Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth: hana ʻino

HOLO MAKAHI MAKAHIKI ʻO Kosworth ua waiho ʻo ia i kāna māka ma ke ala a ma ke ala, akā he moʻolelo kona inoa i kēia lā. No kēlā me kēia mea ʻōpio i ka wā Kaulahao mauna Hana ʻia ma ka hoʻokūkū ʻEnelani, ʻEulopa, Australia a me World Touring, he wahi kūikawā ʻo Cosworth i ka puʻuwai, kahi kahi e hoʻomanaʻo ai nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻole. nā pākū heʻe hau, puhi ahi ʻauwaha a me ka heihei kaʻa maikaʻi loa a koʻikoʻi loa loa.

ʻAʻohe ou manaʻo pehea kona hauʻoli e hele i laila RS500... ʻO ka pilikia wale nō me ka kaʻao mai ka wā i hala aku nei ʻoiai ʻo kāu mau manaʻo āpau, holo ʻoe i ka makaʻu o ka hoʻohoka, keu hoʻi inā ʻaʻole ka kaʻa e nīnau ʻia ana i nā kapa hakakā, akā he ala maʻamau maʻamau ia. ʻAʻole kōkua ia i ka manawa hope aʻu i noho ai i ka RS500 i ka hopena o XNUMX, i ka manawa i hāʻawi mai ai kahi hoaaloha o koʻu makuakāne iaʻu i kahi hāpai a hoʻolōʻihi i koʻu lauoho me ka makaʻu. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ke ʻano o nehinei: ke ʻike aku e like me ke ʻano o Sierra maʻamau, akā ma lalo o ka pale ma laila ke kaʻa me nā kikoʻī BTCC, i hoʻomohala ʻia 500 hp. Ma laila hoʻolaha Ua hoʻāʻo makehewa ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu i kēia mana āpau i ka honua, akā ʻaʻole hiki ke mālama i nā huila mai ka heʻe ʻana. ʻAʻole wau e poina he kani ʻaʻala kēia mīkini ʻenekini Lālau a me nā pākū puhi ahi a me kā lākou hana ʻino pahū. ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo pupule ma ka maka o ka mea kalaiwa. ʻO ke alapine i holo ai ʻo ia i kāna mau lima sweaty ma luna o kāna jeans ma mua o ke komo ʻana i loko o ke kaʻa e hoʻomaopopo iaʻu ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi i mālama ʻia noʻu ...

Ma kahi o ka manaʻo maoli ʻole, ua ʻae wau i ka paukū āna i hāʻawi mai ai iaʻu a pono e ʻike i ka hakakā ʻana o kahi kanaka lohi loa no Cosworth a pilikia nui i ka wā pilikia. turbo hele i ka hana. He ʻumi kēia o nā minuke koʻikoʻi a makaʻu loa hoʻi aʻu i hoʻohana ai i loko o kahi kaʻa i kēia lā. I kēlā manawa, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hōʻoia aia kekahi mea kū hoʻokahi a maikaʻi loa i loko o kēia kaʻa, ʻoiai i mua o kekahi Italia exotic mai huki pū... ʻO Cosworth, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ka mana Pelekane o ka GT-R Skyline. ʻO kahi kaʻa e like me ke kūkulu pono ʻia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi résumé kupaianaha, a hiki i ka manawa i lilo ai ia i mea hoʻohana ʻole ʻia.

La RS500 Ua homologated kūikawā ke ala, hana ʻia e like me nā lula Group A hana ʻia e like me 500 prototypes alanui e ʻae i ka mana heihei e komo i ka hoʻokūkū. ʻO ka hana o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa 500 Cosworth i loko o nā racetracks kaulike ʻole ʻia Castle Martin ʻO Tickford o Milton Keynes. ʻO wai ka mea mua e hōʻuluʻulu i kahi papa inoa lōʻihi o nā hoʻololi e hoʻololi Kaulahao mauna alanui ma ka kaʻao kaʻa kaʻapuni.

