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In contrast to those pretty Turbos
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:59 am
by G-reg
The good old wagon, doing the proper donut. The lower pic is the little guy ticking over 200K, @ WOT in 2nd. As money permits it will get some love from the Suby parts bin, some Al wheels, new brakes, struts, exhaust. By the time I'm out of College with a job those 05 Legs will be pretty tempting. I think I'll keep the trusty 92 for some future rallying or in spite of my first born.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:08 am
by BAC5.2
Looking good man!
I plan on keeping my 94 Turbo as a rally rig after I buy a new car.
I've wanted this car for to long just to get rid of it in 3 years. I'll keep it until it's dead, then I'll rebuild it and keep it until it dies again.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:00 pm
by NuwanD
nice pics, i'll definately be keeping my leggy turbo as long as i can, either i'll die in it or it will become a lawn sculpture outside my retirement home after they take away my license
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:16 pm
by ciper
2nd gear at 25mph? Your slow.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:22 pm
by THAWA
that's what I was thinking
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:03 pm
by BAC5.2
ciper wrote:2nd gear at 25mph? Your slow.
Hey, 26mph...
You should still be in 1st gear at that point though...
My bad
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:20 pm
by G-reg
Yea I guess it probably was in 1st
it was hard to drive and operate my crappy camera. I was going for the long exposure-needle sweep but missed the timing. And don't worry it gets driven harder than any sports car, it dosen't know it's slow.
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:28 pm
by BAC5.2
If that was 1'st, you'd be at closer to 4500 wouldn't you?
In my own defense.....Again
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:02 am
by G-reg
Ok it was a 2nd gear roll-on, trying to get a long exposure pic of the needle sweeping to waaaaaaaay more than 3K 25MPH, but it didn't catch the right RPM range. Here's another potentially cool pic ruined by my hack skills and crappy camera. This one taken on my occasional “commute” from ND to CO. Professional driver on a closed course in an undisclosed rectangle state.
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:20 am
by ciper
Still looks slow, why would you ever reach 4k rpm even at the bottom of a gear? Considering peak power output and adjusting shift points to match it should be higher. How many rpm does a gear normally take in a manual?
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:23 am
by BAC5.2
Yea, I don't quite understand that.
Do you have a manual or an automatic?
This is a N/A 4EAT. 4k, bottom of 4th
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:52 am
by THAWA
gotta be a manual, no gear indicators between the tach and speedo
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 7:32 am
by G-reg
Yea it's a manual, from a 95 if that makes a difference. And it's the top of 5th, not the bottom
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:38 pm
by entirelyturbo
I have pics of 80mph in 4th at 4500 rpm, it was a long time ago, as the mileage was 94,400
I also have pics of it turning 100k...
Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:29 pm
by BAC5.2
G-reg wrote:Yea it's a manual, from a 95 if that makes a difference. And it's the top of 5th, not the bottom
That's the top of 5th! WOAH
The pic I posted is the bottom of 4th in a 4EAT.
Anyway, car still looks pimpin man. Keep it forever.