Group B
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copied this post from LS1tech.com...
http://www.rally4u.net/vidarch/spec...rally4u_net.wmv
The early 1980s saw a category created specifically for manufacturers who wanted to show off their engineering capabilities; Group B was born. The Group B rally supercars quickly evolved into 500+ horsepower, four-wheel-drive chest-thumping beasts with space frames, kevlar bodywork, and many other high-tech pieces. The cars reached a point where many wondered if the cars had reached a point where the drivers could not fully control them. For instance, the Lancia Delta S4 could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road. Henri Toivonen drove an S4 around Estoril, the Portuguese Grand Prix circuit, so quickly that he would have qualified sixth for the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell sampled a Peugeot 205 T16 and said it could out-accelerate his F1 car. And, perhaps most impressive (frightening?), the driver's reaction times were cut in half compared with previous rally cars. The Group B rally cars and their pilots were the stuff of which legends are made.
The Ford RS200 did 0-60mph on 2.1sec.
http://www.wogri.at/roland/place/fi...ally%20fan).mpg
http://www.wogri.at/roland/place/fi...2%20Rallye.mpeg
Flying cars (Group B, DTCC, Paris-Dakar, F1)
http://www.streetneeds.com/uploads/...egendeAutos.wmv
Pikes Peak -90 Climb Dance a must see
http://media.putfile.com/Course-de-...eak-Ari-Vatanen
http://www.rally4u.net/vidarch/spec...rally4u_net.wmv
The early 1980s saw a category created specifically for manufacturers who wanted to show off their engineering capabilities; Group B was born. The Group B rally supercars quickly evolved into 500+ horsepower, four-wheel-drive chest-thumping beasts with space frames, kevlar bodywork, and many other high-tech pieces. The cars reached a point where many wondered if the cars had reached a point where the drivers could not fully control them. For instance, the Lancia Delta S4 could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road. Henri Toivonen drove an S4 around Estoril, the Portuguese Grand Prix circuit, so quickly that he would have qualified sixth for the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell sampled a Peugeot 205 T16 and said it could out-accelerate his F1 car. And, perhaps most impressive (frightening?), the driver's reaction times were cut in half compared with previous rally cars. The Group B rally cars and their pilots were the stuff of which legends are made.
The Ford RS200 did 0-60mph on 2.1sec.
http://www.wogri.at/roland/place/fi...ally%20fan).mpg
http://www.wogri.at/roland/place/fi...2%20Rallye.mpeg
Flying cars (Group B, DTCC, Paris-Dakar, F1)
http://www.streetneeds.com/uploads/...egendeAutos.wmv
Pikes Peak -90 Climb Dance a must see
http://media.putfile.com/Course-de-...eak-Ari-Vatanen
man i want a sierra rs cosworth sooooo badly...best hot hatch ever 
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Climb Dance
Heres a working link to the climb dance video with ari vatanen driving the 405...
ftp://ftp.sysadmin-racing.com/videos...imb_dance.mpeg
ftp://ftp.sysadmin-racing.com/videos...imb_dance.mpeg
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Wow, that Climb Dance movie is pretty hokey. The foley effects are terrible!
Were those cars automatic, or did the director just edit around shifts? Driving one-handed up Pike's Peak because your race manager took out the sun blinds to save weight is beyond insanity.
Here's more information about the RS200, the very last time an American car was ever competitive in rally (the Ford Focus is a European-built/spec car!)
http://www.rallysportmag.com/cms/A_104166/article.html
Damn ugly, but F A S T
Were those cars automatic, or did the director just edit around shifts? Driving one-handed up Pike's Peak because your race manager took out the sun blinds to save weight is beyond insanity.
Here's more information about the RS200, the very last time an American car was ever competitive in rally (the Ford Focus is a European-built/spec car!)
http://www.rallysportmag.com/cms/A_104166/article.html
Damn ugly, but F A S T