Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
it was extra reinforced chassis,dont know how it worked with homologation,but i know it for sure.It was common at some teams at 80s 90s
Also some teams used ''safari spec chassis'' to Acropolis also
The Dirtfish podcast just mentioned about Mitsubishi having had Kenjiro Shinozuka with Japanese-prepared Safari-spec Mitsubishis and struggling there for years, and then Ralliart came in 1996 with an Acropolis-spec car and first-timer Mäkinen and won the event! They basically tested every single damper for 20 km before the rally to weed out the bad ones, and changed the dampers at every service, whether they were faulty or not.