How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
06-23-2015, 04:58 PM
My dad worked for chevrolet motor division for ~35 years and brought home plenty of company cars. My favorites were always the 3rd gen camaro's with t-tops. I could never see over the dash on those.
He did bring home one of these one day. That's the day I learned the magic of turbos.
He did bring home one of these one day. That's the day I learned the magic of turbos.
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06-24-2015, 12:14 PM
In the back of my mind, I've always had a vague desire to pick up another Metro convertible, give the engine a very casual refresh, open up the head just a tad, and then do something thoroughly unreasonable to it with a turbocharger.
Not quite this unreasonable:
[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=142396&dateline=143509 0583[IMG]
Not quite this unreasonable:
[IMG]https://www.miataturbo.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=142396&dateline=143509 0583[IMG]
I say this because having driven a couple modded ms3, srt4, hondas, etc. as soon as I got past the amusement phase (usually the first half hour), I absolutely despised the car's tendency to torque steer, spin, and plow any time over 20% throttle was applied at normal driving speeds or in corners.
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06-24-2015, 01:28 PM
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</p><p>He said run. Your car never ran <img alt="" src="https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/thefinger.gif" title="Thefinger" /></p>
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(Still gave you props because i chortled)
06-24-2015, 01:35 PM
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<p>Then why did I just pay your for the FPR off that car....<img alt="Dunno" src="https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/dunno.gif" style="height:15px; width:37px" title="Dunno" /></p>
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