I thought that Mini's engine came from BMW touring car program????
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I thought that Mini's engine came from BMW touring car program????
Yes, the engine is shared for WRC and WTCC cars.
Sorry, I don’t have any information about that. Probably only information for insiders.Quote:
Originally Posted by traxx
Here’s the presentation of the DS3 WRC. At about 5:30 the engine is explained.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB5YF...layer_embedded
At 6:29 you can also see that the engine is run with full throttle (papillon 100%) at 7500 rpm.
This not looks for me as a standard cylinder head at about 00:10. Also at about 00:40 the cylinder block don’t look standard either. http://www.youtube.com/user/FordWRC?...45/GKx1s4QSuOM
That is it right there , seeing that you can design your own engine with a special block and head that is where the power and reliability is at . No need to use the stock engine with the limitations of that same engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
But they are/have pulling out of the WTCC (Privateer teams), and are currently using the 2.0L N/A engine. The 1.6L T will be in the M3 DTM car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Well then BMW has had a reliable engine in WTCC so I am going to hope that it will prove just as reliable in the WRC, with some alterations of course.
Don`t know what cylinder blocks you`ve been looking at previously but there it is on video, Citroen custom made block and Ford stock based block!Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
Regarding the Mini ( this is the Mini topic...) than at Neste rally it was explained to me that BMW has intentionally made the engine in "supersafe mode" so that both BMW and Prodrive will get as much mileage as possible from the car without engine problems. This makes sence as they need the experience and also because everyone knows that for BMW the engine is just as someone previously said a question of honour and they really want to have the best one.
According to BMW there`s alot more to come from the engine so Prodrive shouldn`t worry about that.
It's a shame makers aren't required to use a stock block; some Subarus in the early-90s were ridiculously overbuilt.
FIA allowed purpose-build block to make manufacturers without stock 1.6T engine able to join WRC/WTCC.
Interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by OldF
http://www.motorsportforums.com/wrc/...tml#post950716
Quesnel: "We've just made a new engine from nothing, we've never done it like this, so it was completely new for us. We didn't know how direct injection worked. I think the engine will be much better at the end of the year than it is now, but I can't tell you what will happen to Ford's engine. In the end, I'm sure they will be exactly the same."
He said: "In the end, they (Ford) will be exactly the same." :confused: I understand that the same engine is a custom made block and head (a 1.6 engine from nothing).