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One of the most successful and longest-lived projects of Cosworth has been its Indy car engine program. In 1975; Cosworth developed the DFX, by destroking the engine to 2.65 L and adding a turbocharger, the DFX became the standard engine to run in IndyCar racing, ending the reign of the Offenhauser, and maintaining that position until the late 1980s.
IndyCars with Ford engines first competed in 1935 using a production-based Ford flathead V8 engine in the Miller-Ford racer. [7] [8]With the Offenhauser 4cyl 4.4 litre engine mounted in front-engine roadsters dominating Indy 500 races since the 1930s, and with a British Invasion of successful nimble rear-mid-engine Formula One single seater coming to the US, like two time F1 World Champion ...
The 1000 in the name stood for the number of horsepower it produced. [4] It was powered by a twin-turbocharged Mercedes-Benz M117 V8 engine , capable of producing 1,000 hp (750 kW), which enables it to accelerate from 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 3.2 seconds, and could reach a theoretical top speed of 268 mph (431 km/h). [ 5 ]
Cosworth initially developed a 1.6-litre three-cylinder prototype (one-fourth of the Valkyrie's V12 engine) to make the combustion system hardware, which on its own was good for 250 hp (186 kW; 253 PS). The engine ran on Cosworth dynamometers within the first four months of beginning the project, so once the first V12 was tested after 14 months ...
Constructed principally for retail sale to consumers for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible) Had 25 or more instances made by the original vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition (cars modified by either professional tuners or ...
The Coyote mounts a 25×137mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun and two 7.62×51mm NATO C6 general purpose machine guns in an electrically driven turret. The turret features a laser-warning receiver , and mounts a total of eight grenade launchers in two clusters capable of firing smoke and fragmentation grenades. [ 12 ]
The 20V configuration was mainly designed for haul trucks. Detroit could push the envelope of the 16V (in the marine version it could produce 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) @ 2100 RPM) but it would require special parts. They wanted 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) with standard production parts, so the 20V149 was born.
At the time it was an extremely competitive design, offering at least 1,300 hp (970 kW) from a 23-liter displacement; the contemporary Rolls-Royce Merlin offered about 1,000 hp (700 kW) from 27 L displacement, while the contemporary German competitor to the 35-litre displacement Junkers Jumo 211 engine, the Daimler-Benz DB 601 inverted V12 ...