Factory Turbo setups
- Thread starter Antoine
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
My sister and I used to own a 1987 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo. The car ran a 1.3 3 cylinder turbocharged engine (Suzuki mechanicals). The car was incredibly small, but paired with the five speed it could outdo any other ricers of its day. We finally sold it at 150,000 miles when the turbo went bad (wastegate, etc.)
The Firebird turbo the poster was thinking of ran the exact same engine as the Buick Grand National. 3.8 liter turbo charged, zero to 60 time around 4.5 seconds. The year was either 1988 or 1987. Buick had switched to a "Premium American Motorcars" image and the GNX "modern muscle" was dropped from thier lineup (shame). GM had a ton of 3.8s left over and fit them in the Anniversary Firebirds around that time. Hella fast.
Never driven a Firebird, but I've driven a GNX and will tell you that there is no comparison. Pound for pound we are talking Grade A US steel road shark. Fast as hell and more than capable of taking a modern non-Z06 vette et. al.
And it only came with an automatic transmission to boot...
The Firebird turbo the poster was thinking of ran the exact same engine as the Buick Grand National. 3.8 liter turbo charged, zero to 60 time around 4.5 seconds. The year was either 1988 or 1987. Buick had switched to a "Premium American Motorcars" image and the GNX "modern muscle" was dropped from thier lineup (shame). GM had a ton of 3.8s left over and fit them in the Anniversary Firebirds around that time. Hella fast.
Never driven a Firebird, but I've driven a GNX and will tell you that there is no comparison. Pound for pound we are talking Grade A US steel road shark. Fast as hell and more than capable of taking a modern non-Z06 vette et. al.
And it only came with an automatic transmission to boot...
Since we're discussing Grand Nationals and T-Type. I'm curious to see how many of you know the mechanical differences between the 2. We all know that they had differences visually, but I'm talking suspension, drivetrain, powertrain.
Any takers....?
I also just thought of another car the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
Any takers....?I also just thought of another car the Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
SLK 32....it is a beast...i work for mercedes benz and i have drivin the slk 32 and the ml 55...u have no idea...the slk is soo quick....yea it is ONLY 349hp....but u see the curb wieght??.,..3200lbs...the car is sick...it can run like 12.9....it is soooo tourqy....it really is the fastest car i have driven under the 360 spyder....but i would have to say it needs the MP3's suspension.....hehe...too much body roll and nose divin.....maybe i should ty to get a 32 engine...i would get my hands on one but it would be a b**** tryin to get the engine retrofitted to the mp3...would be awsome though.....the ml 55 is well was the fastest suv in u.s.a and it really does feel like it too..under the cheyanne......i just have to say that the ML in general is garbage....i really liked the 55 but i wouldn't buy it if i had the money....
