FIA Historic Homologation Forms

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  1. Dave

    Dave *Very Smart* Pedantic Old Fart Paid Member

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    Hi folks.

    As above are available free from the FIA Website:
    https://historicdb.fia.com

    I have down-loaded quite few few and some interesting things come to light!

    e.g.:

    Audi 90 Q 20V

    The form is quite large. 61 pages. Thus, Audi went to a lot of trouble to homologate loads of parts including:
    Ur Quattro S1 brakes, suspension, wishbones and steering.
    They did not homologate:
    The fabricated tubular exhaust manifold (Cast iron only. Although they built loads of cars with the tubular.), the Hitachi sequential injection, the Carbon Fibre prop shaft or the 6 speed box. These could have been used in Group 'N'.

    The AUDI competition dept. went to lots of trouble for a car they were never actually 'permitted' to used in competition!
    Why did they not use the best N/A engine they ever built?
    Because the new Audi management were accountants and marketing people, not engineers, who only knew ' the price of everything and the value of nothing'! They wanted a 'sexy' , although 'nasty' and very heavy, 3.0l V6 'anchor', to attract the rep-mobile buyer!

    Sad, or what?

    Most interesting is that there is even a separate form for the V8 head on the 16V block.
    Lots of good photos, but no dimensions for machining the two to fit!
     
  2. rubjonny

    rubjonny Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Hi Dave,

    I found that one as well a while back, did you also notice many of the pictures in the Golf forms are much higher quality than the ones we had previously?
     

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