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Thank you for clarifying the intercooler issue, VIVA GT. I've heard it before, and by 1984 there were surprisingly few group A turbo cars around. The Volvo 240 Turbo was one, and I was quite sure that Volvo did homologate an intercooler when they did their evo in 1983, but can't find the evidence. But since the 240 (FIA A5020) aren't relevant to this thread I will leave it to rest for now.
The newly established Australian arm of Mitsubishi Ralliart entered a Starion Turbo for the 1984 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst. Perhaps optimisticly they build the car to the expected 1985 specifications, but the governing body CAMS followed the written FIA group A regulations. The team went to tremendously trouble rebuilding the car to 1983 spec, including deleting the intercooler, before being allowed to race on sunday. This is to the best of my memory of having re-read the '84 Bathurst bible recently.
Jesper
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