Revo Rancher
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Hey PSUnitor, I meant the Jetta was a 1989, last of the bumper models. Started out as a GL model. Worked into a 16 valve look alike sleeper with a VR6 and a pretty good road suspension. The issue of VW&P would have been in Oct or Nov, but I cannot remember what year. It may have been 1991, but I think it might be later as the VR6 did not show up here until sometime in 1993, I think. I sold the car in 1994 and bought a 1994 A2 Jetta GLS and was going to make that a show car, but then things changed in my life and I had to have a reliable and comfortable daily driver so I bought a 1994 Passat VR6. I sold that in 1999. I miss that car. Rode very nice for it's size. A little slow asa the weight of the car versus the 168 hp of the VR6 was not the best match, especially as it was an auto.
It's been so long now I can't remember much about the article. Some middle eastern guy, I think his name was Raffi, did the article. He also owned a VW speed shop in Yorba Linda, CA.
What I meant by the Corrado being bulletproof is that it was over built. Thing was a tank and was very naturally stiff framed (for a monocoque) and could take the abuse of sport racing without the body and chassis rattling itself apart. I never said it was reliable.
When it comes to turbos, a lot of it has to do witht he set up. My wife's Volvo C70 convertible has a 5 cylinder, 2.4l turbo (High Pressure model) and it pulls straight off the line. You can feel the boost well before 2000 RPM, and it just keeps pulling all the way to the next shift. I would have to say teh larger displacement might be a factor.
In auto history there have been cars that tried to beat the turbo lag thing. They used two turbos; a small spooled one for the low end and a larger one for high end. There was the Maserati Bi-Turbo, and the Lancia Scorpio (?), a modified Beta.
It's been so long now I can't remember much about the article. Some middle eastern guy, I think his name was Raffi, did the article. He also owned a VW speed shop in Yorba Linda, CA.
What I meant by the Corrado being bulletproof is that it was over built. Thing was a tank and was very naturally stiff framed (for a monocoque) and could take the abuse of sport racing without the body and chassis rattling itself apart. I never said it was reliable.
When it comes to turbos, a lot of it has to do witht he set up. My wife's Volvo C70 convertible has a 5 cylinder, 2.4l turbo (High Pressure model) and it pulls straight off the line. You can feel the boost well before 2000 RPM, and it just keeps pulling all the way to the next shift. I would have to say teh larger displacement might be a factor.
In auto history there have been cars that tried to beat the turbo lag thing. They used two turbos; a small spooled one for the low end and a larger one for high end. There was the Maserati Bi-Turbo, and the Lancia Scorpio (?), a modified Beta.
