03-12-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Gabor K.
"Comunque i tempi erano di tutto rispetto e addirittura si pensava , dopo L´omologazione della vettura in 400 esemplari per il Gr., prevista per luglio dello stesso anno, di introdurre al retrotreno una sospensione a route indipendenti, al posto del ponte De Dion; la nuova sospensione avrebbe cosí permesso un migliore sfruttamento degli enormi pneumatici e della potenza di circa 350 CV effettivi"
Gabor
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"Anyway, the chronos were of absolute interest and it has even been foreseen, after the car would be homologated in Group 4 with 400 ex., planned for July that year, that an IRS would have been implemented to the car in replacement of the De Dion; that new suspension would have allowed a better use of the huge tyres and of the 350 Hp of available power."
It seems thus clear that the IRS was planned, but not fitted, since the 400 ex. run never took place, and Group 4 homologation never granted to the V8. If an experimental IRS was ever built is not said, but reasonable reading of the text suggests it wasn't.
Thanks for sharing your infos about Reif's single V8 built and the whereabouts of the other GTV V8s.
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