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According to newspaper Glåmdalen Henning Solberg has bought back his ex-Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Evo 6.5 WRC, which he used during the 2003 Norwegian Championship season. If he gets some money, he will drive Rally Finnskog coming saturday with the car, Henning said to the newspaper. May well be his only chance to drive anything more this winter, perhaps...
Very great to see Ramona and Miriam in PWRC. Atleast in national Swedish rallies their speed is very good in my opinion.
Evo 6.5 is not a WRC.
Officially it was never called a WRC but it was as powerfull as a WRC car. Though it depends the Evo 6.5 from Henning is an former works car that Makinnen drove. Tommi was the only one who drove that car with naming isn't it? Loix drove at the time with Carisma GT as naming and think it was just the same spec car like Tommi's. Toni did some rounds in it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Explain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Evo 6.5 is gr.A car, not WRC.
Evo 6.5 was not a Gr A or WRC. Something in the middle :)
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Did not Mitsu get disp to convert Evo 6 to WRC, and thereby allowed to rebuild Suspension rear (making it longer) but because of this conversion had to the blind bottom of the rear wing, as it was not allowed with more than one floor on the wing. This disp resulted in the name 6.5
That wasnt the type of MILF I was expecting hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
I always believed the EVO 6.5 was the name of the road going EVO that was dubbed as the Tommi Makinen edition.
I thought it was just an up-speced EVO 6 and had no relevance to what the rally car of the time was like.
Evo 6 & 6,5 were full A-group cars. Evo 7 was firts car made on WRC regulations.
Could they have changed the rear wing to suit the rules?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach 2
Henning confirmed for Rally Finnskog in a Evo 6.5 things are also looking better for the future.
Henning Solberg kjører Finnskog med ex-Mäkinen Mitsubishi
Its definitely a WRC car officially. Only three cars of the Evo 6.5 WRC were built, based on the Evo 6 Group A car, as an interim model. The car that Henning Solberg now has bought back is the car Tommi Mäkinen won the 2001 Swedish Rally with. Henning had the car in 2003 and drove it in Finland and also in the gravel rounds of the norwegian championship, winning the final round Rally Hedmarken. The car has had two more owners, and especially Bernhard Kongsrud was successful on national level with it. Henning is happy with being reunited with this car, as it has a very interesting history. He is driving the Rally Finnskog mostly for fun, but also to get some snow practice before the Swedish Rally.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
Tommi didn´t win the 2001 Swedish Rally. It was Harry Rovanpera who won after Tommi went off the road on the last stage after running flat out trying to catch Rovanpera. Remember the video of him going of and broke a tree in very snowy conditions? However it was great times. In the 2001 SR we remember Colin and Richard Burns going off on the first day and then with no pressure drove like no one ever did on the swedish narrow winterroads on day two and three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
Was that the car Henning drove against the bobsleigh at Lillehammer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKgaXwO8Ao
Pretty sure , yeah
Another great stuff by Top Gear guys.
they have nice ideas..... but 99% of them have "staged" results aimming towards retarded people...Quote:
Originally Posted by wwbroe
I wonder if thats why there were two different phases of the Evo 6 road car?Quote:
Originally Posted by Iskald
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Just random pictures I found (Look at the front bumpers if you cant tell the difference :D )
Presume you are target audience then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
He is just making sure he keeps abreast of all her developments in rallying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miika
BOOM BOOM!Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
In all seriousness, wtf is he doing?
It looks like he is doing something with her head/neck support. But that isn't the Hans device. It almost looks like the Hutchinson hybrid, but not quite. Not a fan of that system
http://simpsonraceproducts.com/wp-co...ads/hybrid.jpg
IT is a Simpson Hybrid "HANS" and Jan Phersson, Simpson Sweden
Adjust me if it is not right. But I think Mækinen Edition, has EVO 5 front suspension with lower roll-point, to be better on asphalt than a regular evo 6.Quote:
Originally Posted by tfp
I have no idea:-) I thought mitsubishi just do what citroen do with their limited edition cars, that being take a normal car, put a rally drivers name on the side, change the interior slightly and then add an extra few thousand to the price!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach 2
Νο, Μakinens have a different front arm at lower ball point,but it is not from evo 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach 2
@tfp
Makinens dont have only cosmetic differences from evo 6.
You're probably right, but the adjustment they were doing was probably that it would be better on asphalt?Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
yes they were better,and Makinens had different front geometry from evo6.Different turbo(slightly smaller compressor for better midrange response) shorter steering rack,different shocks/springs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach 2
Thank you .
Going to bed, going to Kongsvinger tomorrow, far to drive.
No school, tomorrow, Mark39?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark39
Ban...now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark39
Perks of the job ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
How ironic coming from you :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Does anyone know what events Sandell will do aside from Sweden this year?
The TME had different front bumper for sure - maybe also other slight differences.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
EVO 6
http://pic.autoscout24.net/images/80...7110806001.jpg
EVO 6 TME
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!lk...LKV0w~~_19.JPG
Dimviii builds rally Lancers so he must know that it's not just a bumper what is changed ;)
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