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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Feb 10 12:33:03 2011, in response to Re: The (Not So Good) Old Days, posted by Mitch45 on Tue Feb 8 15:50:53 2011. The (Charger) nameplate reappeared on some Dodge Omni-based coupes in the '80s, all powered by various 4 cylinder engines (!) that topped out at 146 horsesThose cars were really lightweight, so they got some pretty fast quarter-mile times (in the mid-15s). The rarer Shelby Charger GLHS Turbo was yet faster, getting mid-14s.  The Z-28 disappeared for awhile, leaving the Camaro RS as the hottest Camaro. When it came back, its hottest engine was the 350-inch V-8 making about 180-200 hp. In 1982, the car was completely redesigned and had a 305 V-8 making 165 hp That's not the worst motor that a Camaro ever had. The base model had the LQ9 four-banger rated at a puny 88 horses. The second- and third-generation suffered from some bad corporate problems when it came to the 350 CID engine — Chevy doggedly refused to sell them with the stickshift. Who wants a blasted auto trans with the most powerful engine?!? (Horsepower crept up to 225 in the 1987 IROC-Z28.) The Trans Am soldiered on but by 1979 the 455 and 400 inch V8s were history. For one year, the T/A was fitted with a 403 inch V-8 made by OLDSMOBILE (!) but that was replaced by a 301-inch turbo engine that made 210 hp Oh yes, the Turbo Trans Am. Lots of non-standard parts that make restoration hard to do. Nowadays, a turbo small-block V8 would be making close to 600 horses out of the box. You ever hear of the 20th Anniversary 1989 Turbo Trans Am, which had the Buick 3.8 V6 Turbo that was in the GNX? (Some sources put the HP figure of that motor close to 300, and have the car running quarter-mile times of 13.4 seconds.) |
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