ʻIke loa, pili nā loli i ka hapanui ke kaʻaalaila hōʻano a l 'aerodynamics... ʻO ka powerpla Cosworth i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kahi pahu paukū e paʻa ai ka paia e kū i ka nui loa Pohukohu Garrett T31 / T04. Aia kekahi pauma wahie hou e mana ai kahi mea hoʻopili hou (ʻehā mau mana o ke alanui, ʻewalu ka mana haʻuki) a intercooler hou ea-i-ea e mālama i ka mahana ma lalo o ka kaohi. Ua hoʻohui ʻia nā helu hoʻopili no ka semi-oscillating lima lima lima i ka pae chassis. Eia nō naʻe, nā loli ʻike nui ʻia e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka mana maʻamau puʻupuʻu alo me nā loaʻa hou o ke ea,eleron ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hope me kahi kihi luna i ʻōlelo ʻia a hoʻokahi mea hōʻino nā mea keu ma ka tailgate.

Hāʻawi kēia mau ʻano ʻokoʻa āpau RS500 kahi aura kūikawā a ʻoi paha kanakolu mau makahiki ma hope. Kupaianaha loa kēia kaʻa he hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke walaʻau ke nānā wale nei iā ia, a he ʻāpono kaʻu ke hele au ma hope o kēia kakahiaka. Kūlana ʻo ia a huhū, a maopopo koke iā ʻoe he kaao kāu i mua ou. ʻAʻole e loaʻa i ka brand Blue Oval ka nani Helix, akā inā ʻoe i ʻike e ʻike Pūʻulu A ʻaʻole ʻoe mālama, no ka mea, no ʻoe kēia kaʻa ke aliʻi wahine.

ʻAʻole wau e hoʻomanaʻo i ka manawa hope loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma ke alanui, akā manaʻo wau ʻo ka poʻe i luku ʻole ʻia i ka ulia pōpilikia e ʻohiʻohi lepo nei i loko o kekahi ʻano hale kaʻa pumehana, a ke hoʻonui nei kā lākou waiwai i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No laila he manawa kūpono ʻole kēia e holo i kahi kūlana kahiko.

KE WEHE I NA PUKA KEKAHI Workshop a Kaulahao mauna puka mai ka ʻeleʻele mai ka pouli o ka hale haʻalulu ua pūʻiwa wau: ʻaʻole wau i hoʻomanaʻo iā ia i ka liʻiliʻi a me ka lahilahi. A ʻaʻole wau i hoʻomanaʻo i kona ʻano liʻiliʻi mau pōʻai 15 iniha. Kūlike nā mea o loko Ford kanawalu wikiwiki a kāwili paha Palekana nā laina kūlike weliweli a me kahi mau ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo hoʻi Recaro in ka pahū, huila hoʻokele nui a nani ke nānā aku, akā ke nānā ʻoe iā ia, ʻike ʻoe he maikaʻi ia. ʻOiai kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi ʻO ka wikiwikika mea e lawe ʻia mai Transit ʻaʻole nani a nani ʻole, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea: ʻo ka mea nui ʻo ia Pahu uila Borg-Warner T5 kau ʻia ma luna o ka Sierra he maʻalahi a pololei hoʻi.

Ke hoʻohuli wau i ke kī ʻO Kosworth Me he mea lā ke kānalua nei ka YBD 2.0 16 valve, a laila uē a noho i lalo i kahi paʻakikī paʻakikī. Ma nā kūlana hou, 224 hp. (20 ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka Sierra Cosworth kumu) ʻaʻole nui, akā hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Cosworth ma luna o 1.200 kg wale nō, ua lawa kēia. Ma laila Lālau ʻoi loa ia a ma mua he paʻakikī e hoʻokele i ka wikiwiki haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai hoʻokele и ke kali hāʻawi koke lākou iā ʻoe i kahi palekana hou aʻe.

ʻO nā kilomita mua ka mea hoʻomanaʻo e pili ana i ka loli ʻana o nā kaʻa e pili ana i ka mālama, ka maikaʻi, leo, ka haʻalulu, ka paʻakikī, kaohi a me ka lawe ʻana i ka haʻalulu, ʻaʻole e hōʻike i ke ʻano o ka kūpaʻa i hōʻike ʻia i nā hale ʻoʻoleʻa o kēia mau lā. Ma kēia hōʻike ʻo Cosworth i kona mau makahiki āpau. I ka wā mua, ke hoʻokele ʻoe e ʻike iā ia, ʻaʻole maopopo iā ʻoe ke kaʻa Loaʻa iā ʻoe i ka waihona. No laila ua kahaha nui aʻe ʻoe ke wehe ʻoe i ka throttle ma kahi ākea o ke ala a i ka hope loa ala aʻe ʻo Garrett turbo a kiki iā ʻoe ma hope.

