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Motorbase completes first test with new Ford engine

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Motorbase Performance has completed a first test with the new Ford EcoBoost engine ahead of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

The new engine is based on the standard Ford 2-litre EcoBoost unit that has been developed to NGTC specifications with the Kent team’s long-term engine partners Mountune, replacing the previous Duratec based engine.

The team tested at Brands Hatch last week with an unnamed driver behind the wheel of the NGTC specification Ford Focus ST.

The only confirmed driver so far for the team is Alex Martin, who will drive one of its three cars under the Dextra Racing banner.

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