LAST EVER Ford Mondeo V6 BTCC Built!

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Жыл бұрын

Down at Goodwood, we got to film the last ever Ford Mondeo British Touring Car ever built! It has the V6 engine with a whole lot of goodies built by Andy Rouse. This car is an instant classic and will hopefully live on for many more years!
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@simocreations Жыл бұрын

90’s touring cars 👌🏼

@BigPatViggen Жыл бұрын

This maybe the last ARE built Mondeo, but this is far from the last Mondeo V6 in the BTCC. West Surrey racing picked up where ARE left and raced the facelifted Mondeo. Prodrive then inherited the program later on, still with the V6.

@MrChrissk Жыл бұрын

I did think myself that this was not the last. Having done a little research I believe the last of the V6 Mondeo's were the ones at the end of the supertourers era. The MK2 hatchback drove by A. Menu and A.Ried, can't remember the 3rd driver, think there was 3. It started as a production V6 found in the st24/st200 but was downsized to a 2ltr displacement to meet the regulations at the time. Believe it produced a little over 300bhp. Correct me if I'm wrong. And finally this being one of the first versions of the Mondeo in the btcc was based on the saloon and were they called Si ? As the original ST branded FORD was the 24 MK2, unless the st170 focus was out before, can't remember.

@posniknelb6114 Жыл бұрын

The engine started life as a Mazda 2.5 v6 from the ford Probe, not the duratec ford v6 from the ford Mondeo

@MrChrissk Жыл бұрын

@@posniknelb6114 OK, the info I read on Google said from the Duratec. As I said, I did very quick research whiles eating my breakfast lol.

@posniknelb6114 Жыл бұрын

The road going Mondeo's used the American duratec v6

@fontheking5 Жыл бұрын

Ford and Cosworth who tuned and built the engines for the Super Touring BTCC Mondeos from 1993-1999 ( In 2000 Prodrive who ran the BTCC Mondeos in 1999 & 2000 took the engine development inhouse, since they were not satisfied with the work Cosworth had done in 1999, since the engine lacked power compared to the rest of the grid ) , decided to use the Mazda derived 2 .5 liter KL V6 engine as the base engine, since it was slightly smaller in size and lighter as well, rather than the American derived Ford Duratec V6 from the road going Mondeo. The engine was destroked from 2.5 liters to 2 liters to comply with Super touring car rules, since all cars HAD to run 2 liter naturally aspirated engines with around 300 hp, and a revlimit of 8500 rpm. The rules also said that the engine could come from any car from your parent company, so Ford, who owned Mazda at the time, and Cosworth decided to go with the Mazda engine instead. The pros of this engine was top end power and great sound, but downsides were reliability issues throughout it`s life, ( untill Prodrive built their own engine in 2000 ) and a lack of low and midrange tourque compared to the 4 cylinder opposition ( except Volvo who ran a 2 liter n/a 5 cylinder engine derived from the Volvo 850 / S70 2.0 with a 20 valve head ) www.supertouringregister.com/document/148/

@Patty-qy8qh Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! The super tourers are such an amazing era of motorsports.

@markb9571 Жыл бұрын

Love the super tourers for how they optimised the factory stuff and hung the engines so low and far back. I think the os driveshaft goes through the v of the engine on these!

@theberengersniper 10 ай бұрын

Not on these ones it doesn't, the engine in these Rouse-built Mondeos was in a much more 'standard-ish' location, meaning a lot of its weight was over the front axle. That's part of the reason these Mondeos weren't terribly competitive. Much later though, when Prodrive took over engineering the Mondeos for 1999 and 2000, the V6 was mounted such that one bank of cylinders was horizontal with the ground and the crank was right up against the bulkhead. In those cars the transfer shaft did indeed run through the vee.

