One of the cars that survived the crusher when GROUP S was cancelled

[dr. pinkerton]

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drifting-video-pictures/137946-i-thought-no-longer-existed-but-not-drift-but-awesome.html

...it wasn't crushed afterall when Group S was cancelled, someone still had it, and has brought my fave car everrrr back to life... http://www.driftworks.com/forum/images/smilies/notworthy.gif

Full carbon (inc wheels, driveshafts, the lot), 930kg, mid engine, 4wd, twin turbo, 4cyl, 1.8, badass Lancia ECV.


EDIT:
.:: EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITE VEHICLE ::.
.:: LANCIA DELTA ECV EVO 87 ::.
http://www.ecv1.com/e-home.htm




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[The_Shawn]

lanica martini crushed?
I'm shaken and stirred

[dr. pinkerton]

.:: EXPERIMENTAL COMPOSITE VEHICLE ::.

.:: LANCIA DELTA ECV EVO 87 ::.


http://www.ecv1.com/e-home.htm


.:: RESTORATION OF THE ECV1 EVO 87 ::.

Giuseppe Volta worked directly for Abarth during the 1970's and 1980's using his company Volta Racing as the "Skunk Works", testing concepts and ideas that needed quick parallel development alongside the ultra-competative Lancia-Martini team.
Due to the absolute top-level services rendered, and mutual trust that came from this highly sucessful collaboration, he was able to purchase the S4 EVO2 development chassis which had been abandoned by Abarth following the cancellation of the Group B rally regulations and also the discarded ECV1 Body parts, excluding the originalcarbon-fibre chassis which, as explained above, became the basis of the ECV2.
With these parts, Giuseppe Volta has been able to rebuild the ECV1 a steel reinforced carbon-fibre chassis, painstakingly recreated using the S4 EVO2 Chassis, clearly more suitable for Rally-use and probably more in-line with what Abarth would have used in competition, and with all the carbon-fibre original body-panels and wheels.
The Triflux engine has been updated with modern Engine management, and also the Turbo control is revised to create a more drivable sequential activation. The suspension rates and kinematics have been updated to suit modern tyres and the engine oil-cooling has been uprated with a Laminova Oil-Cooler. All other missing parts were supplied with the kind support of the original suppliers or substituted with modern equivalents where suppliers declined to be involved, or no longer existed. The restoration was performed during 2010 with assistance from several ex-Abarth team members.
.:: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION LANCIA DELTA ECV1 EVO 87 mod. 2010 ::.

Chassis: Original Steel S4 Rally EVO2 (1986), with Carbon Fibre pannelling.
# Body-Panels: Original ECV1 show-car panels. Engine: Original Triflux cyl-head (patented by Ing. Lombardi- Fiat- 1986) fitted with modern Turbo-Chargers, ECU.
All other engine components original S4 EVO1 Group-B specification :
# 4 Cylinders Inline with twin Turbochargers.
# 1759 cm3
# Bore/Stroke: 88,5x71,5 mm
# Compression Ratio: 7,5:1
# Marelli Motorsport ECU with Port Fuel Injection.
# First Evo Power output: 600 CV at wheels at 8000 RPM.
# Suspension: Original S4 EVO1 Group-B with modification as appropriate to suit modern tyres.
# Wheels: Original Speedline Carbon-Fibre (substituted with S4 Magnesium Rims during events).
# Tyres: Avon or Pirelli - depending on event.
# All other components are Original S4 Rally-spec.

.:: CONCLUSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ::.

In restoring this vehicle, Giuseppe Volta, has been able to re-present a rally car Icon, and to bring it to a greater public. As Giuseppe "Beppe" says: "Now that it's back, don't think that we'll let it decay in some museum, our intention is, for the satisfaction of all the fans, to present it at many events around the world and to show what it can do with the best drivers, such as Miki Biasion who drove it for the first time at Rally Legend 2010!".

[RFFG]

omg yes

[ThankYouShawn]

what the clusterfuck?!

dem intercoolers

[Battosaii]

what the clusterfuck?!

dem intercoolers

you say this and then wonder why people think your retarded....

[DIENOW]

what the clusterfuck?!

dem intercoolers

What a fucking retard

[DegreE]

This car is so beautiful.

[RFFG]

omg yes

:problem?:

[Mafia_Insurance]

Thank u shawn for selling lemons to the trrrsts