1984 Argo Other Black JM16-GTP

 

stored GTP/ l Lights chassis 102 with history from the pinnacle era of sportscar racing.  Fast and looks great.   ady to go vintage racing, or be the fast guy at private track days.  Fresh Lozano thers Buick V6 racing engine. Major $40K+ restoration 2018-2024.The car comes with a tremendous amount of spare parts and accessories, historical car information, schematics, instructions, systems diagrams, documentation, receipts. asonably priced.  

Original owner/driver Charles ran chassis 102 in 10 l GTP races in 1984-85 including the 24 urs of a, with best GTP finish 4th.  He then converted it to a l Lights spec and did 10 more races through 1985 finishing 1st at tkins Glen and 1st at Seca. Drivers included Charles , Bill Alsup, and z. It was later owned by HANS device co-developer and l Lights champion Jim Downing. e it vintage racing in VSCDA group 9 and others, or private track days.  It has only done a few laps since the restoration.  The cockpit fits my 6’1” 180# frame.  

Chassis 102 is one of seven GTP cars built by Jo Marquart (founder of Anglia LTD, , also former Mc en F1 Chief Designer) to be entered in the US l GT series in the mid 1980’s. Charles ordered the car from Marquart and campaigned it in the 1984-85 seasons in GTP then Lights after seeing Jim Downing’s success in l Lights with his Mazda powered JM16.  ’s Buick powered JM16-102 in Lights spec had the best in finishing percentage and position performance against all other chassis except for the Downing Mazda-powered 097.  ct the seller for much more historical racing information and photos.

Historic video of JM16-102 at 1985 l GT with lap narration by driver Bill Alsup     <a href=" [ ct Seller] ;”> [ ct Seller] ;

Flyby at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan    [ ct Seller]

 

Right hand drive with right hand shifter

Dimensions – Wheelbase 100”, Length 187”, Width 78”, Height 39”, Track 59”, ar Track 55”

Weight as purchased per SCCA logbook – 2#  (no fuel or driver, but with lights, splitters, undertray, diffuser)

ne – Buick V6, 4.47 L NA  273.3 cu in rebuilt by Lozano thers ing, New , TX.(builders of the 1984 Buick engines).  New rods, CP pistons, Ferrea titanium valves, new IND aluminum heads from Ohio gomery stock, compression ratio – 13.0:1, HP – 450 hp est (GTP type config).

smission – 5 speed Hewland DG300 with 24 sets of gears with change tools and fixtures, 7.25” n clutch

ne management – ACCEL 77143 DFI ECU V5.1, with MSD 6600 HVC ignition and coil. ACCEL CalMap tuning software with PRO KE , laptop with various tunes. Seller will instruct buyer on the operation of the CalMap tuning software/laptop.

Fuel system – Kinsler 10272 velocity stack intakes, sch 42#/hr injectors, ITG JC50/100 reusable air filters, FuelSafe custom bladder 22.3 gal and 1.2 gal reserve/header tank.

Fuel – VP C-12 112 leaded or co 112 leaded. 5 gal quick fill jug included.

Oil System – sump 11 quarts in engine and heat exchanger, 1.4 quarts in K&N HP-5001 remote filter.  e Driven XP3 10w30 syn or Mobil 0w50 racing oil. 

ant system – 2.8 gallons of distilled water plus 12 oz of ter

Safety – SPA Technique fire suppression system, new Schroth 6 point driver harness, new Racequip 4 point passenger harness (not installed), steel roll cage 1.-101 two piston calipers all around with Ferodo FRP212R front and rear pads, steel 12.5” diameter rotors, brake bias adjustable from cockpit.

Wheels/ s – three piece BBS aluminum centerlock front 11×16, rear 14 x 16. 10 lap gles on car F 23.5 x 10.5, R 25.5 x 14.  Also new set of siers on same type BBS, F 23.5 x 11.5, R 25.0 x 13. Wheel nut socket (3/4” drive) comes with car. Keepers for wheel nuts.

Air ks – Three jacks (2 front, 1 rear), jack fitting and nitrogen tank hose come with car. Car can also be raised with conventional jacks by removing front nose.

Aero – dertray and rear diffuser, splitters added on nose to balance downforce from undertray/diffuser. added in each front fender to vent air entering wheel wells.

 

NEW parts: built Buick V6 engine, fuel bladder, fuel lines, fuel filters, fuel pumps, fuel injectors, air filter system, oil lines, oil filters, radiator, MSD ignition and coil, ACCEL DFI ECU, spark plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, rotor, mag pickup, crank trigger, O2 sensor, fuel pressure gauges, MAP sensor, Throttle position sensor, headlights, lenses, windshield, side windows, wiper, battery, rain light, clutch master cylinder, brake fluid and pads, safety belts, recharged fire bottle, mirrors, rear brake cooling ducts, splitters, fender louvres, decals match the set from the 1985 Sun nk a 24 Hrs race, but I could not bring myself to go back to the original Buick livery.

 

SPARE parts include the original Lights spec 3.0L long block engine and a 3.0L short block engine.  Other major spares include: a second new Hewland DG300 transmission, magnesium bell housing adapter, a Kinsler EFI intake for the 3.0L, multiple sets of custom suspension parts, uprights, flywheels, rotors, two big boxes of gearsets, spare nose, 3 spare windscreens, spare doors, door windows, door layup molds, two sets BBS wheels, old rain tires, and many other parts and accessories-see photos.