BarnshaW
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http://videos.streetfire.net/video/745c88e8-b36b-4746-9dd0-98850171279e.htm
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, the spectators should have been banned, not the cars.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Too right Robin. Shame the guys responsible didnt do more. Some of those clips show immense driver skill. Clear to see why Peugeot mainly dominated the Group B period.
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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. Thays so cool. Am i right in thinking that they were mid mounted 2 litre turbo RWD?
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205tom
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Registered: 1st Mar 06
Location: leigh nr wigan
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1775cc so 1.8 turbo 4wd
QUOTE (Juha Kankkunen @ world champion of '86, '87, '91 and '93)
After the tarmac tests in San Remo the mechanics swapped the turbo of 205 T16 Evo 2 to the next generation item, that would have been used in '87. The same turbo was later used in Pike's Peak 205's, which had about 700hp.
When the new turbo was in place and the mechanics had remover the tire heaters I took the car to the start of the test SS. I floored it and lifted the clutch pedal. BANG! The car took off so quickly that my and my co-driver Juha Piironen's headphones fell from our heads!
The car was literally flying. Before that I hadn't driven a car with slicks that you could make spin on third gear on dry tarmac just by pressing the accelerator. It was a right decision of FISA to ban Gr.B and limit the intake on Gr.A cars although it didn't feel like it back then. I would never race a Gr.B car again.
We were close to the limit where it would have been impossible to react quickly enough to control the cars.
QUOTE (Jean Todt)
If required we can get 800 hp out of the 205 instantly
QUOTE (Nigel Mansell after testing 205 T16 Evo 2)
This car out accelerates my F1 car
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by 205tom]
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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800hp  in something that weighs as much as a tin can
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JayCarr
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Registered: 19th Dec 02
Location: Cambs Drives:M3 & X3
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What an awesome Video. That looks like so much fun
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Im not sure why they would be anything under 1999cc, group b cars were limited to 2000cc turbo or 3000c n/a engines.
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the spectators should have been banned, not the cars.
Exactly. If somebody ran infront of a bus to take pictures, and was knocked down and killed, they wouldn't ban buses. Anybody who goes to that trouble to get a picture is asking to be nailed tbh.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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the bdt used in the rs200 evo was 2186cc though ?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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the next step of group b was going tp be scary
lancia's prototype
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