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Re: [RE: Lotus Sunbeam]

To: Victor Hughes <hughes@scides.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [RE: Lotus Sunbeam]
From: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:01:12 -0500
Yah, the Killer B's were awsome. Very cool. - Ian

Victor Hughes wrote:

> Jim
>
> But you wouldn't want to take on one of the old (1982-1986) Group B Rally
> cars...  Quote from a website  ...
>
> "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."
>
> Check out the photos at this site, in particular scroll down to the last photo
> in the Lancia section
>
> http://www.stormloader.com/groupb/gallery.html
>
> Cheers
>
> Vic
>
> TIGEROOTES@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Jan,
> >     I think you underestimate the modern technology in currently road racing
> > Tigers.  You are correct, on a rally course the Lotus Sunbeam would probably
> > be head and shoulders above a Tiger in any configuration, however, on a road
> > course I know a properly improved Tiger would eat the Lotus for lunch.
> > Jim Leach   Pacific Tiger Club  Seattle

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