205 WRC Goodies list | |||
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Water Injection | IC Spray Bar | Anti Lag | Aerodynamics |
2500 WRC cars were sold...
2100 were sold in Japan and 300 to Europe, 77 to Australia and the remainder to the rest of the world...
What extras were the WRC cars fitted with?
Fact...
WATER INJECTION |
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Water Injection - click here for an article Click here for more water reservoir pictures This was fitted but not activated on the car The WI nozzle is mounted in the intake manifold A different ECU is fitted and is labelled with "WI" against one of the ECU pins |
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Water injection reservoir |
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Different intake manifold, with:
Additional manifold connection point - half way down cylinder No.4 runner. This is blanked off, but can easily be drilled out, (used as part of WI system)
Water Injection nozzle - this has extra associated pipe work and VSV at the rear of the manifold. The nozzle is mounted underneath the throttle body in a similar way to the 165 and 185 cold start injector (CSI) |
INTERCOOLER SPRAY BAR |
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Intercooler spray bar Note that this is connected up as part of the headlight washer system 3 nozzles are fitted within the metal bumper support bar |
ANTI LAG |
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Picture coming... | Anti lag Valve - this is disabled by default. A spot weld disables the valve - this is located on top of the valve face between the valve and housing cross member |
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Additional small heat insulation strip placed between the cylinder head and the exhaust manifold to help insulate the IC from the exhaust and cylinder head heat. Click here for a few more pictures |
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Different exhaust manifold - anti lag pipe work. The pipes are fitted but they are inoperative |
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Different exhaust manifold heat shield - to allow for the anti lag pipe work on the exhaust manifold This has a cut out and a lump in it when compared to the "normal" ST205 The pictures show the stock 205 heat shield and the WRC heat shield |
Fiction...
Power Increased | The power output of a WRC is the same as a normal ST205. Whilst the power output varies quite a lot from 205 to 205, the WRC version can be considered to have the same output as a "normal" 205 |
WRC cars have a thicker cylinder block | Untrue. Again it appears to be pot luck as to whether a WRC has a thick block or a thin block. Click here for an article on thick vs thin cylinder blocks |
WRC Front wings are aluminium | Unfortunately not, however all 205 bonnets are aluminium |
Yet to be proven...
Additional welding | Very doubtful. The TTE cars definitely had additional welding, but I doubt the WRC road cars are any different to a stock ST205 |
Reduced weight | Doubtful, but there maybe some truth in a reduction of soundproofing in the WRC cars |