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we are more likely to use the word " kink or kinks" in nz as in there is a kink in the roadQuote:
Originally Posted by Humber
I don't care about american rallying, but I must say this contraption intrigues me. Any body knows more about this V8 Ferrari powered Impreza?
https://youtu.be/H1ANJAChHEY
Came across one of the videos before, but didn't check too much. Here's the channel of the driver covering the build - https://www.youtube.com/@SamAlbertRallyQuote:
Originally Posted by becher
Anyone guess what this mid-engined, turbocharged, but dead-on-arrival rally car was ?
https://i.imgur.com/ipr5ra2.jpg
Is that a Talbot Samba? But I've only ever heard of the "regular" FWD version
Talbot Horizon.
This. A precursor to the 205 T16.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Hudson
Yes, group b Talbot horizon. Talbot started development when the sunbeam became less competitive, it was mid mounted and turbocharged I believe but think it was only rear wheel drive, so it was canned with the merger with Peugeot who were developing the 205 T16
It's simple, but looks great. Old cars had very nice proportions.
Does anybody remember former WRC driver Urmo Aava? After a long break from rallying he is back on the entry list of Rapla Ralli in Estonia (look at #12):
https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...la-ralli-2023/
Speaking of old cars... maybe some of you will be interested in watching Miko Marczyk testing Audi Quattro S1 E2? English subtitles are provided:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1CKXaeKSPw
yes that should be very interesting to see how he can keep up with new guns :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Here is a little of his testing action before this rally
https://play.tv3.ee/Ghost%20AVOD%20N...t,clip-5453096
It is really really difficult to escape from rallying completely and never do it again. He has been organising Rally Estonia though, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
That car was a Talbot Horizon LOTUS :)
As they hatched plans for the Sunbeam’s successor they rejected its upcoming replacement, the French-made Samba, and decided to base their next-generation col conqueror on the larger Horizon hatchback, re-engineered to take the Sunbeam Lotus engine mounted longways behind the front seats and driving the rear wheels.
As installed in the first prototype it ran the same output as the Sunbeam competition cars, around 250bhp, but Lotus engineers had an ace to play. Like Renault, they’d been early adopters of turbocharging and by fitting a second Horizon prototype with a tweaked-up engine from an Esprit Turbo they had a 300-horsepower rally fighter on their hands.
https://www.evo.co.uk/features/20586...ead-on-arrival
Yes Eddie, I had a bit of a look this afternoon and read that David Lapworth was one of the test drivers, apparently it wasn’t so good on corners. I also found a few interesting cars that were being trialled by the psa group. Plenty of visa prototypes were made in 4wd form for group b (found one that looked interesting with quite aggressive aero bodywork on and known as a visa lotus) and also a group b Peugeot 305 v6 rear wheel drive that looked interesting.
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Originally Posted by Rallyest
It seems Aava has rusted a bit. He finished the rally down in the 6th position:Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...la-ralli-2023/
Puncture from ss8. Was on second place till thenQuote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Yeah you got to look the whole picture incl. driving in a old Gr. N Impreza against newer Rally2 machinery + time penalty + puncture. Tells a bigger story than just looking at the overall results. And yes, he definitely is rusty as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit12
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This is a brilliant resource on Group B cars and especially the fascinating prototypes that never came to fruition.
https://rallygroupbshrine.org/the-gr...-b-prototypes/
So I looked at the FIA database and couldn't find anything, but I seem to remember two door GC8 Group A Imprezas (so not the WRC cars from 97 onwards). Where these a thing (obviously not works cars) or is my memory tricking me? Anybody got any insight?
I’m not so sure there are any/many group A 2 door gc8 imprezas. Might be a few group n but think all the grp a impreza were built from type ra base cars (thinner lighter glass etc) which were pretty much built to use as the base for rally cars, and they were only made in 4 door shells.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
I could be wrong but I think that is why all grp a imprezas were 4 door.
me too,i dont remember 2 door gr A imprezas.
Hmm yes could be Group N cars as well, I need to try and find the video where I thought to have seen one.
I started watching the FIM Hard Enduro World Champonship on RedBull TV this weekend, first time watching it.
