NoGrip Legacy HTC Server is now running Imola 1972 with practice password. 

NoGrip Legacy HTC Server is now running Imola 1972 with race password. 

Is there a reason why I can't get on the server with the 650NP today? Car not present error and I get booted off the server.

Check that you have  GameData\Teams\TC-65\Fiat Giannini 500 -folder.
There was another Fiat Giannini 500 folder before the actual folder

it is not the gearbox, but lack of low end torque. BD-engines like to rev and they make most of their torque in high rpm. For example 1300BDA (aka. BDH) engines hardly make more than 90Nm of torque, but as they do it in very high rpm, it turns to out a lot of bhp. 1000cc BD engined cars were very very slugish from start line (BD heads were tested and used in more free class Anglias as well) as their max torque comes in 9000 to 10000 rpm. But that makes them to deliver 130-141bhp, which is huge number for non-charged 1000cc engine. Unfortunately the reason why they were never really a winners in real world were the missing low end torque making them lose a lot in start.

OHV 998cc Escort does have a lot more low end torque, most likely over twice as much as the BD one, but  as it does not rev more than around 8000 rpm, it's 90-100bhp on Escort's over 800kg chassis is not that much.
So there's a reason why Ford was not able to challenge the 970 S Cooper in 1969 and the Imps between 1970 and 1973 in 1000cc class, while they dominated every other engine class.

And gearbox is actually from the homologation documents. Not sure how exactly Ford was able to homologate 5-speed box to 1 liter Escort as no such car ever left from factory with 5-speed box. Probably using Parts Kit homologation in which manufacturer had to prove that they had built 100 units of upgrade kit part and it got homologated. This was possible from 1969 onwards but it took moment before manufacturers realized that they did not need sell those kits. Only claim that such things had been made 100 units was enough. The result was that extremely expensive one hand fingers counted parts ended up in factory racers as you could claim making 16 valve fuel injection head in batch of 100 units and just make 10 or 20 of them as only thing that was checked was the that the announced part serial numbers made sense.

I had a subfolder that screwed things up. Replaced the game data files and it works fine now. Thank you Nappi.

Superb race 1 some grown up dicing with Lasse, swapping places like mad.
Might have stayed in front except for messing up the braking for Rivazza. Too much front brake bias.

race 2 was looking good until I found an imp blocking the road.... got going again but was too far behind to catch Kurt

If there's a replay for Race1 I would like one if poss. I only have race 2 locally.