ICONIC ME TAL #27 1990 DUCATI 888 CORSA

IN DE TA IL :

By the mid-1980s it was obvious that the air-cooled two-valve Ducati engine inTT1 form had come to the end of its development as a viable race-bike. Ducati engineer Massimo Bordi, with help from Franco Farne designed a water-cooled, desmodromic, double overhead cam four-valve version of the 90-degree V twin Pantah engine.

The cylinder head design was influenced by the successful Cosworth DFV F1 engine, narrow valve angle, steep 35-degree downdraft, and compact combustion chamber with a central