Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth: unya

SEKUDLULE IMINYAKA ETHATHU ICosworth ushiye uphawu lwakhe emgwaqweni nasendleleni, kepha igama lakhe lisaqhubeka liyinsumansumane namuhla. Kuwo wonke umuntu owayesemusha ngesikhathi Uchungechunge lwezintaba Edliwe e-England, e-Europe, e-Australia nakuWorld Touring Championships, iCosworth inendawo ekhethekile enhliziyweni, yona kanye indawo lapho izinkumbulo ze-gargate zikhona. amathayi ukushibilika eqhweni, ilangabi livaliwe ama-gutters futhi umjaho wezimoto omuhle kakhulu futhi owedlulele owake waba khona.

Awazi ukuthi ujabule kangakanani ukuya lapho RS500... Inkinga yensumansumane yangesikhathi esedlule ngukuthi phezu kwakho konke obukulindele, ubeka engcupheni yokuphoxeka, ikakhulukazi uma imoto okukhulunywa ngayo ingekho egiyeni lokulwa, kepha iyindlela elula ejwayelekile yomgwaqo. Akusizi ukuthi ukugcina kwami ​​uku-RS500 bekusekupheleni kweXNUMX, lapho umngani kababa wami angiphakamisa futhi enza izinwele zami zaba mpunga ngokwesaba. Ngisakhumbula ukuthi bekunjani izolo: ukubona ukuthi kufana neSierra ejwayelekile, kepha ngaphansi kwehodhi bekukhona injini ngezincazelo ze-BTCC, ezithuthukise i-500 hp. Lapho ukusakaza wazama ukukhipha wonke la mandla phansi, kodwa kwakungenakwenzeka ukuvimbela amasondo ekushibilikeni. Angisoze ngikhohlwa umsindo le njini eguquliwe yenjini Bamba namathayi ashile nodlame lwabo oluyiziqhumane. Kwakungekho nkulumo yokusangana ebusweni bomshayeli nayo. Imvamisa agijimisa ngayo izandla zakhe ezijulukile phezu kwejean lakhe ngaphambi kokungena emotweni bekufanele ingenze ngabona ukuthi akukho okuhle ebengikulindele ...

Esikhundleni salokho, njengomuntu oqulekile ngokweqiniso, ngamukela indawo ayenginika yona futhi kwakudingeka ngibone umzabalazo womuntu owephuza ngokweqile kuCosworth futhi osenkingeni enkulu lapho turbo wangena esenzweni. Le yimizuzu eyishumi ecindezela kakhulu nokusabisa engake ngayisebenzisa emotweni kuze kube manje. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngithole isiqinisekiso sokuthi kunokuthile okuhlukile futhi okuhle kakhulu kule moto, ngisho nangaphambi kokuvela kwamanye amazwe ase-Italy donsa ndawonye... Ngakolunye uhlangothi iCosworth bekungumbhalo wesiNgisi weGT-R Skyline. Imoto ebibukeka yakhiwe ngqo ukuze icwengisiswe futhi ipakishwe inani lezimanga, kuze kube yilapho cishe ingasasebenziseki.

La RS500 Lo mgwaqo ubulungiswa ngokukhethekile, wenziwa ngokuya ngemithetho kaGroup A futhi wakhiqizwa njengama-prototypes omgwaqo angama-500 ukuvumela uhlobo lomjaho ukuthi lubambe iqhaza ebugebengwini. Umsebenzi wokuguqula izimoto zomgwaqo ezingama-500 eCosworth zibe yimigwaqo yomjaho engenakulinganiswa wanikezwa wona Aston Martin I-Tickford kaMilton Keynes. Ngubani owaba ngowokuqala ukuhlanganisa uhlu olude lwezinguquko ezizoguquka Uchungechunge lwezintaba umgwaqo kwinganekwane yeTouring Car.

