Turbo Dodges
Wayne Cox
wmc20@dnaco.net
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:30:27 -0500
At 06:07 AM 4/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I have driven Dodge. I would love to buy my cousins
>Dodge. Dodge is at fault for addicting me to Turbos.
A bud' of mine is into those big time. I think he's some what well known
within the Internet community for that car, but I won't mention his name.
From what I observed, they are Fucking Garbage. They may have been hot
for a while in the 80s when everything was slow. But compared to anything
newer, why bother.
His engines exploded or melted with alarming frequency. These were a
couple Daytonas, a CSX, Charger, etc. Always some story how the next $1000
on a boost control or ECU or "Turbo II" block were going to make everything
wright. Hate to think what his total expenditures may have been. Probably
a good down payment on a Viper.
When he dialed the things down to safe levels, they ran mid to high 14
second passes. Very similar time to my smaller NA 2.0 engine. In a
rattling, buzzing, cheap looking, POS chassis.
But YMMV. (And some folks swear by Crack too)
-Wayne Cox
'92 SE-R SERiously F**cked front end
'91 NX2k quick beater '93NX2k Lisa's