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343s kicking ass

Post by Speedy88 » 01 Feb 2012 11:38 pm

Another rallycross video dug up from the archives :D (From my regular subscription)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1LlZ7VuFYs
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Post by Hell Driver » 02 Feb 2012 12:11 am

Nice, it pulls away from the rest nicely! thats a 343 in 2nd place as well isn't it?
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Post by trabitom99 » 02 Feb 2012 09:00 am

A joy to watch :-)

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Post by MCHUDD » 02 Feb 2012 01:24 pm

Hi Speedy
cracker film. What was the car in third place?
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Post by macplaxton » 02 Feb 2012 01:51 pm

MCHUDD wrote:What was the car in third place?
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Post by Speedy88 » 02 Feb 2012 02:08 pm

Glad you like. If you've got a youtube account, subscribe to that guy. He released old VHS rallycross tapes something like twice a week.
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Post by mat_91 » 02 Feb 2012 07:53 pm

very cool seems to rip pretty well
what was done to these eg suspension engine etc
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Post by Ron Bones » 04 Feb 2012 05:58 pm

Hmmm, thats my saturday evenings entertainment all lined up! :D
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Post by Fuse » 04 Feb 2012 09:53 pm

Here's a description of the factory race cars.

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... ine#p28981
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