WANTED!! Ford Bda engine pictures.

[InsaneSwede]

gimme your best shot..

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Rgds
'Insane'

[InsaneSwede]

Nobody likes Ford in here huh?

[Joekont]

The Escort Mark I RS1600 was developed after the success of the Escort Mark I Twin Cam with its Lotus twin overhead cam engine. It was obvious Ford needed to develop their own branded engine rather than use a Lotus purchased one. This engine had to meet the challenges from Ford's rally competitors.

This engine was the Cosworth-designed 'BDA' engine (for Belt-Driven type A). Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, founders of Cosworth, had been contracted by Ford to produce the BDA, initially with the idea of fitting it to the Capri coupe which was due for launch in 1969.

It was proposed in 1969 to mate the BDA to the Escort in place of the Lotus Twin Cam engine in the MK1 Escort shell.



The new car became the RS1600, with the more powerful 16-valve twin-cam crossflow engine, but otherwise was virtually the same as the Twin Cam. In road trim the RS1600 produced 120bhp at 6500rpm, ten horsepower more than the Lotus Twin Cam's 109.5bhp at 6000rpm. Ford had planned to make over a 1000 RS1600 vehicles but ultimately produced closer to 900 units.



The BDA engine had a nominal capacity of 1599cc, but by utilising the maximum throw of the crankshaft, this was increased to 1601cc in standard form, putting the BDA up into the 2-litre class, homologation rules allowing enlargment in competition trim to a full 2-litres. Capacity was raised progressively from 1601cc to 1975cc in the original iron block engine, before it was replaced with the alloy block 2-litre in 1972.

The BDA engine was mounted longitudinally, with the gearbox attached to the rear of the engine. Power was then fed via a prop shaft to the rear differential and then onto the rear wheels.

The initial batch of RS1600s were constructed at Halewood, near Liverpool, longside the last Twin Cams, which ceased production in May 1971.




Although the RS1600 was a great success it was a very specialised vehicle with the inherent problems of ownership. Ford decided to build a car along the same lines as the RS1600 but cheaper and more practical hence the MK1 Escort Mexico was born.

[paul maxwell]

if my memory serves me correct BDA units are rare as fek and cost
a fortune.

[0ddball]

whats those haenous twin cam 8v engines called, used in the sierra 2.0 glsi.

[paul maxwell]

pinto????

[InsaneSwede]

Joekont : thanks..

more more more more

i´d luv some detailed engine piccies

[Brett]

I thought it was the 1.6 Sierras that were the Pinto engined jobbers? or maybe its both....

[Colonel K]

Originally posted by paul maxwell
pinto????

Pintos are single Cam 8vs

Pintos did come as 1.6's as well as 2.0 yes

Thats about all I know!!!

[0ddball]

naa its not pinto. from the exterior it looks like a cosworth engine without the turbo.

[obbvoll]

bda lumps are rare as hens teeth these days, they also did the bdg lump as a 1725 i think.

pinto's come in many forms 1.3 ,1.6, 2.0 and a 2.3 as fitted to a few cars in south africa i think it was.
dave vizard has tuned pinto's to get 500bhp from them but not cheap.

used to play with these engines alot as raced using one. good strong engine really.

[Colonel K]

Oh.... I thought that that WAS the cosworth engine without the turbo! Doh!

I know the one.... didnt know it was 8v.... urgh

[0ddball]

naa not cosworth, theyd never put their name to that stinking pile of diseased rhinocerus pissel.

[Big Col]

you should find plenty of info at www.rsoc.co.uk

Pinto's whenever anbody mentions pinto's I think of Cortina's

Wasn't the dohc 2.0 8v lump called the I4 ?
'Heart-shaped combustion cambers' said the advert... woo hoo

[Colonel K]

Originally posted by 0ddball
naa not cosworth, theyd never put their name to that stinking pile of diseased rhinocerus pissel.

[Colonel K]

engine

Code
Manufacturer: Ford
Type: S-4
DOHC
8 valves total
2 valves per cylinder
Bore × stroke 86.00mm × 86.00mm
3.39 in × 3.39 in
Bore/Stroke ratio 1
Displacement 1998 cc
(121.925 cu in)
Unitary capacity 499.5 cc/cylinder
Max. output 125.0 bhp (93.2 kW)
@5600 rpm
Max. torque 174.0 nm (128 lbft) (17.7 kgm)
@2500 rpm
Maximum rpm
Construction
Coolant Water
Main bearings
Compression ratio 10.30:1
Fuel system Ford EEC IV fuel inj.
Aspiration Normal
Compressor type N/A
Intercooler None
Max. rpm
Specific output 62.6 bhp/litre
1.03 bhp/cu in
Specific torque 87.09 nm/litre




Doesnt seem THAT bad.... what was so hideous about them apart from comical Camshafts/Valves ratio??

[0ddball]

Originally posted by vauxmark
Doesnt seem THAT bad.... what was so hideous about them apart from comical Camshafts/Valves ratio??

the ford badge, obviously

Its just ive never heard a good word about it, defo not a cosworth bottom end, cause they are oversquare. Its like the black sheep of ford engines.

[Colonel K]

Originally posted by 0ddball
the ford badge, obviously

I knew that bit!

Ah well.

[obbvoll]

think the engine in the white car is a early lotus lump that they used. don't quote me on it thou.

if not then its a bdg i'd say not the bda.
where's mk1rs2000 when ya need him

[Big Col]

Originally posted by vauxmark

Doesnt seem THAT bad.... what was so hideous about them apart from comical Camshafts/Valves ratio??

I've NEVER been in a Ford and thought anything good about the engine. All are rough and noisy so I don't see how this one could be some kind of hidden gem.

FFS the current KA 1.3 ohv engine can trace it's roots back to the 60's

[Colonel K]

Alright alright!!! I was just asking!!!

[obbvoll]

a mk1 with a bda lump screaming through those carbs sounded mighty fine last time i heard one. they bloody quick for a car of that age. rally spec they put out 235bhp. might give a few people a surprise even now.

got that from the british ralying dvd 1970-2000. class dvd.

manta 400's in full flight also NICE

[Big Nick]

HAVE I REALLY GOT TO KICK OFF AGAIN?

[rgv_stu]

yeah go for it nick

fords are equally as good as vauxhall imo