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StarLight Garage presents her first rally car, the Skoda 130 LR an historic rally car in the rally class up to 1300 cc. This car is suggested by cbarbosa
Skoda 130 LR (de Luxe Rally), was introduced in 1984.
Technically, these cars differ strongly from the production ones, for example the angular of the rear axle that formed a wishbone with an angle of 10° Captured in the body, in a protective frame, tuning the engine, transmission, electrical, etc.
This 130LR was originally designed for Group B cars have participated in European and world competitions.
The engine (Rear Engine Drive) is a classic four-stroke inline liquid-cooled four-cylinder gasoline
1289 cc OHV, longitudinally behind the rear axle, equipped with an eight-channel head and stuffed with two double Weber carburettors, for reaching power up to 95 kW and torque to 175 Nm via a modified five-speed serial transmission and reinforced clutch Sachs, the car could reach a maximum speed (according to the gearbox) of 220 km/h and accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in 8 seconds this all with a total vehicle weight of 800 kg.
It seems a quite humble in comparison with "monsters" as Lancia Delta "S4" and others but it’s only appearance: in fact, for many years, the rear-engine Skoda cars won the rally class up to 1300 cc., beating Opel, Fiat, Peugeot and many other Western cars.
The 130LR therefore carried on in its original design form and a lot of good results ensued until the model was finally withdrawn from rallying at the end of 1988.
Another era came to an end, and not only for Skoda. This was the end of rear engined rally cars as well, as the Group A rules effectively prevented them being homologated any more by anyone.
From the 130LR were 200 units built.
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