I-RA iyakujabulela ukukwethula umnikazi werekhodi omusha, i-Ford Daytona Ecoboost Prototype.
Uma njengathi behlala kakhulu kuwo wonke amarekhodi ejubane aphulwa ngezikhathi ezithile, awukwazi ukuphuthelwa imininingwane yalokhu okwenzeka emhlabeni kaMalume Sam. Ithimba likaMichael Shank lomjaho (MSR), kanye nomshayeli u-Colin Braun, basanda kwephula amarekhodi ama-3 ethrekhi yejubane yamazwe ngamazwe e-Daytona.
Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuMfumfu, usuku lokwethulwa kweFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype, efakwe umndeni wakwa-Ecoboost engu-3.5-litre V6 biturbo block, ngesikhathi somcimbi we-“World Center of Speed”, umshayeli oneminyaka engu-25 ubudala u-Colin Braun endaweni eyodwa kuphela. i-lap ikwazile ukuthatha iFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype ifike ku-357km/h, yaqopha irekhodi elisha engomeni ye-Daytona. Irekhodi lokugcina lihlehlela emuva ku-1987, okwenza le mpumelelo ibaluleke kakhulu.
Ngokusho komshayeli uColin Braun, lolu suku beluyinselelo enkulu, njengoba ithimba lilahlekelwe isikhathi esiningi lilungisa yonke imininingwane ukuze imoto isilungile futhi ikwazi ukukhipha amandla aphelele eFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype.
Esikhathini esisele emzileni ithimba le-MSR lisakwazi ukushaya amanye amarekhodi angu-2 ngeFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype, sikhuluma ngamamayela ayi-10 ashesha kakhulu ukusuka entanjeni, ngesilinganiso esingu-337km/h. Irekhodi lesithathu libekwe ku-avareji engu-325km/h kwephula imaki yangaphambilini ngebanga elisheshayo eli-10km.
Ukulungiswa kwebhulokhi engu-3.5 Ecoboost yeFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype, bekunezandla zongqondongqondo bonjiniyela bemishini be-“Roush Yates Engines”, yona enobudlelwano obunobuhlakani nesigaba se-“Ford Racing”.
Ngokusho kukaJohn Maddox, umqondisi wesigaba somncintiswano we-Roush Yates, le phrojekthi yaqala eminyakeni engu-2 edlule futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umsebenzi wokuphelelisa le block ye-Ecoboost ubulokhu ukhathaza kakhulu, ngenhloso yokukhipha amandla amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo. isikhathi ukwandisa ukusebenza kahle kwayo.
Amathayi adlale indima ebalulekile ekuzuzeni amarekhodi ama-3, ngokuhlonishwa yi-Continental, eyakha ngamabomu amathayi alo mzamo oyimpumelelo.
UJamie Allison, umqondisi weFord Racing, uthe ngeke akwazi ukuziqhenya kakhulu ngeFord Daytona Ecoboost, ngoba uJamie Allison ahlomise i-prototype enenjini yokuncintisana esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza kanye nayo ebeka amarekhodi esivinini, kusho izinga le-Ecoboost. ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe kuzoba nekusasa eliqhakazile embonini yezimoto. IFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype izongena ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 2014, ngomhla zingama-25 no-26 kumahora angu-24 e-Daytona Rolex 24 futhi kamuva emqhudelwaneni we-“TUDOR United SportsCar Championship”.
Uma kusekhona ukungabaza ngobuchwepheshe obuphelelwe yisikhathi abangabusebenzisa amaMelika emncintiswaneni, iFord Daytona Ecoboost Prototype iyazihlangula ngokusobala kulokhu kucwasa. Ngezinga lokuziphendukela kwemvelo kanye nentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, okungenzeka, ngubani owaziyo, engase ibuyisele i-Ford emilonyeni yomhlaba, kulokho okungase kubonakale ekubambeni iqhaza kwesikhathi esizayo ekilasini le-LMP, ku-24H ye-Le Mans.
Nakuba ukude ekusebenzeni kwale Ford Daytona Ecoboost, buyekeza ukuhlolwa kwethu kwalesi sihlobo esikude futhi esihlonyiswe ngobuchwepheshe be-Ecoboost.
