the first three places following the results of the championship (Alain menu took Gold). Plus leadership in the Cup of Designers. Mondeo would continue to smash everything in its path, but in 2001 the rules changed, and the “super turring” era ended.
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### Ford Focus WRC on the one hand, this rally car is considered unlucky. Famous pilots were driven on it, including Colin Macray and Carlos Sayns, but none of them managed to win the championship title. On the other hand, the hatchback fought like a tiger! In 2006 and 2007, the Cup of Designers won. During the 11-year career, he took part in 173 stages, won 44 and in total brought pilots to the podium 142 times.
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Let’s recall the requirements for the WRC rally cars in those days-operating from 1997 to 2010. A serial “body” with a circulation of at least 2500 copies was taken as a basis. It was allowed to increase the operating volume to 2.0 liters, use the boost and anti-lag system (with a restrictionist with a diameter of 34 mm at the inlet, the power was about 300 hp), all-wheel drive and a sequent gearbox. It was also allowed to redo aerodynamics. The minimum permissible weight is 1230 kg.
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### Ford Falcon “Fords” was driven not only in Western and Asian series. Australia is where the real drama unfolded! The coolest V8 Supercar championship has recently been a brutal battlefield between sworn enemies – Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore from General Motors. The Falcon (as translated from English Falcon) was now developed by a closed local unit and had no analogues in the range of the European and American Ford. One of the titled is a sedan with the BA of the Intra -West Index: He won the championship from 2003 to 2005.
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Falcon probably reminded you of Mondeo, but there is an abyss between them. The Australian Ford is built on its own chassis with a longitudinal layout of the power unit. As for the racing, it has a five -liter lower V8 with two valves per cylinder (630 hp), a six -speed “mechanics” and a suspension on double transverse levers in the front and back.
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### Ford Fiesta WRC A very successful rally car, who won the world championship in 2017 and 2018 under the direction of Frenchman Sebastien Ozhier, “sawed” to a new racing regulation. The cars then became more powerful and sophisticated. In particular, the diameter of the restriction at the inlet was increased from 33 mm to 36 mm, and the return of 1.6-liter “turbocers” increased from 310 to 380 hp. They allowed the use of an electronic active, an active center differential, although from 2011 to 2016 the “Center” was not used for WRC cars. Aerodynamics requirements were made more liberal.
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“After testing, I can honestly say that this is one of the most impressive models that we have ever created,” said M-Sport, Malcolm Wilson, the manager of the M-Sport racing team. Is it not true, the hatchback with developed plumage slightly looks like the legendary car car (Group B) of the eighties?
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### Ford GT LM GTE-PRO in 2016 Fords tore off the bedspread from the average GT. He replaced a retrock with a compressor V8 with a volume of 5.4 liters and at first disappointed with downsis. V6 “Three and Five” with two turbochargers-somehow not enough in the light of the athletic “eights” among the predecessors. But this is exactly until you find out about the return of up to 669 hp. Which causes burning envy of the Ford past generation. Or about the preselly seven -speed “robot” with two clutches, carbon fiber monocu, adjustable suspension of the Pushrod type and other details. All this beauty has shown itself very cool in races.
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The debut in the 24 hours of the dietons turned out to be not very triumphal: Ford GT of the conditionally serial class LM GTE-Pro occupied the seventh and ninth line. But in the daily marathon in the Le-Man of 2016 he won in his category. Exactly half a century after the grand victory Ford GT40! The tracking list of “Ji-Ti” in motorsport is very long-Supercar won in several dozen competitions around the world. You are valued to the last slide in the selection, which means that we have a bonus with us. We also advise you to get acquainted with the fast Fords, which were designated [забытой аббревиатурой XR](https://motor.ru/stories/ford-xr-legacy.htm). In addition, we have [свежая галерея](https://motor.ru/stories/10-Tough-mustangs.htm) about outstanding mustangs of different eras.
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Ford is not only mass cars, crossovers, super popular in America F-Series pickups and a cult mustang, but also the army of racing equipment. Last time, we talked about homologial machines with Schildik RS, and now let’s recall specialized shells. They lit in different disciplines around the world, on the asphalt, soil and snow. The companies brought fame and popularity, but were not always the creations of Ford himself.
