Jul 7, 2023 · IMSA’s an entirely different beast than Trans Am. Rather than being based on a roadgoing chassis, almost nothing is shared between an IMSA silhouette and a road car. Audi took advantage of this lax ruleset in the design template of …

Feb 7, 2024 · Here's why the original Audi 90 Quattro IMSA GTO is a stone-cold classic. Audi's latest limited edition RS6 is inspired by this 720bhp monster...

May 26, 2009 · The IMSA Audi 90 GTO was one of the wildest, most technologically advanced four-door race cars to ever hit the tracks. It was basically a 700bhp AWD Group B rally car engine-drive train package, mated to a space frame chassis, and draped with a …

Jul 13, 2015 · After upsetting the Trans-Am officials as well as team and drivers and being pushed out of the championship through a specific rule banning all-wheel drive system for 1989, Audi departed and focused on the rival championship known as the IMSA Camel GT Championship with the Audi 90 IMSA GTO.

Dec 18, 2022 · Simply put, the Audi Quattro 90 IMSA GTO was purely insane. It weighed only 1,200 kg (2,646 lbs) and was powered by a 2.2-liter inline five-cylinder engine capable now of producing nearly 720...

Mar 18, 2013 · Displacing just under 2.2 litre, it was equipped with a four-valve per cylinder head and a massive KKK turbo. In this guise, the all-alloy unit produced in excess of 700 bhp and around 720 Nm of torque. This was fed to all four wheels through a six-speed gearbox and Audi's trademark quattro system.

Jul 8, 2023 · Wunderkind: The 1989 Audi 90 IMSA Quattro Story Following their domination in Trans-Am, Audi was effectively banned by the SCCA. So they dominated at IMSA instead.

Only the silhouette of the Audi 90 quattro was retained: under the GTO’s carbon-fibre skin was a pure racing car. The five-cylinder engine, in its final development stage, produced 529 kW (720 bhp), and the car’s four driven wheels had 14-inch wide rims.

Audi 90 Quattro IMSA-GTO (man. 6) , of 1989, version for North America racing/rallye : manufactured by Audi in Germany ; 4-door sedan body type; 4x4 full-time (all-wheel drive permanent), manual 6-speed gearbox

The 90 quattro IMSA GTO is powered by a turbocharged 5-cylinder 2.2-liter in-line engine derived from the Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak , but with up to 530 kW (720 hp). The power is transmitted to the road via a 6-speed gearbox, which blocks a gear due to the IMSA regulations, and the Quattro permanent four-wheel drive .