1982 Lancia 037 Group B
In compliance
with the FIA Group B regulations, Lancia released the 037. It was the
37th project number which was developed closely with Abarth. Although a
large car, it won the Manufacturers' World Championship in 1983.
Built from the ground up, the 037's basis bodyshape came from the Lancia Montecarlo. It shared the Montecarlo's center tub chassis with new front and rear steel subframes. A mjor departure from the the production car was repositioning the engine in a transverse position. The body was entirely new and made from Kevlar.
Powering the 037 was an inline-4 engine similar to the unit in the Fiat
Abarth 131 rally cars. It displaced 2.0 liters and was initially
supercharged to produce 265 bhp. This engine was upgraded in 1982 to 300
bhp with a water injection system and again in 1984 to 2111cc.
During the first year of racing the 037 suffered from many reliability problems including gearbox failures at the car's debut at the 1982 Rally Costa Smeralda. With drivers Walter Röhrl, Markku Alen the car managed much better the following year.
In 1984 an second evolution car was released, but couldn't compete with the new 4WD cars coming from Audi.
Built from the ground up, the 037's basis bodyshape came from the Lancia Montecarlo. It shared the Montecarlo's center tub chassis with new front and rear steel subframes. A mjor departure from the the production car was repositioning the engine in a transverse position. The body was entirely new and made from Kevlar.
During the first year of racing the 037 suffered from many reliability problems including gearbox failures at the car's debut at the 1982 Rally Costa Smeralda. With drivers Walter Röhrl, Markku Alen the car managed much better the following year.
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