Technology of the 1993-1996 DTM/ITC Class 1 Touring cars

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Re: Detail photos of DTM/ITC Mercedes C-180 Class 1 (1994-19

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Nice pics, 747. The Alfa's frame is gorgeous.

Really hard to find good photos of the Calibra! Someone out there needs to take one apart and do a photo session, and feature that awesome drivetrain.

I found some model photos that illustrate the engine positioning benefits it gave, as 747 pointed out, compared to the Alfa. You can see the driveshaft locations here:

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Alfa engine fully ahead of front axle:

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Calibra w/ hood off showing inboard suspension and front driveshaft:

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CFD study of ITC/DTM Calibra:

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Source: http://www.v6calibra.net/docs/calibra_a ... ynamic.htm

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Re: Detail photos of DTM/ITC Mercedes C-180 Class 1 (1994-19

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My first Post on here!

I love the tech of this era of DTM cars - Awesome.

Gobsmacked though at how far forward the Alfas lump was! Christ, like a bloody Quattro!

Waht was with the V8 - was this the / an Engine that did not quite make it out before the series imploded at the end of 96 (sound right).

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Re: Detail photos of DTM/ITC Mercedes C-180 Class 1 (1994-19

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Very interesting. I assumed DTM cars of this era were all rear wheel drive. Looking at these photos, am I write in understanding they had the same drive wheels as the production car on which they were based?

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As there seems to be a bit of interest about the FIA class 1 cars and there technology, I will get the mods to change the thread title, so that people can continue posting photos of all the different cars here, and discuss them.

Here some more photos of the Opel Calibra.
The semi-automatic gearbox used in the Calibra was developed in coopeation with the Williams F1 team, using parts of their F1 gearbox/gear change system.

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very early Opel test car from inside
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rear axle DTM Calibra 1994 (note the hydraulic cylinders to operate the ARB blades automaticly depending from the position on the track, similar to the Mercedes system (which was electrical operated)
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rear axle ITC Calibra 1996
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for the ones of you, who understand German, here a track test of the Calibra from rallye-racing magazine.

http://www.calibra.de/aktuell_calibriert.htm
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one of the lesser known Class 1 cars, the privately developed and built BMW E36 from Linder Motorsport.

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"Make the suspension adjustable and they will adjust it wrong ......
look what they can do to a carburetor in just a few moments of stupidity with a screwdriver."
- Colin Chapman

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Thanks everybody for the informations, very interesting ! I've got lot of pictures to share also, just have to find them on my HDDs ! :oops:

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Some more images of the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI:


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Cutaways found here: http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthre ... 497&page=1

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747heavy wrote:one of the lesser known Class 1 cars, the privately developed and built BMW E36 from Linder Motorsport.
that one was cool ..with pushrod rear suspension ..the car was designed and build by Thompson composite (TCP ?) in UK as far as I remember..

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Hello, im new here and ive being searching for the real dimensions of the itc 95/96 cars and wheel sizes, i cant find this info anywhere, there is someone knows this please? thanks in advance!

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Carbonfibre prototype from Zakspeed

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some deeper Information (but in German)
http://www.tourenwagen-revival.de/image ... 4_2010.htm


Mercedes 190 Class 1

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Article about the Audi 80 prototype (Also in German)

http://www.tourenwagen-revival.de/image ... 3_2010.htm

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Does anybody know if there are any books around which are about the technical aspects of the old DTM/ITC cars?

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Audi 80 Prototype from 1992

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Bit of a bump but saw this and thought of this thread:

http://www.motorsportads.com/car-parts/ ... 22833.html

Not a bad price!

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For once, Speedhunters posted something interesting:

Never raced Opel Calibra ITC 1997

Worth a watch!

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Here's some good photos and a bit of info on that prototype Calibra.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/08/car ... d-calibra/
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