Looks like they finally pulled one of these cars out of a museum long enough to make a few awesome vids. Here's the shortest one.
Zakspeed Turbo Capri, Finally a good video!
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Those cars were totally dominating in there day.Don't ask, it's a midlife crises thing.
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That's cool vid!90 5.0 GT 4R70W New setup in the works.
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Here's a longer video. First race incar footage starts at about 5:50 and 2nd race starts @ about 12:15. The beginning of the 2nd race is cool because he's just marching through the field(starts at/near the back of the pack).

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I think that knob is brake bias. Based on the longer video, I think they qualified in the rain. They took the wets off and put on pre-warmed race tires. In the wet, you dial in a ton of rear brake since your car won't transfer as much weight forward during braking. Looks like he forgot to crank the rear brake out of it before the race. I bet we are seeing smoke from rear tire lock up.
If you are interested, here is an article on the car. It sounds like the car has been in a museum for years and they had the original engineer restore the car...over a seven year period. The capri is down on power from the porsche by at least 100hp, it makes up for it in aerodynamics and weight. That car weighs 1700lbs!
There’s naturally a direct link between the cars that I had as toys and model kits as a child in the ’80s and the cars that still stop me dead in my tracks today. I loved my 1/43rd rallycars (Audis, Saabs, Lancias), my 1/32nd Peugeot 205 T16, Matchbox Porsche K3s and fleet of F1 cars. …Last edited by Steve; 12-23-2013, 09:17 AM.My couch pulls out but I don't.
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