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Ford Mondeo (1993)

Drive from the engine then passes through an AP Racing 5.25 inch carbon-fibre plate clutch into an Xtrac gearbox. In keeping with the new trend at the time, the gearbox was a six speed sequential shift type, with no synchromesh, attached to the side of the engine and feeding the front wheels via Xtrac drive shafts. A plate type limited slip differential was used initially, but this was later replaced with an FFD supplied Viscous Coupling version before the end of the season.

ARE designed and fabricated the Mondeo's racing suspension from scratch, based upon the configuration of the road going car as dictated by the rules. This means MacPherson struts at the front and a Quadra-Link independent layout at the rear, however each component is individually built by ARE.

ProFlex pressurised gas shock absorbers are used all round, which ARE customise to their own specifications, and these are used in conjunction with Eibach springs. The cars also have front and rear blade type anti-roll bars, which can be adjusted by the driver during the race via a cockpit lever next to his seat.

ARE fabricate the suspension stub axles which are fitted with twin Timken wheel bearings, bolt on steering arms and wheel hubs. AP Racing provide the cast-iron brake disks, measuring 14inch front and 12 inch rear, as well as the air cooled 6 pot and 4 pot calipers, which had also been used on the World Rally Escorts. Performance Friction carbon metallic brake pads are used all round.

The 18 X 8 inch single piece alloys are located by 4 drive pegs and are held in place with a single central nut. Slick Yokohama tyres cover each wheel.

Within the Mondeo's stark cabin, the driver is seated in a single Cobra seat with harness and steers with an obligatory Rouse Moto-Lita steering wheel through to a standard non-assisted Ford rack. Next to the seat is the gear-lever, roll-bar adjusters and LifeLine fire-extinguisher.

The basic Mondeo dash is retained, but the standard instrumentation is replaced with a Stack data acquisition module. The Stack system features a large central analogue rev counter flanked by two banks of digit readouts, each of which can be programmed to offer a variety driver information, such as basic pressure or temperature readings or lap-times.


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