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The March 84G was a
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racing sports prototype, designed and developed by March Engineering in late 1983 and used in sports car racing until 1989. It was powered by a number of different engines, including a Chevrolet small-block, a
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, a Porsche flat-six, and even a Mazda 13B Wankel rotary engine. Power output was around . It only managed to score 5 wins, and clinch a total of 10 podium, over the course of 7 years and 119 race entries.


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