Quote Originally Posted by janvanvurpa View Post
The exhaust manifold? Huh? Just a cast iron thing with a heat-shield...You want one? (I think I still have 1-2 from when I built some "B" motors)

The actual rally cars were homologated under Group 4 I believe, and so had a tubular header.. That waste gate actuator looks impressive but let me tell you they were an enormous pain in the ass to set and it often could take 3-4 times and with the paper thing silicone rubber diaphragm inside, insanely easy to rip the rubber...It was such a relief when they finally moved to the nice ordinary waste gate actuators like these;


If you're referring to the intake manifold, then that is just standard Saab 2,0 K-jet manifold..Quite long...Used on normal aspirated production cars (where its internal volume was a big bottle neck and limited n.a. power to right around 175hp--functioning much like todays accursed restrictors...but that was only a problem on Group 1 and 2 and later GpA cars..and extremely few ever bothered with the car in Gp1,2 or A)
Excuse my disinterest in the technical stuff... normally I'd be all over that shit but right now I am more excited because I just figured out who you are hahaha!
You're that dude in that rally documentary I watched a while ago who started rallying because you were getting rained on (who also has a cat in the work shop)!

The world is a small place.

...aight, enough off topic, back to technical stuff and rally GT cars. If they could make the series a bit more accessible and a bit more large volume it would be great. I do think that the speed they keep them to right now is fine. Manufacturers would be pissed if they overtook their machines on pure pace and people are excited to see them anyway.