ma_137 wrote:
I love the T/A man!! !! finally, another car enthusiast on WP! I too am a car enthusiast. I drive an old volvo. 1989 740 turbo. Like yours, not a single bolt has been left untouched . Anyway, I think cars and driving may be one of my obsessions. I love turbos. Without further ado, here are my specs...not as extensive as yours, but I'm getting there.
I like those cars! They make great sleepers; nobody expects to have their doors blown off by a Volvo.
I used to have an '88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe with a 2.3l 4-banger. Stock it put out 190hp/240tq, I just had a better intake and bumped the boost up an extra 3 psi (15->18 ). It was a fun car, especially with the stick shift.
Ironically it had all kinds of lower midrange power (it'd easily burn thru first gear and break the tires loose if I punched it in second), but not much top end. On the other hand my current car ('93 Lincoln Mark VIII, 4.6 DOHC V8, 280hp, 285tq) is a complete dog off the line, but hauls ass past 30 mph and pulls hardest from 4000-6000 rpm. It feels more like a turbocharged engine than my actual turbo engine did!