ORIGINAL: DamnSkippy
I always thought supercharging a vehicle was pretty much a certain way to use it's productive live up much more quickly. Is this not the case?
What was that ford used in racing over in england that produced something like 600 hp from a 2 litre 4 but the engine was good for only one race?
DamnSkippy - are you thinking of the Ford Cosworth YB block? As used in early Escort RS Cosworth's. They were 4 - cylinder 2ltr blocks used in both racing and production cars. They were often turbo'd i never heard of them being supercharged though it would not surprise me. The YB is known for being quite a rugged engine but as with a lot of race engines they would be rebuilt after each race. The production engine is known for being able to handle 500hp on stock internals