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wpfri
08-09-2004, 06:25 PM
The second PSGT is comming up.Paul,Terry and I have some exciting prizes for the top finishers.We made a few changes in the presentation of the awards.You will have to wait and see!Look foward to seeing all of you there.

William
slucas
08-10-2004, 07:44 AM
Would a DFV powered Capri qualify for PSGT?
wpfri
08-12-2004, 10:30 PM
Slucas,sorry I dont know what DFV stands for.

William
ellswrth
08-12-2004, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by wpfri
Slucas,sorry I dont know what DFV stands for.

William

Oooh, a trivia question! :D

DFV stands for Double Four Valve.

Now what you really wanted to know - a DFV is a 3.0 litre Cosworth Ford V8 Formula One engine.
wpfri
08-12-2004, 10:58 PM
Thank you.

William
slucas
08-13-2004, 08:08 AM
Kieth Duckworth had a quaint way of naming his engines.
I think the DFV was made buy "joining" two Ford 105 blocks together and sticking his two cam heads on it , presto! the most successful F1 engine ever for less than $300,000.00.

There is a chance a DFV Crapri will be at Mosport this weekend.
ellswrth
08-13-2004, 09:24 AM
Originally posted by slucas
Kieth Duckworth had a quaint way of naming his engines.
I think the DFV was made buy "joining" two Ford 105 blocks together and sticking his two cam heads on it , presto! the most successful F1 engine ever for less than $300,000.00.

Yup. That's exactly what he did.

The predecessor of the DFV was the FVA Formula 2 engine. FVA stood for "Four Valve Anglia" - so when he hitched two of them together, "Double Four Valve"

Then there was the Formula Atlantic engine, which was a variant of the FVA - it had a belt drive for the cams so it was the BDA "Belt Driven Anglia"

I love this stuff! :p
slucas
08-13-2004, 10:03 AM
Do you know what BDG stood for? It was like the BDA but older I think. I saw it in the formula B type cars in Trinidad years ago but couldn't find out what it was. belt driven ...
ellswrth
08-13-2004, 10:48 AM
Originally posted by slucas
Do you know what BDG stood for? It was like the BDA but older I think. I saw it in the formula B type cars in Trinidad years ago but couldn't find out what it was. belt driven ...

I had to go to the net for this one ...

A BDG is a big variant of a BDA. The BDA as it was developed got lots of different letters in sort of chronological order.

This link has a detailed account ...

http://7faq.com/contribute/owbase/ow.asp?p=Cosworth%20BDR%20-%20it's%20history%20and%20development&a=edit

I'm wrong in thinking the "A" stands for "Anglia" - it refers to the series of engines although I'll guess they were in Anglias.
Trackside
08-13-2004, 03:31 PM
I recall Jason Holehouse ran a BDA in his Ralt RT4. They became like hens teeth for a period of time because the Pro Series needed so many of them that if you had a good block you could get pretty much anything you wanted for it, and the new ones, I don't remeber the designater BD? didn't hold together as well.

The BDA was virtually indestructable. (Anyone who saw Jason race will attest to that)
wpfri
08-16-2004, 09:05 AM
Paul,Earthshaking sound,close racing,V8s,Did I say V8s,Great weather,Great trophys,Excellent Series.

William
gregadam
08-16-2004, 05:12 PM
I would like to thank all the Puresport Gt competitors that attended the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races this past weekend.

A great turnout, great racing and pretty good weather. We can't keep doing what we love without your participation.

Thank you all

Greg Adamkowski
President, BARC-OC