Getting the thread back on topic...
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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett
Well you can see those in the Soper pic.
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I did notice that, Peter. I wonder if that means that as
004, AND the car used in March 1985 at Silverstone by Steve Soper, BOTH have these 'under front bumper fuel coolers' fitted, that they are one and the same evolution specification car?
I have checked some times around Silverstone, and the only one I can currently lay my hands on for a Ford Escort RS Turbo was the Nº 69 entry of Richard Longman / Alan Curnow at the 1985 Silverstone Tourist Trophy - Longman set a time of 1m 39.09s. This compares to pole position of 1m 35.11s set by the Dave Brodie / Vern Schuppan Colt Starion Turbo.
Soper's best time around there earlier that year was 1m 40.40s, compared to Neil McGarth's pole of 1m 39.42s. In the 'wet' 2nd Session, Steve was fastest overall on 1m48.94s - almost 6 seconds quicker than Frank Sytner's BMW 635 CSi on 1m 54.81s in 2nd place!
As far as I know both of the above races used the same circuit configuration.