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Its pretty wild to think about, but its true, that the meanest cars on the show room floor from the 60's and 70's can be out performed by a modern grocery hauler.
 
RedneckFur said:
Its pretty wild to think about, but its true, that the meanest cars on the show room floor from the 60's and 70's can be out performed by a modern grocery hauler.
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And pure racecars at that. Radial Tires, ABS Braking and Traction Control, and modern suspension have came A LONG way since the musclecar era.

It wasn't always that way. I remember the early to mid 80s, when cars SUCKED to work on and performance. Very few standouts in that era. My SVO mustang was super high tech and a modern WRX would smoke it six ways from Sunday.
 
I humiliated quite a few cars in my 2002 1.8T Jetta Wagon. Just had a chip and some minor tweeking. Nobody ever expected it to get off the line as quick as it did. And I had decent susp on it and it handled pretty good for a wagon.
Miss that car. It was fun and I could get a ton of stuff in it.
 
NKD said:
I humiliated quite a few cars in my 2002 1.8T Jetta Wagon. Just had a chip and some minor tweeking. Nobody ever expected it to get off the line as quick as it did. And I had decent susp on it and it handled pretty good for a wagon.
Miss that car. It was fun and I could get a ton of stuff in it.
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Here's a name for all you sleeper turbo enthusiasts: Gus Mahon

Dude was a master turd polisher.
 
Ikarus1 said:
Here's a name for all you sleeper turbo enthusiasts: Gus Mahon

Dude was a master turd polisher.
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Hadn't heard of him before. Some pretty cool stuff looking online about him. Apparently loved FWD sleepers. Cool

Damn, killed on a motorcycle!
 
NKD said:
Hadn't heard of him before. Some pretty cool stuff looking online about him. Apparently loved FWD sleepers. Cool

Damn, killed on a motorcycle!
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Yes. He took those little 2.2L Chryslers further than anyone could dream about it.

What's funny is we had a 87-88 Plymouth Voyager with the Mitsu 3.0L. My dad had driven one of the short WB turbos and said "those things are gutless" lol.
 
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Ikarus1 said:
Yes. He took those little 2.2L Chryslers further than anyone could dream about it.

What's funny is we had a 87-88 Plymouth Voyager with the Mitsu 3.0L. My dad had driven one of the short WB turbos and said "those things are gutless" lol.
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It's just so easy to get moar powa out of a turbo! But....blown up stuff can occur.
 
NKD said:
It's just so easy to get moar powa out of a turbo! But....blown up stuff can occur.
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true. But on these old cast iron engines, the first thing to go is the head gasket. That's your fuse. MOAR BOOOOOOOOST :D (along with copious amounts of moar fuel)
 
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only thing I never liked about the Mopar 2.2 (besides the cars it came in) was that the intake and exhaust came on the same side of the head, like a tractor. I guess for FWD packaging, et al.
 
Ikarus1 said:
Here's a name for all you sleeper turbo enthusiasts: Gus Mahon

Dude was a master turd polisher.
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I googled name and having an issue finding anything car related, link to what exactly I should read about the gent?
 
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