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Thread: Prodrive Mini WRC
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30th July 2013, 01:41 #2581
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Originally Posted by Barreis
Remember the GpA days where you had many private teams that were highly respected and built cars very close to the works ones, and also maintained ex works cars owned by wealthy privateers.Nav
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30th July 2013, 08:28 #2582
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30th July 2013, 08:53 #2583
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Originally Posted by navtheace
Also S2000 were developed by many private teams, not only factory ones. Besides M-Sport and Prodrive it was MEM, TRD, RGRS, MSD who developed S2000 cars. Other teams were building S2000 cars for factory teams such as PH Sport, Barroso, JUKA, Racing Lions etc...Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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30th July 2013, 08:57 #2584
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Originally Posted by Mirek
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30th July 2013, 09:00 #2585
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That's true but it has always been like that. I can tell You a story of such privately developed car buried by factory homologation refusal in 1984...
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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30th July 2013, 09:38 #2586
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Originally Posted by Mirek
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30th July 2013, 10:11 #2587
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This car I know is Škoda 160RS MTX Gr.B10 car (am I right that B10 was for under 1600 ccm?). The car was developed by company Metalex and Agroteam Slušovice in 1983. It was based on Škoda Garde car but it was using space tube frame, improved Lada VFTS engine, Škoda 130RS or Tatra 603 gearbox, custom build suspension and steering based on autocross buggies. The car did several events in 1984 as a zero car and usually it was faster than all other cars (we had no gr.B12 cars until 1985). I'm too young to know all the story behind but Škoda refused to help with homologation and instead pushed for their own 130LR gr.B9 model. It's true that their car later proved to be very successful despite having only 1300 ccm engine.
Photo of original car (3 were built): http://www.rallylife.cz/data/imgs/0024475l.jpg
See-through view from old magazine: http://skoda.panda.cz/fotografie/specialy/0089.jpgStupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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30th July 2013, 10:15 #2588
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30th July 2013, 12:49 #2589
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Originally Posted by MirekNav
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30th July 2013, 13:24 #2590
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It wasn't built from a road car shell in case of WRC cars. They used the floor pan, than welded the rollcage and only after that built the shell around - without anything of no use and with thinner steel I think. At least I believe it was like that. In times of high demand for Fabia S2000 I believe Juka Motosport was actually doing this job for Škoda Motorsport (Barroso did same for Peugeot I think).
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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