WGB
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The October 2008 edition of Mercedes Enthusiast arrived in the mail yesterday and there is a short article on a 107 Coupe prepared by AMG which appeared at Monza on March 26 1978 for the European Touring Car Championship - 3rd on it's first outing.
They lightened the car from 1,630 kg to 1,225 kg and the story says "AMG increased the power of the 4520cc V8 engine from 214 bhp to 370 bhp"
Not a lot of detail and it looks like the present restored car now has one of the 1980 Rally car engines putting out 320 bhp which was presumably a 5.0 litre Alloy motor.
The bit that caught my eye was that they state AMG got 370 hp from a 4.5.
Others here may know more about these track cars vs the better known rally cars.
Bill
They lightened the car from 1,630 kg to 1,225 kg and the story says "AMG increased the power of the 4520cc V8 engine from 214 bhp to 370 bhp"
Not a lot of detail and it looks like the present restored car now has one of the 1980 Rally car engines putting out 320 bhp which was presumably a 5.0 litre Alloy motor.
The bit that caught my eye was that they state AMG got 370 hp from a 4.5.
Others here may know more about these track cars vs the better known rally cars.
Bill