Thread: Touring Cars- Gp1, Gp1b, Gp1 1/2. The differences?
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Old 29 Mar 2014, 09:54 (Ref:3385994)   #12
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Originally Posted by chunterer View Post
The Capri output sounds about right Mike. Neil Brown with much 'shoving' from CC Racing Developments managed, I believe, 265 from the last British spec G1 Essex lumps. These engines were limited in supply and were very much considered timebombs!

Vince Woodman apparently had a special qualifying engine but I'm not totally sure on what differences that engine had over the regular units?

ORP one of our resident G1 Capri experts can probably tell us a bit more.

The final push for power may also have been aided by a late homologation 'break' from the MSA, not totally sure about details, in what the Capri was permitted to run in an effort to give the ever improving Rover some competition!
I guess you can understand how one would be incredulous to the idea of these engines just being blueprinted !
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