dusted off the turbo car

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

All the better, 
Gas and Beer...
:-)
brian


On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Jeff Toomasson wrote:

> Not so fast!  I live within driving distance!   :p
>  
> JT 
> 
> Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
> well tell us what kind of turbo? and how much $$ would make you part w/ 
> it... :-) Shipping and Handling?
> brian
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Joe Doty wrote:
> 
> > I wish I could fix the turbo setup but I don't want to. I decided I
> > wanted to do something with it after it had been sitting in my parents'
> > backyard for about three months because of blown motor #2 (probably a
> > cracked piston). Oddly enough it fired right up, nevermind the cloud of
> > blue smoke that puffed out of it. I couldn't resist the temptation to
> > pass the garage and head towards the street, despite my brother giving
> > me the "what the hell are you doing" look. I ran it around the block
> > for one last tire cleaning before I put her to rest.
> > 
> > The turbo junk, 1.8, and digifant are getting ripped out to go back to
> > the 2.0 16v. It's going to be great, the car will run and drive well
> > all the time, and I won't have to think about it.
> > 
> > This car has had the most screwed up history ever.
> > 
> > This is the car that I got for $50 from the local high school auto
> > class. It needed a transmission. I got it running and drove it for a
> > while, then dropped a 2.0 and a 4K into it. A year or so-ish later I
> > put a lower compression 1.8 16v and digifant on it. Then I put all the
> > turbo stuff on it. It was a few months later that it blew up. I
> > rebuilt it, then it blew up again. Now I'm going back to the 2.0.
> > 
> > So, in summary:
> > 1.8 16v (stock)
> > 2.0 16v
> > low compression 1.8 16v n/a digifant
> > turbo 1.8 16v digifant (blew up twice)
> > 2.0 16v
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
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