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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Clough Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2002 9:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fastest 1600 vs Lancia 4wd weapon Is this the Lancia that helped their WRC domination? They were called Deltas. Basically they were a very little box, smaller than a Datsun 1600. Purpose built for WRC they were the first truly modern rally car, a generation ahead of the more conventional Audi Quattro 4WD that had dominated prior to these arriving. The big difference was the layout of the driveline, which put the mid engine behind the gearbox. The box sat between the driver and nav facing "backward". They had a 1600cc engine where the back seat would be normally. They had a KKK supercharger for lowdown grunt which cut out and a turbocharger took over at high revs. HP was 300, all you could put down on a road in a 4wd car weighing bugger all. The suspension was also high tech. Although they looked like a high tech nightmare in drawings, they were very easy to work on as most important bits were spread well apart, even though the engine was inside the car. They got banned when Group G? rally cars became too fast for open roads in the late 1980's. In my view, the Delta's design spawned the many of the ideas now in current WRX, Lancers, Peugeot's etc.which have all copied elements of the Deltas (except the complex blown mid engine). ----- Original Message ----- From: "nat P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 7 June 2002 13:58 PM Subject: Re: Fastest 1600 vs Lancia 4wd weapon > Yep!!! They ARE the fastest 4wd things you can get! > > I mate owns one in London, He has worked his with all > factory rally gear and he goes around hunting WRX and > eating them for breakfast!! > > They also won the WRC 5 (constructors title) years in > a row! They were still competitive even after Lancia > pullled the plug on the works stuff, They even won > another Drivers title after that as well!! > > Lancia/(and Pugs) are teh best at 4wd cars, hands > down!! And audi is a close third! > > Cheers NAT > > > > --- Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yep, its a RHD model imported privately by the last > > owner, a Doctor who moved from the UK to NZ .A few > > Italian car-nuts in my family lots of 124s and GTVs > > have come and gone or rusted away :) Driven fairly > > regularly and has burnt a lot of Japanese cars. > > Hopefully I can redress things with my next 510 :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > > Send (un)subscribe requests to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.sold.com.au - The Sold.com.au Big Brand Sale > - New PCs, notebooks, digital cameras, phones and more ... Sale ends June 12 > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
