Formula Ford EcoBoost. Street Legal Racer on Road and Nürburgring - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

WB9MCW · 08-15-2013

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/...ula-ford-38388

USAFPILOT · 08-15-2013

bad ***...for 22K I would do it.

08-15-2013	#1
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Formula Ford EcoBoost. Street Legal Racer on Road and Nürburgring 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/...ula-ford-38388 __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln Last edited by WB9MCW; 08-15-2013 at 06:24 PM.

08-15-2013	#2
USAFPILOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Spring TX Posts: 1,348	Re: Formula Ford EcoBoost. Street Legal Racer on Road and Nürburgring bad ***...for 22K I would do it. __________________ 1994 #293 ZR-1 Stainless Works Long Tube Headers, B&B catback w/ X-Pipe, 18" Shelby Series One Wheels, SLP CAI.