Five races into the 2003 CART Champ Car season, the Ford-Cosworth XFE engine is living up to its billing as a strong, reliable powerplant source: cart.com The German 500 on May 11th at EuroSpeedway Lausitz was a showcase of the engine's durability, as none of the 19 cars on the grid experienced an engine failure despite the 300-mile race distance at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour. Ian Bisco, Vice President of Cosworth Racing, Inc. in Torrance, Calif., has been very pleased with the performance of the Ford-Cosworth XFE thus far this season and shared his thoughts about the engine after returning from Europe. IAN BISCO - Vice President Cosworth, Inc. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE ENGINE'S PERFORMANCE SO FAR THIS YEAR? "I'm extremely happy with the way things have gone to date; it was obviously something new to us to supply a spec engine to the full grid. The previous history of the engine was in a slightly different use. To take an engine that was designed for ultimate performance at high RPM's to compete against other manufacturers and convert it to run in a completely different format was a little concerning, but our engineers have done an excellent job on working out what needed to be done and what had to be changed on the engine to accommodate this new specification. I have to say that the package now after the first five races is very impressive."
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