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My father had a 1980 Saab 900 turbo. Floor it, 3…2…1….blast off!
I had several Saab turbos. The 99 was more like 10 9 8 7 etc etc
My father had a 1980 Saab 900 turbo. Floor it, 3…2…1….blast off!
I had several Saab turbos. The 99 was more like 10 9 8 7 etc etc
I had a 900 turbo, great fun but the torque steer was brutal, it could put you in a ditch if you weren't careful.My father had a 1980 Saab 900 turbo. Floor it, 3…2…1….blast off!
For brutal turbo lag stories I saw an interview with someone (I don't remember who) about the original 80s turbo F1 cars. They explained at the Canadian GP for the main hairpin, the process was brake to entry speed, select the correct gear, full throttle, THEN turn in! by the time you got round the corner at full throttle you should have built enough boost to ….
I used to think TDs were awful, and they were, years ago, but my own is very good. It's the 3L Audi V6 and performs well. Its favourite party trick is A road overtaking in 4th gear. 50-55 mph stuck behind a truck, foot down and it will accelerate to no-officer-I -don't -think -so speeds very quickly, without lag. Obviously if you bog it down in 6th and 1200rpm you deserve what you get, but nobody (other than my dad) expects a car to deliver any power at those engine speeds. Nor will they, petrol or otherwise, this side of a ship engine.For brutal turbo lag stories I saw an interview with someone (I don't remember who) about the original 80s turbo F1 cars. They explained at the Canadian GP for the main hairpin, the process was brake to entry speed, select the correct gear, full throttle, THEN turn in! by the time you got round the corner at full throttle you should have built enough boost to start making power to slingshot down the straight. Mental!
Turbos have come an awful long way in modern petrol cars (turbo diesels are still awful).
Yes it’s a 2.0 litre with a bigger turbo, marked as a 3.30i.
The 340 is a proper car but far too much for what I need.
Twenty years ago most turbo cars were crap to drive, simple as that. Now, they’re extremely driveable, even if most sound very one-note and boring.
A turbo is a necessity for power/emissions//economy now, with liquid fuels.
For brutal turbo lag stories I saw an interview with someone (I don't remember who) about the original 80s turbo F1 cars. They explained at the Canadian GP for the main hairpin, the process was brake to entry speed, select the correct gear, full throttle, THEN turn in! by the time you got round the corner at full throttle you should have built enough boost to start making power to slingshot down the straight. Mental!
Turbos have come an awful long way in modern petrol cars (turbo diesels are still awful).
Some were V6sTotally out of context example.
Those 80's F1 motors with turbocharging were 1.5 litres in displacement with 4 cylinders, using turbochargers of the day rated to support 1500 HP ... extremely unbalanced setup for a racing engine let alone a road car.
Then there was fuel additives / anti knock needed so that the motor does not detonate once full power comes in ...
So true for so many such grumbles - the full area under the redline is available: just use it.Anyone that moans about turbo lag on a road car needs to learn how to use a gearbox.
Lovely things. Cheesecutter wheels?
Some were V6s
So true for so many such grumbles - the full area under the redline is available: just use it.
Of course - so many engines are also just pretty horrid/ offer little more for being stretched like that: esp small, highly-boosted engines past 4k5 or so. And modern diesels, pretty much at all, past about 1/2-2/3rds the red line ( ...however far they have come with engine management in last 20yrs)
My father had a 1980 Saab 900 turbo. Floor it, 3…2…1….blast off!
I had a 900 turbo, great fun but the torque steer was brutal, it could put you in a ditch if you weren't careful.