@johnp6636 Жыл бұрын

Technically not the last v6 Mondeo touring car as they used the MK2 mondeo for BTCC and that was also V6

@AUDIOFUNKTION1 Жыл бұрын

Love that mondeo and those wheels would love a set of those in a road fitment (4/5 stud) which I don't think you can get or they ever made could be wrong but type of wheel that suits any car I think. Keep the touring videos coming would like to see the Laguna, Peugeot 405/406 any tourer really. It's so interesting the engineering and design behind them. 👍🏻

@Piele Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing you covering this! All these years just looking at photo's and specs wasn't enough.

@Thanks69yugay Жыл бұрын

Excellent work by the team

@hugger3374 Жыл бұрын

Stunning car

@singlecams 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your touring car videos ❤I have wanted to see close up videos like this since I first went on internet! 😅

@delvingoddard2359 Жыл бұрын

Great videos asall ways thanks for up loads mate.

@LOUDsam190 Жыл бұрын

Cracking videos mate keep them coming 👍🏻

@JohnHonda101 Жыл бұрын

Great video and good commentary by yourself. I did laugh when you said "stop - Start straight".

@lukeharris2826 8 ай бұрын

BTCC was the best. Everyone wanted there dads cars, 406, mondeo, vectra etc to look like them beasts!! Good times.

@fontheking5 Жыл бұрын

Last Mondeo built by legendary Ford racer Andy Rouse Engineering, and the last saloon Mk1 Mondeo to be built for the BTCC, since in 1996, West Surrey Racing took over the project, and they decided to run the Mk1 hatchback Mondeo in the BTCC, and 1996 was the worst year for the Mondeo in the BTCC, they were built by Schubel Engineering in Germany, and were finished very close to the season opener, so an underdeveloped and undertested car ran in the 1996 BTCC, whit a big lack of speed and reliability problems to boot. In 1997 and 1998, the facelifted Mk2 Mondeos were used by West Surrey Racing, this time built by Reynard, and 1997 was another dissapointing year for Ford in the BTCC, and leading driver Paul Radisich left Ford in the end of 97, for a very poor 1998 season in a Peugeot sadly, in 1998, the late Will Hoy did win a wet race at Silverstone, it was the first win for the Mondeo in the BTCC since Kelvin Burt won at Snetterton in 1995 in a Mk1 Saloon Mondeo, just like the one in this video. In the end of 1998 Ford hired legendary firm Prodrive to run the BTCC Mondeos in 1999 and 2000, and things improved alot, since the 1999 Mondeos were a massive improvement over the earlier versions, but sadly, in 1999 it was again let down by a lack of power and reliability from the 2 liter naturally aspirated Mazda KL derived V6 engine, with around 300 + hp and a revlimit of 8500 rpm ( super touring car requirement ) so in 2000, Prodrive took their engine development inhouse, and it make a big difference, since in 2000, they were outstanding, and the Mondeo sounded fantastic as well, this year, and they took all 3 places in the point standings this year, with Alain Menu being the champion, ( The 3 remaining factory teams all ran 3 cars in 2000 to make up for the drop out of several makes after 1999 ( Volvo Nissan and Renault, due to the very high cost of developing and running these mega machines ) in 2001 Super touring was replaced by the new BTC rules, which was cheaper and simpler, and attracted new makes as well, like MG and Proton. In the ETCC Super touring cars run untill the end of 2001, when the new Super 2000 rules replaced them. In Sweden, Super touring was replaced in 2003 by the Super 2000 rules.

@mossy.... Жыл бұрын

You have come a long way over the decades mate.. Wish you all the luck in the world.... Never thought id be watching you on YT haha.. Your content is bang on mate. I enjoy watching ...

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

🙏 thank you brother. You put in the hard word it pays off. An some of the stuff I am working on currently pal is mind blowing pal. I am looking forward to sharing it to the world. Comments like this especially from people who know me personally makes doing this even better, an I hope pushes people into chasing there goals.

@SteveAndrewsGaming1973 Жыл бұрын

The best looking touring car from Ford

@stugill4513 Жыл бұрын

i was working for a main ford dealers back in the day and every week i went into andy rouse place in coventry had a coffee and watched these being built , ps its not the last built andy built some left hand drive for dtm , then west surry racing took over building the mondeo s

@geertterharmsel 27 күн бұрын

those look like early 90´s proflex shocks. never knew they did racing shocks.

