stukje historie
Posted: 09 Dec 2007, 08:50
aw rally
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When Toyota realised that the Celica 4T-GTE wasn't very competitive outside of Africa, the team started work on a new contender - a 600 horsepower MR2. With the cancellation of Group B, the car was never entered in rally competition.
There were three produced, one with the engine mounted transversely with RWD, and two with the engine mounted longitudinally. One of these was RWD while the other was AWD using a custom gearbox manufactured by Xtrac. Both were not true Group S cars however, as the Group S rules limited engine capacity to 1.2L. Instead they were a sort of hybrid Group B / Group S cars. One was designed for tarmac rallies, while the other was suited to gravel rallies. Only one of these cars has survived to the present day, as two of them were destroyed in testing.
All three motors were turbocharged, and had a displacement of 2.0 L. While not known for sure, I am guessing that this could have been the either 4T-GT as used in the Celica rally car preceding it, or it possibly could have been the famous 503E used in the GTP cars. Unfortunately this car was never to prove its worth as both the Group B and Group S categories were scrapped due to safety concerns that arose after seeing speeds and fatalities increase to an unprecedented level.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... D=21472095
When Toyota realised that the Celica 4T-GTE wasn't very competitive outside of Africa, the team started work on a new contender - a 600 horsepower MR2. With the cancellation of Group B, the car was never entered in rally competition.
There were three produced, one with the engine mounted transversely with RWD, and two with the engine mounted longitudinally. One of these was RWD while the other was AWD using a custom gearbox manufactured by Xtrac. Both were not true Group S cars however, as the Group S rules limited engine capacity to 1.2L. Instead they were a sort of hybrid Group B / Group S cars. One was designed for tarmac rallies, while the other was suited to gravel rallies. Only one of these cars has survived to the present day, as two of them were destroyed in testing.
All three motors were turbocharged, and had a displacement of 2.0 L. While not known for sure, I am guessing that this could have been the either 4T-GT as used in the Celica rally car preceding it, or it possibly could have been the famous 503E used in the GTP cars. Unfortunately this car was never to prove its worth as both the Group B and Group S categories were scrapped due to safety concerns that arose after seeing speeds and fatalities increase to an unprecedented level.
