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The Duratec engine is what the Ford WRC team use now.....they changed from the Zetec a couple of years back. The problem is that neither of them has really been tested upto 500+ bhp and 700+ Nm except for Gollop.
Phil Collards Modified Ford Ka has a 2.0 normally aspirated Duratec with 275 bhp and they're the thick end of 10 grand a piece from Mountune.
It's about time that things moved on from the YB-T engine. The new restrictor regs are supposed to open up the choice of engines and therefore makes of car but with the if you compare the cost of developing other engines (even only upto 500 brake) to the cheap proven power of a YB its a no brainer really...they'll still be grids of Fords!
At the end of the day, the engine is 20 years old and i thought rallycross wanted up to date machinery and technology.
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