Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause

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From: Aaron Stanley
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 00:00

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Joseph Huesmann wrote:

> In article <79peb3$4j9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, woody93lx@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> >Yeah, alot of people don't know that a 4cyl or 6cyl can handle much more
> >boost than say a pushrod V8....especially compared to what they are at stock.
> >And topspeed is more about aerodynamics. 134mph is really respectable as a
> >pre '93 Mustang can only do 138mph and an MR2 Turbo did about 141mph (225hp
> >vs 200hp) as shown in a Motor Trend top speed battle between these two cars.
>
> Didn't the MR2s have blowers, rather than turbos?  At least the later
> ones.

1st gens had blowers, 2nd gen had turbos.  for lots of fun on a first gen, get an
HKS twincharger kit.  Adds a turbo, so tou've got the blower for lowend torque and
drivability, and the turbo for highend output  :)

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From: Aaron Stanley <sybir@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Washington Post: Road Rage Cause
Date: 1999/02/09
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