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| 355.7 | BDA engine for MK1 | EEMELI::HAUTALA | Asko Eho rules OK! | Tue Feb 16 1993 15:49 | 8 |
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Anyone know MK1 engine called BDA? I know it is a very fine and
powerful engine and I think I saw one last Friday accelerating
very fast away. Sound of engine was something unbelievable!
Hannu
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| 355.8 | beastie | SIOG::KANE | The clot, thickens... | Tue Feb 16 1993 17:02 | 8 |
| RE: The sound of the engine
I remember "Autocar" saying that the Suzuki Swift GTi's engine sounded
very like an Escort BDA's (or maybe DBA ?), only a tad quieter
Ah the Suzzi Swift GTi (the smooth shaped one): *there's* a car !
Mike (Indulging; but don't we all ?)
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| 355.9 | BDA fitted to Mk1 RS1600 & Mk2 RS1800 | ELBOW::BELLINGER | | Tue Feb 16 1993 21:39 | 14 |
| RE : Anyone know MK1 engine called BDA?
The BDA engine was a developed by Cosworth and was a 16 valve engine
based around the Ford Cross Flow bottom end.
The engine was originaly fitted to the Mk1 Escort and was named the
RS1600 and was latter fitted to the Mk2 RS1800. Both cars were used
by Ford in the 70's as probably the most successful rally cars of the
time.
Both cars today are very rare, and fine examples fetch classic car
prices of around 10K pounds +
Peter.
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| 355.10 | suzuki? bah! | EEMELI::HAUTALA | Asko Eho rules OK! | Tue Feb 16 1993 21:45 | 12 |
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re -1:
Thanks for info. Do you know how powerful they were?
re -2:
I have seen those Suzuki Swift GTI:s and they like a bee
in a jar! Nothing compared to that BDA Escort. Nothing of interest.
Hannu
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| 355.11 | | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | M&M Enterprises, the CATCH 22 | Wed Feb 17 1993 11:30 | 8 |
| Doesn't BDA stand for "belt driven ancillaries" ? Meaning I suppose
that the overhead cam is belt driven ...
Quite standard these days ...
I remember hearing about the possibility of putting one of these
BDA engines in a Mini back in the late '70s, and if I hadn't
written the car off, might have been tempted ...
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| 355.12 | F2 engine ? | ULYSSE::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584 | Wed Feb 17 1993 11:32 | 5 |
| 355.13 | Mind you I've been wrong before 8^). | ESBS01::HARRIS | One testimonial short ... | Thu Feb 18 1993 11:01 | 10 |
| 355.14 | | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | M&M Enterprises, the CATCH 22 | Thu Feb 18 1993 12:29 | 6 |
| I think the BDA was based on the Ford 1500 engine, as fitted to the
GT Cortina of the 60's. This had a five rather than three bearing
bottom end, and was therefore a lot stronger.
The Anglia with 105E motor was around 1000cc and was a three bearing
motor (as was the Anglia 1200, which had the 123 motor).
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| 355.15 | those were the days ! | ULYSSE::CHEVAUX | Patrick Chevaux @VBE, DTN 828-5584 | Thu Feb 18 1993 13:01 | 4 |
| 355.16 | | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | M&M Enterprises, the CATCH 22 | Thu Feb 18 1993 13:57 | 7 |
| ...probably due to the fact that the block was designed to be suitable
for engine sizes from 1000 to 1600 cc, just by changing the crank and
conrods.
The 1000cc engine was very over square, so ran high revs no problem.
It did tend to make it a bit flat at low revs though, although this isn't
a problem for a race car ...
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| 355.17 | | WARNUT::RICE | TINY CLANGER for Prime Minister | Fri Feb 19 1993 20:39 | 3 |
| This months (March 93) issue of CARS & CAR CONVERSIONS (CCC) has a
feature on a BDA engined METRO in Jamaica.
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