The best ITB car nobody is racing?

[Z3_GoCar]

Oh ya.... Por-cha 924.

+1

Also e-21 BMW 320i oe is ~125hp, has rack&pinion steering and a getrag 5speed box.

[chewy8000]

+ 1 for the Fire Arrow.

[Rabbit05]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread. So I had to go look it up. What a cool looking car !

I found a picture of one in Rally trim ...awesome.....

[Greg Amy]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread.

Kids these days... <shaking head>

[joeg]

Build the newest and most popular car.

Things like a Fire Arrow are cool, but most are long gone to Rust Heaven or the crusher.

That is common sense speak.

Lacking common sense, I would build either an MGB GT or Fiat Brava!

[gran racing]

I'd take a long hard look at the Mini. Or have Greg help me find hubs.

[spawpoet]

I'd take a long hard look at the Mini. Or have Greg help me find hubs.

I know it doesn't always translate, but as successful as the Minis are/were in auto-x, I'm shocked that I haven't see them out in ITB yet. Has anybody even built one yet? Seems like it would be a great ITB car.

[Ralliboy]

I have never seen, or even heard of, a Plymouth Firearrow until this thread. So I had to go look it up. What a cool looking car !

I found a picture of one in Rally trim ...awesome.....

Made by Mitsubishi. Is that good or bad?

[GKR_17]

Also e-21 BMW 320i oe is ~125hp, has rack&pinion steering and a getrag 5speed box.

Not quite.
The US versions had 110 hp for the 2.0 liter (77-79) with drum rears and a four speed. The 1.8 liter had 101 hp with disc rear brakes and the five speed. I ran a '77 for the better part of a decade, it was a good car, but I'd build something else for B today.

The Suzuki Swift was clearly faster, but was nothing short of explosive in terms of reliability. A car like that definitely makes you appreciate the Miata.

[gran racing]

I actually have to agree with you Earl. Everything is custom for that car, can't get parts, a lengthy PITA build.

[quadzjr]

that motor is only 250 hp? you sure added alot of money with the bling and left the internals stock.

[Greg Amy]

Something tells me that 250 ponies in that lightweight chassis is scary enough, thankyouverymuch...

[JeffYoung]

Grafton, we are all square with NCR on the classing. Took some work but it is good for ITE. They've got another catch all class now too, ITF or some such.

Greg, yep, it's enough power. May not have been for the UTCC, but for the enduro, plenty. The esses are a little bit more nerve wracking than in an SM.

[quadzjr]

I am not saying it isn't enough power or if it would be scary to drive. What I do know is typically if yo usee a ford V8 looking in that condtion it has more than stock hp. I assumed you got the number from a dyno. do internals have to remain stock in ITE? very cool car none the less. Hopefully nobody puts a wheel on it.

[jjjanos]

Grafton, we are all square with NCR on the classing. Took some work but it is good for ITE. They've got another catch all class now too, ITF or some such.

Appear to be DC Region ITE rules -- cars that ran in professional series on DOT tires.

The purpose of the WDCR-ITE class is to allow cars from different organized series that competed on DOT tires and a stock chassis to compete on a regional level.

Pretty certain that the Lola doesn't fall in that category. Someone wants to throw paper at you, they are going to win...