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1M Mondeo Fast Ford Magazine, June 2014 Words Dan Williamson £1MPhotos Chris Wallbank MONDEO The most expensive BTCC car ever built is, as you’d expect, completely bonkers! 68 FAST FORD BTCC MONDEO hen Ford sets out to win, winning big is the only option. The Woriginal GT40 was Uncle Henry’s revenge against Ferrari. The Sierra Cosworth came about because Capris were being trounced by Rovers. And as for the Mondeo Super Touring, it was the Blue Oval’s budget-busting way to blow away every rival in the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) – a task it managed so easily that the 2000 crown was won by halfway through the season. But success for the Mondeo didn’t come without heaps of failures. Indeed, after years of dismay, it wasn’t until late in 1999 that Team Mondeo – run by Prodrive on behalf of Ford – started to scalp the opposition. The car on these pages was an integral part of that process. Chassis 004 was the final Mondeo Zetec constructed by Prodrive for the 1999 season, and driven by Anthony Reid during the latter half of the year. Its main achievements FAST FORD 69 Prodrive-built 2.0-litre V6 is a 300bhp work of art! The highly-tuned V6 features a host of custom parts – including these exhaust manifolds Extinguisher system and battery are mounted as low and as centrally as possible 70 FAST FORD BTCC MONDEO were battling through easily expendable. TECH SPEC BTCC MONDEO Snetterton’s night race, Which explains why, after its and picking up a third place usefulness was over, this million- ENGINE WHEELS AND TYRES at Silverstone in the last race pound Mondeo was discarded, Ford/Mazda KL 1998cc, 24-valve, OZ magnesium 9x19in wheels with of 1999. and sold on to the privateer alloy-block V6 built by Prodrive with Dunlop 210/650/19 tyres Not bad, but this particular circuit-racing fraternity. completely custom-made alloy cylinder EXTERIOR Mondeo was also used by Alex Schooledge is the car’s heads and internals, six throttle bodies Steel production line-modified Prodrive to develop parts for current custodian, having with carbon fibre inlet, Pectel engine Mondeo Zetec five-door bodyshell the all-conquering 2000 BTCC purchased the machine five management, custom exhaust rebuilt by Prodrive with custom front weapons, being put into testing years ago from a well-intentioned manifolds, dry sump wings, alloy inner wings, fixed duties over winter with some of former keeper. “It was owned by POWER polycarbonate/Isoclima windows, the fanciest hand-built goodies a guy who bought it directly from 305bhp-plus @ 8500rpm carbon fibre front splitter and rear ever seen on a tin-top racecar. Prodrive,” he recalls. “He kept it as wing something to look at more than to TRANSMISSION IT’S IN YOUR HEAD race, so it had been sitting around Xtrac six-speed sequential gearbox OVERALL WEIGHT We’re talking about cylinder for ten years in an open barn. with triple-plate carbon fibre clutch, 975kg without driver Xtrac viscous/mechanical differential, heads that were said to cost I was looking for a project, so I custom-made driveshafts and mounts INTERIOR more than Formula One parts. made him an offer.” Centre/left-mounted Sparco Circuit 2 Underfloor aerodynamics using a To most of us, deciding to BRAKES race seat, Sparco harness, Mondeo flat-bottomed fuel tank. An engine buy a retired, bona fide touring Water-cooled AP Racing six-pot front half-dashboard, Pi instrument display, mounted so low and far back into car would be an astronomical calipers and 380mm ventilated discs; Sparco steering wheel, carbon fibre the bulkhead that the custom- gamble. And to Alex… Well, it was four-piston rear calipers with 280mm panels, integral roll cage, driver’s air made driveshafts ran through the no different. Despite spending discs, driver-adjustable bias pedal box blower ducting mounted under vee of the V6 – itself a scarcely- half his working life restoring SUSPENSION dashboard recognisable unit based on the motorsport machines (alongside Koni/Prodrive hand-built coilover THANKS Ford Probe’s Mazda-sourced his dad and a crew of mechanics, remote dampers, custom-made Ben Chaplin (mechanic), Penny and powerplant, reduced from 2500cc known as Outpace Racing), suspension arms, uprights and mounts, Luke for the graphics, Steve Stripe to two litres for BTCC eligibility, nothing prepared him for the adjustable anti-roll bars front and rear (engineering), Vinny Reeves (engine/ and overwhelmingly reworked by complexity of rebuilding a full-on mechanical) Prodrive in minute detail. BTCC legend. Team Mondeo was the epitome He groans, “It took three times of no-compromise, no-excuses, longer than I expected because cheque-book motorsport. it had got into a bad state and “It was the epitome of