Tag: Turbo
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Subaru madness?
Some project cars are worth much more to the builder than to anyone else – often because of personal taste or because they simply don’t make sense to anyone else. Guess which one this is… Click for eBay ad Wilsonville, OR USA $3,000 BIN with offers considered Posted by CG Update: Ended unsold. Fender mirrors…
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Post Twin-Stick: Dodge Colt Turbo
We love the early-to-mid-80s twin-stick Dodge Colt GTS Turbo and we like these later cars, too, even though they does lack the transmission weirdness. Each offers Mitsubishi-sourced, domestic-badged hot hatch goodness. This car appears to be in decent enough shape, except for the bashed-in hatch and faded paint. We’d hope that a hatch wouldn’t be…
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Torque steer and pickled fish
Named after a famous Saab fighter, the 9-3 Viggen was Saab’s short-lived performance entry, produced for the 1999 through 2002 model years (though some claim a small number of 1998s). Its 2.3L, turbocharged four cylinder put out 225 to 230 HP, depending on the year and the ECU limited first gear torque to cope with…
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Rotary masterpiece
We see Mazda rotary engines thrown into just about everything these days and we generally approve, but this seems like a fantastic version AND, for once, the car originally came with a Wankel. The RX-4 was one of Mazda’s many interesting, and relatively obscure, creations. It never came with this Wankel, however, as it’s the…
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Baja = Brat II?
What’s not to love about a Subaru Baja Turbo with a manual trans? Freakshow styling that yields limited utility? Check! Two-seater rear bench to removed expected practicality? Check! Detuned STI engine? Check! AWD? Check! It probably sounds like we’re making fun of this beast, but the fact is we love it. What could be more…
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Sleeper from hell? 1983 Custom Cruiser Wagon with Buick GN power
We love sleepers. You humble host once owned a 1993 Sentra SE-R, which certainly qualifies, and the SVT Contour that replaced it qualifies, though the body kit may have pushed limits for some. Today’s subject car is an extreme sleeper of the homemade variety: 1983 Olds Wagon with 1986 Buick Grand National power – actually,…
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Merk-two-fur
How can we resist posting a Merkur XR4Ti two-fer? Car #1 is largely stock and claims to run. Car #2 is sorta-kinda a track car, at least in that it has harnesses, fire extinguisher and some somewhat-described mods. How can we beat this quote? “She drivers actually good and wants to driver fast for some…
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There’s nothing like a Cougar that blows
Here we have the uber-rare and questionably desirable Mercury equivalent to the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe, complete with 5-speed manual transmission. Yes, this was a factory configuration, at least for a few years. The turbo powertrain was phased out of the Mercury lineup after the 1986 model year, even though the 1987-1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupes received…
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Subaru GL10 Turbo AWD project
This rare beast was partially disassembled at one point and this is your opportunity to build it back up the way you want it. The only downside here is the automatic trans, so you might as well do the swap “while you’re in there.” Apparently, Subaru offered a pneumatic suspension, and this one has it.…
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Mazda’s 80s Rally Homologation-mobile
These days, US customers can choose between the WRX/STI and the Evo for Japanese rally-inspired street cars, but, for years, both were forbidden fruit on these shores. That doesn’t mean there were no choices, however, as we did get the Celica All-Trac Turbo, Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 and our feature car, the Mazda 323GTX. With 130…