Ngokusobala, izinguquko zithinte kakhulu injini, khona-ke ifreyimu futhi 'i-aerodynamics... Isitshalo samandla esithuthukisiwe seCosworth sasinebhulokhi ebiyelwe ngodonga olujiyile ukubhekana nalokhu okukhulu Garrett ephendulwa T31 / T04. Kwakukhona nepompo entsha yokunikeza amandla umjovo osizayo (inguqulo yomgwaqo yayinezine, inguqulo yezemidlalo yayineyisishiyagalombili) intercooler air-to-air ngaphezulu ukugcina izinga lokushisa lilawulwa. Amaphoyinti wokunamathisela wezingalo ezimisiwe okwesikhashana afakiwe ezingeni le-chassis. Kodwa-ke, izinguquko ezibonakala kakhulu ngokuqhathaniswa nenguqulo ejwayelekile yilezi isigaxa ngaphambili ngokufakwa komoya okwengeziwe,i-eleron engemuva esebenza kahle ngokwengeziwe ngomphetho ophezulu ovelele nenye umonakalisi okungeziwe ku-tailgate.

Konke lokhu kwehluka kunikeza RS500 i-aura ekhethekile noma eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu kamuva. Le moto iyamangaza kakhulu ukuthi awunazwi lokuthi uyibuke kanjani, futhi nginesiqiniseko uma ngiyilandela namhlanje ekuseni. Ushubile futhi unolaka, futhi uyaqonda ngokushesha ukuthi unenganekwane phambi kwakho. Umkhiqizo weBlue Oval ngeke ube nentelezi kaHelix, kepha uma uphile ukubona Iqembu A awunandaba, ngoba kuwe le moto iyindlovukazi.

Angikhumbuli ngigcina ukubona omunye emgwaqweni, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi labo abangazange babhujiswe engozini baqoqa uthuli egalaji elithile elifudumele, futhi inani labo liyakhula unyaka nonyaka. Ngakho-ke leli yithuba elingandile lokugibela i-classic yanamuhla.

LAPHO IMISANGO YOMSEBENZI IVULA futhi Uchungechunge lwezintaba Okumnyama kuvela ebumnyameni besalon ngangimangele: Angimkhumbulanga emncane futhi ezacile. Futhi angizange ngikhumbule nokuthi wayemncane kangakanani imibuthano Amasentimitha ayi-15. Ama-Interiors ajwayelekile Ford ama-eighties asheshayo noma uhlanganise Amapulasitiki imigqa eyisikwele esabekayo nepheya likhululekile futhi elisekelayo I-Recaro in i-velvet, isiteringi inkulu futhi ibukeka ishibhile, kepha uma uyihlola, uyazi ukuthi yinhle. Ngisho isigwedlo eside Isivininiokubonakala ngathi kuthathwe eTransit akukuhle noma kuhle, kepha akunandaba: into esemqoka ukuthi Ibhokisi legiya le-Borg-Warner T5 egibele eSierra iyalawuleka futhi inembile.

Lapho ngiphendula ukhiye ICosworth I-valve ye-YBD 2.0 16 ibonakala iyangabaza, bese iyakhala futhi ihlezi endaweni eqinile, engenzi lutho. Ngamazinga esimanje, 224 hp. (I-20 ngaphezu kwe-Sierra Cosworth yasekuqaleni) ayiningi, kodwa njengoba i-Cosworth inesisindo esingaphezu kwe-1.200 kg, lokhu kwanele. Lapho Bamba icijile kakhulu futhi ekuqaleni kunzima ukuyihambisa ngejubane eliphansi, ngenkathi ukuqondisa и amabhuleki ngokushesha bakunikeza ukuphepha okwengeziwe.

Amakhilomitha okuqala asebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuthi zingakanani izimoto eziguquke maqondana nokunakekelwa, ikhwalithi, umsindo, ukudlidliza, ubulukhuni, ukulawula nokudonswa kokushaqeka, kungasaphathwa umuzwa wobuqotho obudluliswa yizakhiwo eziqinile kakhulu namuhla. Kulokhu iCosworth ikhombisa yonke iminyaka yayo. Ekuqaleni, lapho ushayela ukhululekile ukumazi, awukuqondi lokho injini unayo esitokweni. Ngakho-ke umangala ngokwengeziwe lapho uvula impintsha ngokuqinile emgwaqweni ocacile futhi ekugcineni i-Garrett turbo iyavuka ikukhahlele ngemuva.

