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High performance engineering, precision manufacturing: Owners: CGH (Isle of Man) Holdings Ltd & Indeck-Cosworth LLC: Parent: United Engineering Industries (1980–1990) Vickers plc (1990–1998) Ford (1998–2004) Website: Cosworth.com
The Norton Challenge P86, also known as the Norton Cosworth, is a racing motorcycle designed in 1973 by Keith Duckworth of Cosworth Engineering for Norton Motorcycles.The 750 cc (46 cu in) DOHC vertical twin was essentially two cylinders from Cosworth's world championship winning V8 DFV Formula One engine.
Together with Keith Duckworth, he co-founded Cosworth Engineering, [1] a producer of Ford-funded and sponsored engines. Drivers including Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart , Jochen Rindt , Emerson Fittipaldi , James Hunt , Mario Andretti , Alan Jones , Nelson Piquet , and Keke Rosberg won the Formula One World Championship using Cosworth DFV engines ...
Known at Cosworth Engineering as Project EA, a Cosworth racing engine based on the Vega aluminum block produced a reported 260 hp (190 kW) and powered Chevron and Lola race cars to wins in the 2-liter class in their first outings. The ZO9 Cosworth Vega engine is a de-tuned version.
After only three years with Lotus, Duckworth, along with fellow Lotus employee Mike Costin, founded Cosworth, a racing engine design and development firm, in 1958.Costin was obliged to remain with Lotus, having recently signed a restrictive contract; for the first few years Duckworth worked essentially alone at Cosworth until Mike could join him.
The Cosworth ED (also called the Ford ED) was an eight-cylinder naturally aspirated engine designed by Cosworth for Formula 1, which was used at the beginning of the second 3.0-litre era from 1995 to 1997. It was purely a customer engine for smaller teams and in this function replaced the HB used until 1994, to which it was technically related.
Gene Leahy Mall, also known locally as The Mall, is a 9.6-acre (39,000 m 2) park located in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States.The park features two large slides, a sculpture garden, a remote-control boat cove, a large children's play area, and an amphitheater where outdoor concerts are held in the summer.
In contrast, the V-configuration of the Cosworth engine angled the cylinders upwards and left ample space under the car for the necessary under-body profile [8] which massively increased downforce and gave more efficient aero balance, thus increasing cornering potential and straight line speed. Ground effect British cars and DFV engines ...