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TODD’S R53 RALLYCROSS CAR

Once the car was back in the workshop following Blyton, we realised the damage went deeper than we thought. The intercooler core was split across the veins, helpfully from where the oil cooler (which was also now leaking) had imprinted itself on it. The chassis legs had largely survived, but the crumple zone we had designed into the panel had done its job, so some

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