Indawo yethu yiNorth Yorkshire - sifuna ukuchitha isikhathi nayo Uchungechunge lwezintaba emigwaqeni enonhlokodolobha u-A, mtshele ukuba welule imilenze yakhe futhi avumele uDean Smith athathe izithombe ezithile ezifanele le nsumansumane. Ngokudabukisayo, ihlobo elibalele lika-2013 selidlulile futhi lithathelwe indawo ubusika obubandayo obenziwe nge-asphalt emanzi nesibhakabhaka esimpunga. Kepha, ngaphandle kwezimo ezinhle, ICosworth ushayela ikhilomitha lomgwaqo wombuso nomgwaqo omkhulu ngokuphazima kweso, umbingelela ngezithupha nangezinye izenzo zokubonga ngokusobala njalo lapho simisa igesi. Kuvela ukuthi angingedwa othanda lokhu okudala, okungajwayelekile Ford.

Lapho ekugcineni sifika eHatton-le-Hole nemigwaqo emihle, ebabazekayo enqamula amaxhaphozi aseNyakatho Waste, angikho esimweni sokugijima. RS500 futhi ubone ukuthi uyakwazi yini. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho ngiyokwazi khona ukuthi ngabe le nganekwane ye-motorsport isengakhuthaza imizwa yokushayela enamandla kuwe, noma uma ngabe iminyaka yamuva nje yenza umehluko. Ngenhlanhla, angizange ngilinde isikhathi eside ukuze ngithole.

Lapho umgwaqo ucacile, uCosworth uyavuka. Udinga indawo ozovula ngayo turbokepha lapho ekugcineni enawo wonke amandla aqinisekiswe yinjini noGarrett, akusekho muntu omnqandayo. Kuyamangaza. KU-IN Injini yeCosworth ayibushelelezi kakhulu, noma ibukhali kakhulu, kepha ngaphezu kwe-4.000 rpm lapho i-turbo ivuka, ukuqhuma kwamandla okwenziwe yi-turbo ekuhlula amandla kunxephezela i-phlegm ngama-low revs. Ngisho umsindo kumnandi, uhlobo lokukhonkotha okukhulu ngekhwela le-turbo ngemuva. Amagiya amade ukuze ukwazi ukusebenzisa kahle i-torque futhi akuvumele ukuthi usuke kwesithathu uye kwesine kudeshi owodwa oqhubekayo. Ukusheshisa kuhle ngokunikeza umbani ukudlula ngokushesha, kepha kuthatha isikhathi esiningi ukusisebenzisa ngokugcwele. Ukulethwa kwe-turbo akukhona okungazelelwe futhi kufushane kakhulu, kepha noma kunjalo, ububanzi bokusetshenziswa bukhulu impela futhi kufanele uhlele kahle ukuze ukusebenzise ngokugcwele.

Ngokunamandla RS500 lena imoto yakudala yesikole: ukubambelela kunesizotha kepha kuyabucayi, futhi isikhalazo okusobala. KU-IN ukuqondisa ingumsizi wamandla, kepha futhi inkulu futhi iyakwazi ukulawuleka, ngaphandle kokubangela ukwethuka. Uhlala wazi kahle ukuthi hlobo luni lokubamba olukhona ngaphambili, futhi lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi ungene emakhoneni ngesivinini esikhulu kakhulu. Kunoma iyiphi ijika ifreyimu ukusheshiswa kwe-lateral, kuhlala kungathathi hlangothi futhi kuthunyelwa ku okweqile kufanele umnikeze okuningi.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi Uchungechunge lwezintaba ithanda ukukhukhuleka. Ungamelana nokuqondisa ngentando, okuyinto enhle ngoba ukuguquka kusuka ekubambeni okumanzi kuyashesha kakhulu. Ukulawula ukunqamula, kufanele uqaphele kakhulu i-accelerator ukuze ungafuni kakhulu kusuka turbo... Kodwa-ke, uma wenza ihaba kolunye uhlangothi, i-traction iyancipha, futhi ngayo i-oversteer. Kuyakhohlisa, kepha kufanele ngoba uCosworth uyahlanya lapho wazi ukuthi ungayisebenzisa kanjani.

