[Shotimes] Re: OT: Pontiac Fiero or is it Firero? :)

[Dave Kegel]

The Turbo Coupe came in two flavors.  The five speed cars had dual exhaust
and the same power as the SVO did.  The ATX Coupes had single exhaust and
less power, because the trans couldn't take it.

The T-Bird V8s never had the same power as the Mustang because they had more
restrictive intakes due to hood clearance issues.

Dave Kegel
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Sent: April 04, 2003 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: OT: Pontiac Fiero or is it Firero? :)


> All right, explain to me why the 88 Tbird 5.0 had 155hp and the mustang
had
> 225hp? Same engine(although they obviously used some low power mods on the
> tbird). The V6 had 145 hp that yeah(for the tbird) and the Turbo 4 had
185hp.
> Now did the V8 have low power to not hurt the sales of the Turbo coupe? or
to
> not hurt the sales of the mustang? And how come the turbo coupe never had
the
> 215hp that the SVO mustang had? The ONLY reason they could do power like
they
> did is because they didn't want to hurt the sales of something
else. -Steve
> Bowen
>
> << Sigh......I guess these "conspiracy" stories will NEVER die. NO.....as
in
>  NONE/ZERO/NADA that mfrs will kill a model because it takes sales away
from
>  another model. Not ever true. Anytime anyone reads stuff like that, file
it
>  in the BS receptacle. >>
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