ʻO North Yorkshire kā mākou huakaʻi - makemake mākou e hoʻolimalima manawa me Kaulahao mauna ma nā alanui me ke kapikala A, e hoʻolōʻihi iā ia i nā wāwae a waiho iā Dean Smith e kiʻi i kekahi mau kiʻi i kūpono i kēia kaʻao. ʻO ke kaumaha, ua hala ke kauwela lā o 2013 a ua hoʻololi ʻia e kahi hoʻoilo anuanu i hana ʻia i ka aspph wet a me ka lani hina hina hina. Akā, ʻoiai ka mamao loa mai nā kūlana kūpono, ʻO Kosworth kalaiwa ʻo ia i kahi mile kilomika o ke ala mokuʻāina a me ke ala kaʻaahi i ka emo o ka maka, e aloha aku ana iā ia me nā manamana nui a me nā ʻōuli ʻē aʻe o ke ʻano mahalo nui i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e kū ai no ke kinoea. Huli ʻia ʻaʻole wau wale nō ka mea makemake i kēia ʻelemakule, kākaʻikahi Ford.

Ke hōʻea loa mākou i Hatton-le-Hole a me nā ala nani a nani hoʻi e hele i nā wahi kai o ka Northern Wastes, ʻaʻole wau i ke ʻano e holo. RS500 a ʻike i ka mea hiki iā ia. Ma ia manawa wale nō wau e ʻike ai inā hiki i kēia moʻolelo motorsport ke hoʻoulu i ka naʻau hoʻokele ikaika i loko ou, a i ʻole nā ​​makahiki i hala iho nei i hana i kahi ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole wau i kali lōʻihi no ka ʻike ʻana.

Ke maopopo ke ala, ala aʻe ʻo Cosworth. Pono ʻoe i kahi e wehe ai turboakā iā ia e loaʻa ka mana āpau e ka ʻenekini a me Garrett, ʻaʻohe mea nāna e hoʻopaʻa iā ia. Hoʻonani. MA ʻEnekini Cosworth ʻaʻole palupalu ia, ʻoʻoleʻa loa, akā ma luna o 4.000 rpm ke ala aʻe ka turbo, ka haki o ka mana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka turbo e hoʻokahuli iā ʻoe e uku i ka phlegm ma nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻOiai he kani he leʻaleʻa ia, kahi ʻano o ka hae nui ʻana me kahi wīwī turbo ma hope. Lōʻihi nā kapa i hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i ka nui o ka ikehu a ʻae iā ʻoe e hele mai ke kolu a i ka hā i hoʻokahi dash hoʻomau mau. ʻOi aku ka wikiwiki no ka hāʻawi wikiwiki ʻana i ka uila, akā pono ka manawa kūpono i ka hapa nui. ʻAʻole hikiwawe a pōkole loa ka lawe ʻana i ka turbo, akā i kekahi hihia, liʻiliʻi ka laulā o ka hoʻohana a pono ʻoe e hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hana i ka hapa nui o ia.

ʻO Dynamically RS500 He kaʻa kula kahiko kēia: akahai ka paʻa akā akaka loa, a hoʻopiʻi mālamalama. MA hoʻokele He kōkua mana ia, akā he mea nui a maneuverable nō ia, me ka ʻole o ka makaʻu. ʻIke mau ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka paʻa i mua, a ʻae kēia iā ʻoe e komo i nā kihi i nā wikiwiki loa. Ma kekahi hālau hōʻano ke hele nei i ka holo wikiwiki, noho paʻa ia a no ka hoʻouna ʻana iā oversteer pono ʻoe e hāʻawi nui iā ia.

Ma ka lima 'ē aʻe Kaulahao mauna makemake e heʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ka hoʻokele ma ka makemake, maikaʻi ia no ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ka paʻa wai. No ka mālama ʻana i ka huakaʻi, pono ʻoe e akahele loa me ka mea hōʻeleu i ʻole e koi nui i nā turbo... Eia nō naʻe, inā e hoʻonui ʻoe i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, e emi ka traction, a me ia ʻoi aku ka nui. He paʻakikī, akā kūpono ia no ka mea pupule ʻo Cosworth ke ʻike ʻoe pehea e hoʻohana ai.