The coverage is very similar to WRC's, I suppose.... But seeing a "new sport" for the first time felt really good regarding the presentation of the sport and the coverage of the important bits. (12min long videos)
Maybe RedbullTV's WRC coverage is pretty ok but when it comes to WRC we just got tired or think its not enough.
The format is very similar to wrc too... A special stage on the first day and 3 days of "enduro" racing where fans on the course only see the guys passing by... and thats it haha Like stages in rally, somehow I guess?
I know, two different worlds. Bikes and Cars, but anyway. Im changing my mind about the "broadcast" on redbull tv.
I guess its just fine, especially for new fans starting to watch, u'know? The format is the same. If this sport got me hooked, then WRC has also that power.
I know I’ve seen one before: https://youtu.be/VMvKug5LMrQQuote:
Originally Posted by becher
Only a brief explanation of it at 0:40, but I looked it up on ewrc-results.com a while back when you could check vehicle history etc. without subscription; if I remember correctly that particular one has not seen any special stage action in years, perhaps decades.
My guess it was either full group A spec parts transferred into a 2-door body or a 2-door group N with upgraded parts and referred to as being a group A - much like when you see an Evo VII, VIII or IX described as ‘group A’ spec. In those cases ‘group A’ loses meaning to me
Ah thanks, this is most likely the video I've seen it in the first place!Quote:
Originally Posted by HKSjbg
Yeah, Hard Enduro is a great series, and only the third year of having an official FIM World Championship. The more established EnduroGP doesn't have as good coverage......and that is actually more like WRC, with a Friday evening Super Test follwed by 2 days of 3 special tests repeated over both days.Quote:
Originally Posted by lmmjvss
The next round of Hard Enduro, the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo is normally live on RBTV.
Yeh I reckon it was just an odd car or two that had grp a parts put on a two door shell. It is a little odd Subaru didn’t make grp a 2 door but it might have been a marketing thing. The Impreza was ready to go before the Legacy was retired but they didn’t want to replace it until it had won a wrc event. After McRae won NZ it was then time for the Impreza to replace it so you can see Subaru do things with marketing in mind. The fact the 2 door type r Impreza was never sold elsewhere other than the Japanese domestic market probably had some part to play in it not being used, but when the wrc car regs replaced the grp a regs I would imagine the 2 door shell was used because the shell would most likely be stiffer and stronger to start with, and easier to convert bodywork for the wider track used.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Probably more to do with homologation for no advantage? The Impreza came in 1993 and stuck with the same homologation, the two door was launched in 1995 so could've found it's way to be rallied by Prodrive in 1996, by which time Prodrive was developing the WRC97 anyway. So homologating a two door shell that was only sold in very few markets didn't make sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
Also do people really buy the story about the Legacy having to win? By any chance the Impreza might have never debuted.
I think the only sporting disciplines split into special stages over the course of several days, with the competitors going only against the clock are rallying, moto enduro and mtb enduro?Quote:
Originally Posted by lmmjvss
Not sure if this one has been here before, but looks like fun, both for driver and fans!
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1726455171132046
So, I've watched some onboard videos today of Rally Sardegna, and I've noteced that nobody is using any kind of rain repellent on their windshield glass.
I'm personally using it on my car and on the speeds above 50-60 kph, it helps me a lot. It is better visibility, rain glides of the glas and wiper blades are working much smoother.
So, is it forbidden to use this repellents or the tims and drivers just don't care?
I thought rally cars use, or used to use piaa wiper blades. They are silicone and when used leave a repellant film on the glass and help disperse water without needing to use the wipers much.
I did have a set but my mot guy had a habit of replacing wiper blades as a matter of course. I wasn’t best pleased at £50 a set that he had binned them!
piaa are really very good wipers,worth every extra euro from any other wipers.
They last plenty of years too
What do you guys think about this idea? Love it or hate it? ;)
https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/w...e-to-its-past/
They don’t when the mot guy lobs them in a skip!Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
This forum is nowadays so miserable that I get just negative feelings coming here so I'll log off for a while or maybe permanently. See you elsewhere.
I guess it´s because you always arguments against any statement. If you calm down a bit you´d enjoy it as well.
lol
some sensitive people we have here