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I have seen an 82 242 w/B21FT engine, DL badge on the trunk, no accesories, no sunroof, rubber floor mats instead of carpet, and the V6 hood in a junkyard. It had the smaller steering wheel, turbo gauges, and things like that, but nothing else. Did have an antenna on the A-pillar. If you were going to turn any 242 into a race car that would be what I would pick. The 83 Group-A cars are too nice, as are the 81's.
I sometimes wish I had grabbed the rubber floor mats.
Saw a similar 4 door in the Damascus junkyard not long ago, but didn't look closely.
I really don't think the engines in either car were stronger than my 81. The GR-A cars seem mostly cosmetic (aside from the intercooler), getting the 240 hood instead of the V6 hood, the grille from Australia/Europe (used with the rectangular ecodes up to 80 there) and the quad rectangular headlights.
I have heard that at least some of the 83 GR-A cars came with the B23FT instead of the B21FT. The sticker listing engine displacement on a friend's GR-A car reads 145 cubic inches. Just more to add the the vast amount of speculation about these cars.
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1981 242 GLTi 1967.5 122S
Seattle, WA
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