Autosport hinted in January that a green light was imminent on the project which ensures that former TOCA customer-engine supplier Swindon Powertrain retains a presence in the series.
Swindon lost that deal for 2022 to M-Sport, but it was announced last summer that the company was undertaking a feasibility study into the Hyundai engine project with the support of Hansford Sensors, the backer of Excelr8’s lead driver Tom Ingram.
The engine completed two days of testing in the Excelr8 Hyundai i30 N at Snetterton this week, with a team statement reporting that it “performed faultlessly”.
Excelr8 team owner Justina Williams said: “A huge amount of work has gone in behind the scenes in recent months to get to this stage, and to see the new engine run without issues straight out of the box is credit to everyone involved.
“The decision to push ahead with a project such as this is a major indication of our drive to reach the pinnacle of the BTCC, and wouldn’t have been…
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