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

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

And then there's this one:
http://www.toohighpsi.com/SCTC/sctc.htm

make sure you click on the engine buildup pics. Hell, may as well go to 
the root directory www.toohighpsi.com as well.

For what its worth, different TC's came in a few different flavors in 
different years, IHI turbos on some, and Garrett T3's on others. I have 
AR's compressor trims, etc somewhere.

Ian "I'm not a TC expert, I just play one on the mailing list" Fisher



> 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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