Ford RS200
The Ford RS200 was a mid-engined, four-wheel drive sports car produced by Ford from 1984-86. The road-going RS200 was based on Ford's Group B rally car and was designed to comply with FIA homologation regulations, which required 200 road legal versions be built.This car was first registered in 1989.
Mach 2 Ford RS200e
Specifications:
Our machine started life as a Group B Rally Car. This category was introduced to produce competition between the fastest rally machinery in the world. During the early 80s, when the car was conceived, manufacturers were obliged to produce 200 road cars in order to run in the World Rally Series. Then disaster. In 1986 Group B cars were deemed too fast to race, and Ford were left with the best rally car in the world....but nowhere to race it.- Homologation - Not Applicable
- Weight: 920 kg (2028 lbs)
- 0-60 mph: Under 2s)
- Top Speed: 140mph (Reached in under 6s)
- Engine: 2100cc Inline 4 cylinder (Coworth BDT)
- Head: DOSH 16 valve
- Fuel: Pectel T6
- Induction: Forced (30psi boost)
- Power: 840hp
- Torque: 700 ft/lbs @ 7500rpm
After the demise of Group B, manufacturers interest in them came to an abrupt halt an expensive loss, as Ford had spent around $20 million in development. However privateers still wanted the car for Rally cross, Sprints and Tarmac Hill-Climbs. So enter F1 engine builder Geoff Page of Mountaineer Racing and GT racer and race car builder Colin Blower of Colin Blower Motor sport.
The RS200E holds the 0-60 mph World Record for a road car at 3.07 seconds thus a good marque to use as a base. It didn't take long for Mach 2 Racing to select Geoff as the engine builder and Colin as the Constructor. Nobody else came close in their respective fields. Unhampered by fuel restrictions we have what we believe to be the fastest off-road racer of all time.
Is it really 840 bhp ?? In early 1998 our road car was stripped to its last nut and bolt, lightened, modified and reassembled. A BDT Evolution 840 bhp engine was prepared by F1 engine constructor Geoff Page, who has assembled the engines for almost all the competition RS 200s ever built. There are only a handful of specialists in the world who can build these engines, and Geoff is the best of the best. Running on 118 octane fuel produces extra power by way of advanced ignition timing, and this engine is the most powerful Geoff has ever prepared. It runs at 2 bar boost , and produces 840 bhp and 700 ft lbs of torque 7500 rpm. The secret is in its power delivery. The engine is controlled by a Pectel T6 management system which controls the boost as the car ascends to 14,000 ft. It also boasts a sophisticated anti-lag system to aid 'drive ability' This is no 'on or off' engine that bedeviled the Group B cars of the 1980s. We have power and control.
