Wow. My boss [now 90] used to Rally a Mk1 Escort with a BDA twin cam motor in it. I'm talking from memory of a lifetime ago but can remenber it idling & clattering away from straight cut gears or sequential gearbox? i dunno maybe wrong there but man did that thing turn on. Came to him via Australia with a single cam 2 liter ford in it but the other motor & stuff arrived later as part of the deal. Had been a Hanu Mikolas car i believe.

                                                     [img]http://www.motorcyclesport.co.nz/documents/tw/BDA Rally Car splash co-driver Evelyn Drummond Lismore Forest 16 Sept 78. Winner.jpg[/img]This particular car was actually built by the Boreham, U.K. based Ford works rally workshop for the 1974 World Championship Rally season, and was driven by Finnish ace Hannu Mikkola in the English RAC event.Subsequently the car was sent to Ford Australia & driven by Bob Watson & co-driver Jeff Beaumont, before being purchased by Tim Gibbes in 1975, when we prepared it for the 1976 New Zealand Rally season. Specifications of the Yamaha - as we called it as Tim Gibbes Yamaha sponsored it - BDA 2 litre Rally car Engine  2 litre alloy block with chrome plated cylinders. 90.4mm bore. Developed by Brian Hart Ltd., Essex, England Crankshaft  Nitrided steel, stroke 77.62mmConnecting Rods  Cosworth Steel . Pistons  German Mahle forged racing type. Cylinder Head  16 valve modified Ford BDA  Belt Drive ArrangementCompression Ratio  11.6 to 1 (quite low for this type of engine, but built for Safari. Camshafts  Twin Overhead with belt drive. Ignition  Lucas Opus ElectronicCarburettors  Twin Weber 45mm DCOE side draught. Minimum Horsepower  230 bhp at 7,500 rpm. Minimum Torque  168 lbs/foot at 6,000 rpmEngine rev limits  8,000 maximum continuous. Quite slow revving for this engine type. Lubrication System  Dry Sump with scavenge pump. Oil tank in boot.Clutch  Triple dry plate Borg & Beck unit. Gearbox  German built ZF 5 speed wide ratio. Brakes  Four wheel disc, Front ventilated type.Rear Axle  German made ZF limited slip locker diff with Ford Atlas axle. Electrical System  12 Volt with 24 Volt starting arrangement.

Sorry for mucking up this post with car stuff--couldn't help myself. Copied the info from my bosses page & some of it might even be true haha. I know he damn near ran the shop out of money playing rally cars [Yamaha shop].

Mbutchers wow sounds like a fun job to me I’m sure it can be hard at times but the reward probably makes it worth it yea I’ve done a few show cars Mustangs and some drivers 

RT325 interesting stories glad you shared 

Great stories guys. We currently have a BDA in the workshop. Such an awesome car. The fun to be had from such a small engine. Great noise and goes like a rocket. We recently did one of the FEV cars. One of Ford's own rally cars. Based on the Lotus twin cam. The photo shows FEV in the background and BEV in front. That was an ex Jean Todt car that competed in the Monte Carlo rally.