European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13 pol motor develops plastic indy engine pm plans Quad 4 Encini a arc in the news today with Amoco chemicals and pol motor re search introducing their new plastic indy car racing engine and general motors announcing in Detroit that it will develop a Small 16-Vnlvc. 4-Cylindcr performance engine Tor Normal production car use. First let s look at the plastic indy car engine. The plastic engine itself is no stranger Polim Olor having developed a 2-liter Plas tic racing engine that successfully pow ered a Lola sports car in the i Mesa series plastic v6 Turbo engine in 1983 and 84. So an indy car engine became the next logical development. The Amoco pol motor indy engine a 2.6-liter plastic v-6 Turbo weighing only202 pounds was introduced tuesday at the society of automotive engineers Congress in Detroit. Amoco s Bob room or a Friend from the racing world rushed us the details and a photo so that we can present the Story today. The engine has completed its first series of Laboratory dynamometer tests in preparation for an extensive development program with Competition in the Indi Anapolis 500 and other cart races the immediate goal. Amoco is negotiating with cart teams to assist in track test ing and in plans to go racing this year. The engine designer is Matty Holtz Borg president of pol motor research. He also created the 2-liter plastic engine that powered the Amoco Lola sports car in Simsa races. Holzberg says that poll motor will build at least 10 of the v6 turbos for the 1986 cart season if the development program proves successful. Pm s Quad 4 general motors meanwhile announced in Detroit last week that it will develop a 16-valve, four Cylinder engine with performance to exceed most of the v-8 engines in use today. The new engine called the Quad 4," will be installed As options in some Oldsmobile and Buick cars starting with 1988 models. The new 2.3-Lilcr engine will produce some i so horsepower while obtaining about 30 Miles per gallon of gasoline. One of the features of the Quad 4" engine is the elimination of spark plug wires. Twin ignition coils mounted in the space Between the double overhead cams on the top of the engine arc connected directly to the spark plugs. General motors said that its engineers Are also looking at the use of the engine in cars with four wheel drive and four wheel steering. Custom car talk Mike Monti an expert on custom cars who keeps us informed on that subject wrote recently to say that the interest in customs rods and vans Over Here is really fantastic and the interest is growing. What is really Beautiful about the meets is that you Don t have to have a show car to enjoy yourself. All the people i be met have been wonderful. They like meeting americans and the friendships i be formed have been the Best i be Ever  Monti a senior master sergeant at Ramstein a says the custom car shows and meetings Are a great Way to spend a weekend and if you like cars in any Way shape or form just go to a run you la be  the custom car Calendar on this Page is via Courtesy of Monti and if you have any questions regarding the meetings feel free to Contact him. I m available and More than willing to talk customs rods and vans to anyone inter ested Monti says. His phone is 06371 12885 the military address is pc Box 1793, Apo 09021-5365, and his Home address is Geb 3856, Apt. "0," 6790 lands Lull. West Germany. Cafes Auto show if you missed the cafes new car shows last fall you can Check out the 1986 Ameri can models this weekend at Heidelberg where cafes is staging its Spring car show at the . Army Airfield there in Side a Hanger. Cars trucks vans and recreational vehicles from american motors jeep Chrysler Ford general motors and Volkswagen will be on display along with motorcycles from Harley Davidson. The hours Are As follows Friday and sat urday 10 . To 7 . Sunday 10 . To 6 . Randy Barnett the custom car Calendar Jim 13-15 ass �3? hisses sri i Cullom car show in on Dot a see stadium in Gull Wem belgium.= Gss Sig i r. Scurco station Wagon ill . Specifications new on Market pc cot 205 convertible the 205 Turbo 16 Only 200 were made. 205 Turbo 16 rally cars ultimate in the series the factory Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 team rally car which won the recent rally of Sweden and brought the French firm the 1985 world rally championship represents the highest development of a car within the highly successful 205 series. The four wheel drive rally car made its debut in the Spring of 1984, this Model called the evolution 1," its 4-Cylinder Turbo engine developing 350 horsepower. Last year the evolution 2" Model arrived on the scene its styling body and technical details the same but with an engine turning out 430 horsepower an in crease of 80 he Over the evolution i car. The weight was also reduced by 110 pounds. The new Model s Speed from Zero to 100 Kph 62 Mph is rated at 3.8 seconds compared to the evolution in figure of 4.5 seconds. In this year s world rally championship series the evolution 2" Peugeot 205 is carrying the Ball for the French firm in its defense of the Crown whereas last season the two can shared roles in the world championship series. The evolution 1" car will be driven in the German championship Sachs Winter rally this weekend by French Star Michele Mouton and her co Driver Terry Harryman of Northern Ireland. The rally which starts at i  on Friday at Wolfsburg is staged annually in the Harz Mountain area. It ends on sunday. Needless to say the team rally cars Are not for Sale but until recently a Street ver Sion was costing in the neighbourhood of $40,000 see photo. Peugeot made 200 of these cars for Homol Galion purposes 200 examples must be made to enter a rally version in group b Competition. All of these cars Are now sold most of them to european owners but three were purchased by americans. These cars accelerate from Zero to 100 Kph in 6 seconds Flat and have a top Speed of More than 130 Mph. The engine a 1.8 liter turbocharged unit develops 200 horse Power at 6,750 rpm. It is located in the Middle has four cylinders with four valves per Cylinder hence the Turbo 16." unlike the Normal front wheel drive four to five passenger Peugeot 205 cars that one sees daily on the streets of Europe the Turbo 16 is strictly a sports machine scat ing Only two people. The regular 205 models meanwhile come in Many versions plus a git and a diesel and there Wilt also be a convertible on the euro Pean Market this Spring see photo. While Peugeot Sells the big 505 series sedans and wagons on the american mar Ket the Little 205 is not in the program. In Germany military car sales of Frankfurt features the .-spccificalion 505 series cars in Turbo Sedan regular Sedan and station Wagon versions with the wagons see photo available in either go base or s luxury styles. The wagons Are powered by fuel injected 4-Cylinder engines that produce 97 horsepower. Military car sales launched its Peugeot 505-scries program last fall and now has nine locations in Germany.