no- Changes were made without a I didn’t realise how much second thought, and each mega- work would be involved.” compromise motorsport” budget racecar was Bodywork repairs FAST FORD 71 “ This particular car was used by Prodrive to develop parts for the all-conquering 2000 cars” presented the biggest Rumour has it that Ford selected chassis rails were strengthened, zero protection. Which explains problems, due partly to 100 shells from the Genk factory, and the roof was temporarily why Alex found a whole load of minor battle scars, but chopped, changed and slimmed removed to install a beautifully corrosion beneath the decals. mainly owing to rust. Yes, this is down the steelwork, then intricate roll cage. He says, “I thought it just essentially a low-mileage Mondeo continued assembly at Prodrive’s In the quest for ultimate weight needed a respray, but it was hatchback plucked from the Banbury headquarters. reduction, no primers were easier to replace than repair. The production lines 15 years ago, but The inner wings were replaced used prior to painting – there original stickers had to be scraped that’s where the similarity ends. by curved 2mm alloy sheets, the was just one glossy coat, and off because they’d been on so long, and we stripped it down to a bare shell. “It would take a day and a half to make standard doors fit (their height is okay but you’d never get one to close where the rear quarters are beefed up), so we cut and shut new door skins.” BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Fortunately, the hand-made steel front wings (they’re massively flared over 19in magnesium wheels, allowing plenty of steering lock) were fine after a bit of prep work, and are backed up by a spare pair in case of future incidents. The plastic front and rear bumpers are new Mk2 Mondeo parts, their insides hacked away for lightness. Rather than risk future rot, Alex opted for a bare-metal respray comprising several coats of primer, two blue, two Massive 380mm brakes means yellow, with lacquer on top. this Mondeo stops... instantly! Half a day was then spent 72 FAST FORD BTCC MONDEO Looking good sat up on its air jacks BUDGET? WHAT BUDGET? Team Mondeo was from the main case – Racing, Reynard and rumoured to be the all tested and timed to Cosworth. By the end most expensive saloon perfection. of the first year, the car racing setup of As for the engine, it’s Mondeo had scooped all time, with figures only just recognisable its first win, but the of £8,000,000 to as the Mazda-sourced following season was £12,000,000 reckoned Ford Probe 2.5 V6 an onslaught. to run the 2000 on which it’s based. The existing team season alone. Bits were chopped of Alain Menu Even the 1999 off, many were and Anthony Reid team was budgeted welded up, and plenty was joined by at £4,000,000 to were completely Rickard Rydell, who £5,000,000, with remanufactured; 40 finished the BTCC each car costing individual parts were championship in first, £850,000-plus to build, welded to the heads second and third spots plus at least two of alone. Chances are, respectively. Between everything as spares. even the allegedly them they won 11 For example, the ultra- production-spec of the 24 races, trick Koni/Prodrive cylinder block was and scooped the dampers were roughly little more than similar manufacturer’s crown £6,000 each, and there to look at. But there’s for Ford. were three sets per no denying it worked. Major rule changes car per track; instead When Prodrive took meant there was no of changing settings over Team Mondeo Team Mondeo for they’d swap the for the 1999 and 2001, but most of the dampers completely. 2000 seasons, Ford cars live on – either Similarly, the six-speed was keen to develop as polished museum Xtrac transmission has cars under one pieces or hard- different gear clusters roof – until then, it charging combatants for each race circuit, was a combination in the Super Touring PSP IMAGES which simply unbolt of West Surrey Car Trophy. Anthony Reid pilloted this very car during the 1999 BTCC season FAST FORD 73 BTCC MONDEO Check out the beautiful (some may say unnecessary) carbon trim panels designing an exact replica of the 1999 livery. The polycarbonate windows were refreshed, with the front and rear ’screens made from Iscoclima, which doesn’t steam up. The finishing touches were those dramatic super touring wings, now reinforced and recovered with new carbon fibre. COMPLETE PACKAGE Mechanically the Mondeo was complete, albeit not race-ready. The recently-rebuilt (hugely expensive) engine sealed the deal for Alex, featuring 2000-spec upgrades (682 of 806 components were reputedly modified or changed by Prodrive from the previous Cosworth setup), along with a host of as-new spares.
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