WB9MCW
08-15-2013, 06:09 PM
http://youtu.be/tmZMwk14r4c
Street Legal
Beat out the ENZO with one liter!
May go on sale for 22K!!! Have to give Ford credit on this one - one hell of a deal on a real formula racer for the masses if they build it for the public.
They used to say there was no substitute for cubic inches. Recently, a group of Ford engineers in Europe set out to dispute that "truth" with a special one-off road-legal Formula Ford race car fitted with a three-cylinder 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine that is used to power a large number of models in Fords' European range of cars.
The unique racer has recorded the 11th fastest lap ever at the Nürburgring's Nordschleife circuit – 7 minutes, 22 seconds – higher on the list than such 600+ horsepower supercars as the Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari Enzo and the Pagani Zonda. No other three- or even four-cylinder car has posted a faster time at the legendary circuit.
Just to add weight to the accomplishment this was not a stripped down racer, instead it was made to be street legal with wheel covers, front and rear lights, turn signals, aerodynamically designed wing mirrors and a horn. The car is fitted with a 6-speed manual gearbox and was driven on road-legal tires.
See - http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/news/stunts-records/ford-sets-nurburgring-record-1-liter-formula-ford-38388
Street Legal
Beat out the ENZO with one liter!
May go on sale for 22K!!! Have to give Ford credit on this one - one hell of a deal on a real formula racer for the masses if they build it for the public.
They used to say there was no substitute for cubic inches. Recently, a group of Ford engineers in Europe set out to dispute that "truth" with a special one-off road-legal Formula Ford race car fitted with a three-cylinder 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine that is used to power a large number of models in Fords' European range of cars.
The unique racer has recorded the 11th fastest lap ever at the Nürburgring's Nordschleife circuit – 7 minutes, 22 seconds – higher on the list than such 600+ horsepower supercars as the Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari Enzo and the Pagani Zonda. No other three- or even four-cylinder car has posted a faster time at the legendary circuit.
Just to add weight to the accomplishment this was not a stripped down racer, instead it was made to be street legal with wheel covers, front and rear lights, turn signals, aerodynamically designed wing mirrors and a horn. The car is fitted with a 6-speed manual gearbox and was driven on road-legal tires.
See - http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/news/stunts-records/ford-sets-nurburgring-record-1-liter-formula-ford-38388