ʻAʻole kala ʻo Sierra i nā kala hewa maʻalahi, ma pulu ʻaʻole hiki ke alo o ke axle hope i ka pohā koke o ka mana i hana ʻia e ka turbocharging, ʻaʻole ma ka laina pololei, akā ma ka hapakolu (a ʻo ka hā paha, inā ʻo ka laina pololei i nīnau ʻia he nui nā kūlike ʻole a me nā kaumaha, a ʻo nā mea liʻiliʻi paha. ). Me ia, pono ʻoe e makaʻala loa a aʻo e hoʻomaopopo i ka huli ʻana o ka turbo: pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i ka memo ke kaʻa e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ka wā e piʻi ana nā revs a i ka wā e pahū ai ka ʻenekini, e hana ana i nā skates nā pākū... Kuhi paha ia a he mea weliweli ia, akā ʻike ʻo Cosworth i kou nānā. A laila, e alo iā ia, he ʻāpana hoʻohui kēia o kāna leʻaleʻa.

Ma ka wikiwiki haʻahaʻa mea hoʻohoihoi lele liʻiliʻi lākou, akā ke piʻi ka hīmeni, e hoʻomaikaʻi nā mea. Mālama ka Cosworth i nā puʻupuʻu a me nā paʻa me ka hilinaʻi a hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī, maʻemaʻe ma nā kihi lōʻihi a wikiwiki. KA ke kali mahalo nui lākou, ikaika loa a holomua. Paʻa ka hehi wāwae a ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻouka i ke ala me ka palekana holoʻokoʻa, me ka hilinaʻi piha i kona mana hoʻomaha.

Ma waho aʻe o ka hana maikaʻi loa ma nā heihei o ka manawa, wikiwiki ʻo ia i kēia lā. ʻO Kosworth? Kū ʻo Dean Smith i mua oʻu i ke kaʻa hou o Focus ST, e alakaʻi ana iaʻu i nā ala wili a pulu ʻo Yorkshire. He mea hoihoi loa ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kēia mau kaula wikiwiki ʻelua. Loaʻa ka maikaʻi o ka Focus ma ka ʻōlelo o ka lawe ʻana, a ke huli ʻo Dean i ka ʻaukā, haʻalele ʻo ia iā Cosworth, nāna e kali. turbo ala aʻe a nalowale i ka wāwae, haʻalulu ma aneʻi a ma mua, e ʻaʻa nei e loaʻa ka paʻa. Eia nō naʻe, i ka hiki ʻana o ka hoʻoholomua, holo ka RS500 i ka alualu a loaʻa hou ke ola, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka traction a me nā frek maikaʻi. Ke wehe hou ʻo ia i ka throttle, lele ka ST a lele a lele ʻo Sierra i luna o nā pākū a me nā heʻe. Hoʻomaʻo wau i ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ka huila o ka Cosworth, akā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke launa me Dean, ka mea aʻu e ʻike nei ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki. Akā pili au hauʻoli ʻo ia iaʻu i ka mea nui.

A ma laila e waiho ai ka nani RS500... He ʻano paʻakikī ia ma kekahi ʻano a he ʻaoʻao weliweli kona. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo Turbo lag, a no ka maʻalahi a me ka wikiwiki e nalowale ai, e holo mau ana ʻoe i ka makaʻu ma ke alanui. A he mea kupaianaha nō naʻe. Ke nānā nei ʻoe i kēlā mau manawa no ka traction, e wehe ana i ka throttle e hoʻomaka i ka turbo, ke hoʻokele nei i ka holomua ma o nā kihi he mea kupaianaha. ʻAʻole e hōʻike ʻia ua ʻae ʻia kēia ala Ford e hoʻomalu i ke kahua o kekahi o nā wā e pīhoihoi ai o ka motorsport. ʻO kēia ka mea i ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi a, ʻoiai inā nele i ka exoticism i loko o kahi hōʻailona ʻē aʻe Pūʻulu ALancia Delta Integrale, ua maopopo iaʻu he ʻano maʻamau kēia o kēia wā. ʻO ia ke kumu, ma hope o nā makahiki he nui, he kaʻao nō ia.