@ciaranburke3243 Жыл бұрын

Very cool 😎

@karlsanderson8127 Жыл бұрын

Didn't the audi quattro have the alternator on the gearbox as well so it didn't rob the engine power

@the72inc73 Жыл бұрын

Remember Nigel Mansell wrecking one of these

@JonJon-dk3nh Жыл бұрын

Superb filming of all the parts on the car. Some others talk about it whilst facing the camera at them. Subbed !

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@Manic-172 Жыл бұрын

You truly are a vauhall fan😂... at 1.40 lol you say "vauhall wanted to keep running the v6" hahah

@the3doorking293 Жыл бұрын

VERY NICE. 👍👍 ANY UPDATES ON THE XR4I..?

@chrisswann2868 Жыл бұрын

Proper!😀

@markstorer7204 Жыл бұрын

Clearly rubs on full lock........tbh no surprises from this era 👍👍👍👍

@cossie_sully8462 Жыл бұрын

Love it so much however I do prefer the mk2 super tourers mondeo, which is still btcc however, still amazing sound and amazing to look at

@markmall7142 Ай бұрын

Alternator on drive shaft is a common mod. Easier engine packaging. You'll gain one or HP Alternator can easily be slowed down if necessary.

@andybtec Ай бұрын

If the alternator used 2hp to drive it it doesn't matter how it's driven it will still need 2hp wether it's driven by the engine or drive shaft

@markmall7142 Ай бұрын

@@andybtec Its not on the primary source of power and as mentioned that is just one reason for doing it .

@AAs-vb7pv Жыл бұрын

Is it a Mk1 wold love to build one with a cosworth v6 and rwd

@michaeledwards427 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic car, have loved touring car racing for years. My son's even more enthusiastic than me, despite being only 24, he obviously didn't get to witness trackside the 90's touring cars (aka very expensive banger racing which basically it was!!) Also where we live there used to be race team on a nearby trading estate. When the race team had left and the old unit was being cleared my son was helping his cousin to clear it. In a corner of the yard sat a ford mondeo touring car bumper with EXACTLY the same livery as this car. This bumper, rather than ending its time in a skip now sits in our garden shed, We're not to sure what we're going to do with it or if it's worth anything, especially considering how much damaged panels go for at btcc meetings. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

@timashmore2616 Жыл бұрын

I would defo get in touch with the guys who own this car, the bumper is obviously a very rare article and they may pay and good whack of money to have a spare 😎

@kester270 Жыл бұрын

I'd gues the alternator being driven off the driveshaft would either be because of space being an issue or probably because it wont be taking power through drag coming directly off the engine. As the car is not sitting idling for long the battery will have enough charge until the car strats moving.

@sponge9883 3 ай бұрын

The idea was it didn't load up the engine. Changing the belt - if it snapped during a race - was much easier when you have one zip tied to the block!

@brianleonard9115 6 ай бұрын

I have a l4 that came in the scorpio its 2.3 supposedly if the mk5 rs2000 head is fitted compression goes to 1:11 i also have hilift cams does anyone know if this is worth doing

@pawelw6579 3 ай бұрын

Whats the brake horse?

@deanskidmore4495 3 ай бұрын

Mansell won in a mondeo in the rain!

@benbirch2393 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know Michael Bisping did car reviews!

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

I will do it with one eye closed next time just for you 👍🤣🤣🤣

@d4ve587 Жыл бұрын

I miss those opulent motorsports days 😭😲🤣💪💪

@sponge9883 3 ай бұрын

The last Rouse cars, not the last V6 Mondeo. You are factually incorrect on a number of points. I was race engineer on these for 5 years.

