Ford Ranger in 8th Position Dakar

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car - Scratch ranking stage
Pos. N° Name Mark Time variation Penalty
1
300

PETERHANSEL (FRA)
COTTRET (FRA)



MINI
03:38:19 - -
2
301

AL-ATTIYAH (QAT)
CRUZ (ESP)



MINI
03:41:57 00:03:38 -
3
304

ROMA (ESP)
PERIN (FRA)



MINI
03:44:17 00:05:58 -
4
302

DE VILLIERS (ZAF)
VON ZITZEWITZ (DEU)



TOYOTA
03:49:07 00:10:48 -
5
309

HOLOWCZYC (POL)
ZHILTSOV (RUS)



MINI
03:56:25 00:18:06 -
6
312

CHABOT (FRA)
PILLOT (FRA)



SMG
03:56:43 00:18:24 -
7
317

GARAFULIC (CHL)
PICARD (FRA)



MINI
04:03:45 00:25:26 -
8
308

ALVAREZ (ARG)
GRAUE (ARG)



FORDhttp://www.dakar.com/dakar/2014/us/rider/308.html
04:04:34 00:26:15 -
9
307

TERRANOVA (ARG)
FIUZA (PRT)



MINI
04:08:09 00:29:50 -
10
315

LAVIEILLE (FRA)
GARCIN (FRA)



HAVAL
04:09:28 00:31:09 -

[simon varley]

and 7th in their class. I'm impressed they are still running, in their first Dakar.

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Click on the link and it tells you how the car was prepared...extensive testing in South Africa. They have done very well for a first attempt. Hope they will be back in 2015.

[Polyal]

Is there info on the 5.0 they are running? It says Ford Racing, wonder how much support they got and why thy wouldnt use a Raptor?

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Originally Posted by Polyal

Is there info on the 5.0 they are running? It says Ford Racing, wonder how much support they got and why thy wouldnt use a Raptor?

The two Ford Rangers that will compete in the 2014 Dakar Rally are 4×4 Double Cabs fitted with Ford’s aluminium block 5-litre V8 that produces 260kW of power and 560Nm of torque. Fuel consumption will be heavy, especially on sandy parts of the course where the V8 Ranger will drink around 90L/100km. On tarmac sections of the rally fuel economy drops to 28L/100km.

To cope with its prodigious thirst the Dakar-prepped Rangers will carry a total of 500L of fuel capacity. This means that this V8 Ranger tips the scales at a hefty 1,975kg. While the cabin has been stripped out and fitted with a race-certified roll cage, the V8 Ranger does have one creature comfort usually denied to race car drivers: air conditioning.

Whereas buyers of full production Ford Rangers have a choice between regular automatic and manual transmission, the Dakar-ready Ranger uses a 6-speed sequential automated manual. The Dakar Ranger features a limited-slip differential (LSD) on both the front and rear axles, uprated Brembo brakes (water cooled at the front and air cooled at the rear), and rides on 16-inch alloy wheels clad in 245/85 Michellin tyres.

Unlike the Rangers that are sold in Australia, that are built in Thailand, the V8 Rangers set to compete in next year’s rally are built in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Pietermaritzburg is the base for Neil Woolridge Motorsport which is overseeing the production of the two racing V8 Rangers.

Lucio Alvarez and Ronnie Graue will man the first V8 Ranger, while the second V8 Ranger will piloted by Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst.

The 2014 edition of the Dakar Rally will take place from January 5 to 18 with competitors racing over a 8,500km course from Rosario, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile. The Dakar Rally, formerly the Paris to Dakar Rally, no longer takes places in Africa between its namesake locations due to problems with terrorism and the like.
http://www.betweentheaxles.com.au/fo...kar-rally-2947
http://www.ford.co.za/about/ford-racing/dakar-2014

[FERG_51]

They are doing very well in their rookie year against the mite of the factory Mini team.

[1TUFFUTE]

Hope they get footage up on utube! Love to see this in action.

[Spurious]

Ford ranger....Dakar...I'd like to see someone buy a ranger at a dealer & enter it straight into the Dakar. Won't happen!
This vehicle (Vehicule?) has basically nothing in common with a factory ranger other than it's shape.

"oh it's about a ford, I'd better start a thread"!!!

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by FlivverFord

Ford ranger....Dakar...I'd like to see someone buy a ranger at a dealer & enter it straight into the Dakar. Won't happen!
This vehicle (Vehicule?) has basically nothing in common with a factory ranger other than it's shape.

"oh it's about a ford, I'd better start a thread"!!!

You have your grumpy pants on this morning. Chin up its Sunday.

That would be like saying why bother talking about V8SC's, or WRC, or pretty much every other motorsport other than showroom sprints as they have almost lost all their "factoriness" aswell.

Im more interested in the 5.0 fitting, how etc...if the rest of the world wont get a F150 then why not offer the 5.0 in the Ranger and give yourself a point of difference.

It would go ok here as we have a history of V8's in utes, or according to thr Colorado add a "truck".

[simon varley]

Originally Posted by FlivverFord

Ford ranger....Dakar...I'd like to see someone buy a ranger at a dealer & enter it straight into the Dakar.

that would put it in T2 class2 up against the diesel landcruisers and hiluxes. I reckon the ranger's got a chance against those as the top hilux is a 3.0 diesel currently running 5th in the class.

[ivorya]

That's awesome tuning from the Ford Racing guys.

560Nm torque. WOW!!
Probably from 1000rpm too.