Volvo Gruppe-A

[Karl]

Ved å klikke på de aktuelle årstallene kan man se de forskjellige bilene som Volvo kjørte mot i ETCC.

http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/cars.html

[Karl]

Homologiseringspapirene til gruppe-a bilene: http://www.pukema.com/240luokitus/volvo240luokitus.htm Morsomt å se hvilke deler som egentlig skulle stått på alle 500 bilene som ble homologisert for racing.

[boman]

Homologiseringspapirene til gruppe-a bilene: http://www.pukema.com/240luokitus/volvo240luokitus.htm Morsomt å se hvilke deler som egentlig skulle stått på alle 500 bilene som ble homologisert for racing.

Stilige papirer!

Men har gr. A bilene mono-visker? Ser ut som at noen har det, mens andre ikke på bildene som er linka til i tråden her.. Hva er det korrekte?

[volvo2før]

Homologiseringspapirene til gruppe-a bilene: http://www.pukema.com/240luokitus/volvo240luokitus.htm Morsomt å se hvilke deler som egentlig skulle stått på alle 500 bilene som ble homologisert for racing.

Var egentlig de homologiserte bilene noe mer utbedret enn en vanlig 242/244 turbo?

[Karl]

De homologiserte bilene var vel stort sett like de vanlige 242 turboutgavene, i allefall da de ble solgt videre.

Her er et utdrag fra et av nettstedene som omhandler bilene:

"The run of 500 evo cars had to be sold, it didn't matter where. All the cars were sold to Volvo of North America.
The cars were lined up in the USA for inspection by the FIA, the first row of cars ( approx. 30) was fitted with the Volvo Grp A competition kit rated at 225 hp @ 1.05 bar. These cars had the special parts, rear wing, water injection( the extra four injectors), large aluminum end tank intercooler,"220" cam, bigger radiator and turbo. The next couple of rows of cars had the competition kit in the trunk. It is rumored that not all the cars had the Grp A kit in the trunk as there were less than a couple hundred produced. After inspection the 30 or so cars with the competition kit fitted were shipped back to Europe because they would not pass the E.P.A requirements in that state of tune. The kits in the trunks of the cars were returned to Volvo competition, both the 30 cars and the kits were to be sold through the European dealer network. The remaining cars were sold in the USA by Volvo of north America.

The homologation of an evo was valid for 5 years in the 80's. The homologation expired for the cars with the special equipment in Sept. of 88'. This is one of the reasons that Volvo didn't continue to compete in Grp A in 88'. The 1983 flatnose turbo homologation special (evo) was part of racing politics. These cars had to be produced in order to allow the special equipment to be used on the race cars. All the evo's are street cars and were never intended to reach the track."

-Tom Smith Hartford, CT


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