| 1980 | UEI buys Cosworth Engineering
DFV Grand Prix victories=11
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| 1981 | DFV Grand Prix victories=8
Project DFL: 3.3 litre normally aspirated DFV for Group C World Endurance Championship for Makes
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| 1982 | DFV Grand Prix victories=8
Project DFVss: 90.00mm bore x 58.8 short stroke, mechanical injection, used in F1
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| 1983 | Castings manufacture heads for Mercedes-Benz and Opel
DFV Grand Prix victories=3
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| 1984 | Building begins on the Wellingborough Assembly Plant
Project KB: Opel road production cylinder head
Project WAA: Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 cylinder head
Project GB: Ford Formula 1 turbo 1.5 litre V6 engine
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| 1985 | The Duke of Kent opens the Wellingborough plant
Project YBB: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth engine 204Ps, from YAB
Castings manufacture heads for Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
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| 1986 | Castings manufacture heads and blocks for F1 turbo engine 700bhp/litre
Project EB: Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac 3400 V6 engine
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| 1987 | Project YBD: modified YBB Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth engine 224Ps
Project YBE1A: version of YBB, Ford Industrial Power Products for Panther Solo
Project DB: Pontiac Super Duty DOHC 16V engine
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| 1988 | Keith Duckworth retires; Mike Costin becomes Chairman of Cosworth Engineering; Jackie Stewart opens Costin House 22 September
Project JBA: Ford V6 single overhead camshaft engine, Koln 2.9 based
Project WAB: Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.516 cylinder head
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| 1989 | Carlton Communications buys UEI
Project WAC: Mercedes-Benz Evolution short stroke cylinder head
Project HBA: Ford Benetton Grand Prix engine, 3.5 litre normally aspirated engine
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| 1990 | Carlton Communications sells Cosworth engineering to Vickers Group
Mike Costin retires; Dr Peter Nevitt becomes Chairman
Cosworth: the search for power, by Graham Robson, first published
Project YBP: Ford Escort CE14 Cosworth engine with EEIV injection MY93
Project YBR: Ford 4x4 rally engine
Project YBT: Ford Cosworth CE14 Escort engine, MY92½ rally verison of YBG
Project FBA: Ford V6 DOHC Ford Scorpio 24v engine, Koln 2.9-based MY1990½
Project FBC 2.9L: 2.9 litre modified version of standard FBA Castings manufacture heads for Ford Scorpio
Project HBA: Ford Benetton Grand Prix engine
Project XB: CART/USA 2.65 litre turbo engine
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| 1991 | Project RB: cylinder head for L410 6.75 litre 2V V8 Rolls-Royce engine
Project SBA: 1.8 litre Ford Zeta 4 cylinder turbo engine 1991
Project WB: Ford CE99 V6 2 litre/2.5 litre
Project HBA: Ford Benetton Grand Prix engine
Project VB: Formula 1 V12
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| 1992 | Project YBV: 2.3 litre methanol burner CosInc development of YBM
Project HBD: Lotus Team Project EC: F1 V8 engine 1994
Project AC: F3000 90 degree V8 engine
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| 1993 | Chris Woodwark becomes Chief Executive
Sir Richard Lloyd, Chairman of Vickers, opens Product Development Centre, Worcester
Cosworth Racing Inc opens its new premises in Torrance, California
Project DC: 4.6 litre V8 in Ford MY98 Cobra engineering programme
Project MC: Ford 2.8 litre pushrod 12V iron cylinder head
Project HBA193B: Ford Benetton Grand Prix engine
Project HBAS8: Ford Benetton Grand Prix engine
Project AC: F3000 90 degree V8 engine
Project KCA: 2.5L V6 German Opel Calibra touring car
Project FCA: Mazda/Ford 2 litre touring car engine
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| 1994 | Project SBC: 2.0 litre 4 cylinder turbo engine
Project AD: Ford two-cylinder twin turbo
Project AC: F3000 90 degree V8 engine; it goes on to the Design Council's British Design Award
Project 1311/14/23: Aston Martin Vantage castings: cylinder heads and cam carrier
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1995 | Cosworth Engineering acquires Intelligent Controls Inc, Novi, Detroit, renaming it Cosworth Intelligent Controls Inc
Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Sir George Young, opens the Emissions and Driveability Centre at Northampton
CosIV so called as it was the fourth foundry, was opened in mid 1995 by the Right Honourable Michael Heseltine, the then Deputy Prime Minister. It produced V8 cylinder head castings for Jaguar and later V6 block castings for both Rover and Audi.
Project GE: 100 series cast iron cylinder head manufacture, Perkins Shibaura Engine Ltd
Project LF: BMW/Rolls-Royce P1000 (Bentley Java)
Project MD: Rolls-Royce twin turbo 4 litre V8 installation into BMW shell
Project WD: Volvo V10 engine
Project XD: CART/USA 1996 2.2 litre 4V
Project ECA: 3 litre Sauber
Project JD: 3 litre Formula engine 1996
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| 1996 | Charles Matthews becomes Managing Director
Project SG: Aston Martin V12 programme
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| 1997 | Cosworth Engineering demonstrates at the Korean Motor Show in Seoul
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| 1998 | The Duke of Kent visits Cosworth Engineering to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary
Cosworth Engineering Inc, Novi, becomes the first engineering service supplier to be awarded the Ford Motor Co Q1
Award
Cosworth is acquired by the Audi Group from Vickers with the Engineering, Manufacturing, Casting units (trading as Cosworth Technology Ltd). Racing unit trading as Cosworth Racing Ltd sold to Ford Motor Co; Dr Klaus Blickle and David Bate become Joint Chief Executives of Cosworth Technology
Project GJ: C170 high-performance Ford Focus main programme
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