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- ScottyB - 03-14-2007
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:PS- There is NO replacement for displacement. Adding turbo means more power, but with more turbo+more displacement= OWNED!
yeah yeah. i edited my response to Derek. in terms of what we deal with in reality though, you can make up for smallness
hock:
- JustinG - 03-14-2007
ViPER1313 Wrote:http://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/car/291408950.html
Dude he would so own your ass....
- NTIman - 03-14-2007
ScottyB Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:PS- There is NO replacement for displacement. Adding turbo means more power, but with more turbo+more displacement= OWNED!
yeah yeah. i edited my response to Derek. in terms of what we deal with in reality though, you can make up for smallness
Thats not what she said.
- ScottyB - 03-14-2007
i was waiting for it, but i didn't think you'd bite
- Maengelito - 03-14-2007
as soon as i hear someone who's chattin about cars with me and then says either:
"my buddy has..." or "a friend of mine has..."
i usually tune them out. like the guy that towed chapin's 300zx from my parking lot that said his buddy had an awd 300zx twin turbo. or the guy doing the safety inspection on my miata saying that his turbo miata could hang with vipers at summit point and those 'convertible hondas, ya know the ones that rev to 14k or 15k'. i just stood there and nodded my head hoping he'd hurry up and put a sticker on my car so i could go away
- Andy - 03-14-2007
Subaru salesman told Joan that boxer engines are superior because the pistons bath in oil all the time.
- BLINGMW - 03-14-2007
Andy Wrote:Subaru salesman told Joan that boxer engines are superior because the pistons bath in oil all the time.
Yeah, I'd have to go with "pretty much anything a car salesman says". They'll just throw any buzzword out there to grab attention. The last example I can remember is the guy who let us test drive the new civic si. I was pretty sure they had a LSD, but I thought I'd ask in case he knew. He wasn't sure, but it does have VTEC!
Really? Wow! You don't say! :roll:
- NTIman - 03-14-2007
The salesmen at work:
"Yeah, once Ford and Chevy guys drive the new tundra, they'll never drive anything else, cause of all the power"
"You're throwing your money away if you buy anything but a toyota."
"The Prius will get anywhere from 65-80 mpg, the EPA numbers just don't do this car justice"
and other people:
"this guys xB has a Celica GTS engine and transmission in it"
- PGK - 03-14-2007
HAULN-SS Wrote:Every once in a while i see something about a car being a turbo, or so and so said it had a turbo - when it clearly has a non-enclosed carb on it. Neat..i guess the turbo must be pressurizing the entire under-hood area.
FYI, during the '80's "suck-through" turbo setups were popular on motorcycles. the turbo is placed before the compressor, so it doesn't need to be pressurized.