Cosworth GBA

Cosworth GBA[1]
Overview
ManufacturerUnited Kingdom Ford-Cosworth
DesignerKeith Duckworth
Geoff Goddard
Production1986–1987
Layout
Configuration120° V6
Displacement1.5 L (1,498 cc)
Cylinder bore77 mm (3.0 in)
Piston stroke53.6 mm (2.1 in)
Valvetrain24-valve, DOHC, four-valves per cylinder
Combustion
TurbochargerGarrett
Fuel systemIndirect sequential fuel injection
Output
Power output900–1,200 hp (671–895 kW)
Torque outputapprox. 470–630 lb⋅ft (637–854 N⋅m)
Chronology
PredecessorFord Cosworth DFV
SuccessorFord Cosworth DFR

The Ford Cosworth GBA is an extremely powerful turbocharged V6 racing engine, designed and developed by Cosworth, in partnership with Ford, for use in Formula One, from 1986 to 1987.[2] The customer engine was raced by both Lola and Benetton.[3][4] In the registration lists it appeared under the designations Ford TEC or Ford TEC-Turbo. The GBA was the only supercharged Formula 1 engine that Cosworth and Ford had in the so-called turbo era, and at the same time the last new development to be used before turbo engines were banned in 1989. The Cosworth GBA competed in 1986 and 1987. Only available to selected Formula 1 teams, it did not score a win in a Formula 1 World Championship round.

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