@zsracer7830 Жыл бұрын

Why is it when a race car is started up they rev them like that? Is it better than leaving the engine to just idle

@kevinpaynter 10 ай бұрын

Cam overlap can be an issue with idle. Fuel and water vapour buildup in the inlet and or exhaust can also be an issue when idling so the blip helps clear the intake and exhaust. It also aids in moving water through the system. Because the battery voltage is lower when the car stands still, it might also be a bit more rich, so blipping again clears excess fuel out. And it sounds cool.

@matthewc.419 Жыл бұрын

I wonder why vaxhaull wanted to push the v6 ???🤔 " I'm a FORD bloke mate " I could lick that car 4 ever 😝😝😝😝😍😍😍😍

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

Vauxhall on the brain from working on the cavalier on our own with no team that weekend 🤣

@stephenking9271 Жыл бұрын

ARE lost the contact for the mondeo to WSR I don’t believe it had anything to do with wanting to run a 4pot. Yes Rouse believed that route was likely a better package but there was benefits from the v6 too. Ford decided on the v6 route here, not forgetting this is well into Mondeo competition. ARE already developed the original Mondeo BTCC cars & this was the aero super touring car era . ARE loosing the Ford contract was more the management looking after their own IMO however that’s another story. Last Mondeo BTCC car built by ARE not the last Mondeo built for BTCC. At the time the Ford 2ltr 16v zetec had a very small close valve area which is obviously not ideal. ARE took the Mazda produced 2.5v6 & destroked it to 2ltr’s & got the project going until Cosworth Technology started the engine project & supply. Owner CNC AS is the man who knows this car in & out as he built in period @ARE. Great car proper BTCC super tourer & shame current crop are not as these cars where because the BTCC hit its high point in that era & now far from the exciting days of the BTCC. Andy Rouse proper engineer, old school extremely clever talented individual. Remember a topic on who was best driver in that era & Rouse v Soper was the final. No disrespect to Soper here but he doesn’t even get close to Rouse! Most if not all where arrive & drive guys, Rouse was engineer, team owner, boss, driver all rolled into 1 & he was hands on too he knew EVERYTHING about his cars because he built them. Build develop set them up, probably mapped on his own engine dyno’s (be it Cosworth did later engine) support & race. Good to see the old Zytek ignition fuel adjustments. Think of Ford in BTCC & ARE Rouse Sport was the combination for me, shame it didn’t carry on. He stands alone as Mr BTCC IMO & will never see another like him.

@TwinEngineCorsa Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for the comment. I wish you was stood with me while filming. It’s hard to get into detail on a subject I know very little about. I am glad the video inspired you to educate me in some history. Many thanks 🙏

@stephenking9271 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely no problem great you did a feature. Alan could have dealt with the exact facts but I presume running the car he’s a busy man. Like to see Andy Rouse interviewed if he would agree & I would fight my way through potential interviewers to quiz him on his history outlook & views. Really hope he will write a book & I am 100% certain Motorsport people would buy in bucket loads. In fact imagine if I wrote it!

@fontheking5 Жыл бұрын

The book Ford In Touring Car Racing is your bible when it comes to Mondeo super touring cars, as is the Total Fords Magazine Special Edition copy called " Performance Mondeos " If you can find it, i highly recommend it, it had a full feature of why the Mazda KL v6 engine ( from the Ford Probe / Mazda MX6 ) was used instead of the Mondeo Duratec V6 engine, the KL engine was a smaller and lighter unit, which matters in racing, small differences can make a big impact on the track.

@procta2343 6 ай бұрын

@@fontheking5 prodrive did say their cars engine was a like a swiss watch and one the most expensive touring cars ever built

@procta2343 6 ай бұрын

@@TwinEngineCorsa i managed to see a the one in blue and white one there. Not sure if that one was one of Andy Rouses cars, it was at knock hill when they were doing some sort of event, at the btcc years ago, 5 touring cars of that era were up there, Only 4 were on the track. The fifth one just stayed on show, which was the audi 4x4. Johns Cav , David Leslies Nissan, Honda Accord and the Ford Mondeo in blue and white. Not sure if that is the one in your video, in a different livery. I Know Johns had been restored recently, and Honda had been still used as a race car at the time too.