![]() ![]() But either way no matter how much you lower a car with that old school sedan style body its still going to have a high center of gravity and terrible aerodyamics. And as ive used the vehicle in various sims it by default has a slight albeit enough to make a difference rake to it so the slightly lower front can cause turn in to be rather snappy. The body style itself gives it a fairly high center of gravity. it has no splitters no diffusers or wing it has very very little down force. Also the Opel Manta in general is not in the slightest designed for track racing as you know it in say forza for example. The setup is usually just very very slightly different in each different country. The "engineer" in the game has no idea what he is doing. If you want more information, detailed pictures or an appointment contact our sales team by mail to using the button below or by phone to Werner 00 32 474 48 70 19.Normally if you are snapping and flipping its an imbalance of your your stiffness settings( you try making a car too tight and too low it will flip you over just as much as one with too soft a suspension). The car is also equipped with a set of 4 Hella Rallye 2000 lights, a set of 15 inch Ronal wheels wearing Michelin tyres front: 225/ 50-15 and at the rear 270/ 50-15., tinted glass, Peltor intercom, map reading lamps, bolt in security roll cage, perfect set of original sport seats with Sabelt 4 point safety harness.īecause really only 268 were built (including the competition cars) you have normally to be very patient to find one. Easily producing 240 hp at the rear wheels and this with a bodyweight of only 1100 kg and a limited slip diff mounted in the rear axle. The engine is equipped with an Irmscher inlet manifold and a set of twin 48DC0E carburetors with K&N air filters. As you can see it was delivered with the original Irmscher large and widened wings, an original soft rear spoiler, front spoiler, side skirts and glassfibre bonnet. After his son died a few months ago he sold this magnificent car. And competed in several rallies and historic events with his son. In 1993 it left Germany to become part of the collection of a Frenchman living in Corsica. It was originally delivered to a German customer. ![]() This Ascona 400 is one of the 268 cars that were built by General Motors at the Antwerp plant to have the required numbers for the Group 4 homologation. In rally or race trim with twin dual choke Weber 48DCOE carburetors they were delivering 240 hp which could be improved further to 340 hp still using normally aspirated engine parts. The street version came with 144 hp (107kw) using Bosch fuel injection. 4 engine which gave some massive power output using the 16 valve head. 0E block and gave it an overbore, installed larger pistons, different connecting rods and installed the crankshaft of the 2. Cosworth to deliver a 16 valve double cam crossflow head for the engine and Irmscher for the exterior and interior styling. Irmscher and Cosworth were hired as partners for this project. It was a homologation special sold only to make it eligible for rallying in the Group 4 category. The Ascona 400 was first shown at the Frankfurt Messe in September 1979. Power comes from the 2400 cc 4 in line engine attached to a 5 speed ZF dogleg manual gearbox with rear wheel drive and LSD. Amazing perfect and original 1981 Opel Ascona B 400 street version with correct, undamaged and original grey cloth interior.
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