ISierra ayithetheleli amaphutha kalula, kuqhubeke kumanzi i-asi engemuva ivame ukwehluleka ukubhekana nokuqhuma okungazelelwe kwamandla okwenziwa yi-turbocharging, hhayi ngisho kulayini oqondile, kepha kuthathu (futhi nakwesine, uma umugqa oqondile okukhulunywa ngawo unezinkinga eziningana noma ukudideka, ngisho nezincane kakhulu ). Udinga ukuzwela kakhulu ngayo futhi ufunde ukuqonda lapho i-turbo ivula: udinga ukulalela inothi injini okukuvumela ukuthi wazi ukuthi ama-revs azokhuphuka nini futhi lapho injini isizoqhuma, okwenza izikeyiti amathayi... Kuzwakala kuyingozi futhi kunjalo, kepha uCosworth nakanjani uzonakwa. Futhi-ke, ake sibhekane nakho, lokhu kuyingxenye esemqoka yokuthandeka kwayo.

Ngejubane eliphansi ukushaqeka okumunca bagxume kancane, kodwa lapho isigqi sikhuphuka, izinto ziba ngcono. ICosworth iphatha izigaxa nokubamba ngokuzethemba futhi ihambisa izindlela eziqondile, ezihlanzekile emakhoneni amade, asheshayo. THE amabhuleki ziyamangalisa, zinamandla amakhulu futhi ziyaqhubeka. Iphedali inamandla futhi ikuvumela ukuthi uhlasele umgwaqo ngokuphepha okuphelele, uthembele ngokuphelele emandleni ayo wokumisa.

Ngaphezu kokusebenza kahle emijahweni yangaleso sikhathi, usashesha nanamuhla. ICosworth? UDean Smith umi phambi kwami ​​enqoleni entsha yesiteshi i-Focus ST, engiholela ezansi emigwaqeni ejiyayo, emanzi yaseYorkshire. Ukuqhathanisa lezi Fords ezimbili ezisheshayo kuyathakazelisa. IFocus inenzuzo maqondana nezidingo, kuthi uma uDean evula igesi, ashiye uCosworth ngemuva, okumele alinde. turbo uvuka ulahlekelwe yizinyawo, aqhaqhazele lapha nalaphaya ngaphambili, okulwela ukuthola ukubamba. Kodwa-ke, lapho ukushesha kwenzeka, i-RS500 iyashesha ukulandela futhi ilulame ngokushesha, inokudonsa okuningi namabhuleki angcono. Lapho evula mpintsha futhi, i-ST iyagxuma igxume bese iSierra ishibilika phezu kwamathayi nezikhumba. Ngizama ngayo yonke indlela esondweni leCosworth, kepha angikwazi ukuxhumana noDean, enginesiqiniseko sokuthi angahamba ngokushesha okukhulu. Kepha ngibheja ukuthi ungijabulela kakhulu.

Futhi kulapho ubuhle bulele khona RS500... It has a rough ngandlela thile futhi ine ingaphakathi esabekayo. I-Turbo lag ihaba, futhi ngenxa yokukhululeka nejubane elahlekelwa ukudonsa ngamandla, uhlala ubeka engcupheni yokuba ngaphandle komgwaqo. Futhi-ke kuyamangaza. Lezo zikhathi lapho ufuna ukubambeka, ukuvula impintshi ukuqala i-turbo, ukuphatha ukushesha okukhulu ngochungechunge lwamakhona kuyamangalisa. Ukungasho ukuthi lo mgwaqo uvumelekile Ford phatha indawo yesinye sezikhathi ezijabulisa kakhulu ze-motorsport. Lokhu kuyenza ikhetheke ngokwengeziwe futhi, noma ngabe ayinayo i-exoticism etholakala kolunye uphawu Iqembu ALancia Delta Integrale, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kuyindlela yakudala engenakulinganiswa. Kungakho, ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka, kuseyinganekwane.