Saw these on another forum, and immediately committed two hours to watching them. This video was taken in the mid 1980s as Ford decided to work with Cosworth, and make the move to turbocharged F1 engines.
They also took the leap from mechanical FI to EFI.
What really got me was, their methods back then were eerily similar to a modern day EFI Dyno Session (with me, anyways, making homemade custom EFI electronics on-site) these guys were 25 years ago. Oscilliscopes, Through-hole componentry, and on-the-spot customization - and debugging tach noise, ignition noise, and finding out what a bitch it is integrating sensitive electronics into an automotive applications (noise management!).
That's just part of it. They show the original sand castings of the engine, dyno tuning sessions, they kill a pinto-based motor in one session, it's pretty awesome.
Start here to kill an hour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbB1qwhKaaE
Then watch part two. AWESOME VIDS!
(sorry if this is a repost)
They also took the leap from mechanical FI to EFI.
What really got me was, their methods back then were eerily similar to a modern day EFI Dyno Session (with me, anyways, making homemade custom EFI electronics on-site) these guys were 25 years ago. Oscilliscopes, Through-hole componentry, and on-the-spot customization - and debugging tach noise, ignition noise, and finding out what a bitch it is integrating sensitive electronics into an automotive applications (noise management!).
That's just part of it. They show the original sand castings of the engine, dyno tuning sessions, they kill a pinto-based motor in one session, it's pretty awesome.
Start here to kill an hour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbB1qwhKaaE
Then watch part two. AWESOME VIDS!
(sorry if this is a repost)
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