"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
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"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
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I’ve been thinking a lot about early turbo cars recently. I’m talking 1980 and older stuff here. I’d like to own an old classic turbo car and shock people that it was originally made with a turbo when it was new.
There aren’t many pre-1980 Turbos but all the ones I can think of are:
Oldsmobile Jetfire Turbo
Chevrolet Corvair Turbo
BMW 2002 Turbo
Porsche 930 Turbo
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (The 4.9, not the GN V6 turbo one)
I’m sure the carbureted turbo cars are cantankerous and hate to run right but I still kind of want one. The Oldsmobile, BMW and Porsche are out of my price range but a turbocharged Trans Am or Corvair sounds like fun.
What do you think? What’s your favorite 1980 or older turbo?
dogisbadob
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 15:56 |
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The 78 Buick Regal turbo sport coupe (there was also a LeSabre turbo sport coupe as well), a very early version of the Grand National’s turbo
And of course, the Saab 99 turbo
Brian Silvestro
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 15:58 |
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2002 turbo is a great answer
John_Harbinson
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:05 |
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Mercedes 300sd? Volvo 240/740/940 turbo?
unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:07 |
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Peugeot 505 Turbo Wagon.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> Brian Silvestro
05/13/2015 at 16:08 |
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It’s a cool car with motorsport heritage. hard to fault
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> John_Harbinson
05/13/2015 at 16:08 |
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Oh I totally forgot about the diesel Mercedes turbos! Those are amazing engines
RallyWrench
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:17 |
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It’s between the 930 and 2002 for me, but the 930 takes it.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:19 |
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Is that a smog pump?
Not jalop.
DoYouEvenShift
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:21 |
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This is probably the oldest Id be willing to mess with. Im not much for old cars.
lone_liberal
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:24 |
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The Corvair and the T/A would get my votes. I’m sure you could make the T/A run much better than it did from the factory when you don’t have to worry about emissions regulations.
PS9
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 16:39 |
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Could have just put some gearing in there if we needed more spin, BUT NAW FUCK THAT JUST SLAP A BIG ASS PULLEY ON IT
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> PS9
05/13/2015 at 16:47 |
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Ah malaise era GM know how. Nothing like it.
DrJohannVegas
> PS9
05/13/2015 at 16:58 |
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Pssst. Big pulley driven means slower spin on the driven shaft. (Given the same size crank pulley.) Just FYI.
Nibbles
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 17:16 |
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Good looks, the famous “EXTRA” button and the best damn “TURBO” emblem...
in the wooorld
The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 17:22 |
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Definitely the Jetfire. Because it requires Turbo Rocket fluid.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/13/2015 at 19:04 |
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Small. French. Group. B. Monster.
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John_Harbinson
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
05/16/2015 at 19:05 |
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I found you a car (BaT helped me a bit)
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/502604…
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> John_Harbinson
05/17/2015 at 12:15 |
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i was drooling over this earlier