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If I do let off the gas, punching and shouts of "I hate you!" ensue shortly there after.
I wonder if the fact that I have a Ford and it's supercharged instead of a turbocharged GM has anything to do with it?
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[autospeed.com]
Of course, this engine did live on in the form of the Rover V8 which was produced until 2005 if I remember. I'd say a 43 year production run ain't bad! And from what I hear, the Brits managed to make it almost as unreliable as the Buick version.
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Here's some specs:
The small-diameter turbocharger was manufactured by Garrett AiResearch and produced a maximum of 5 psi (34 kPa) boost at 2200 rpm. The engine had 10.25:1 compression and a single-barrel carburetor. It was rated at 215 hp (160 kW) @ 4600 rpm and 300 lb·ft (406 N·m) @ 3200 rpm. The high compression ratio created a serious problem with spark knock on hard throttle applications, which led Olds to use a novel water-injection system that sprayed small amounts of distilled water and methyl alcohol (dubbed "Turbo-Rocket Fluid") into the combustion chambers to cool the intake charge. If the fluid reservoir was empty, a complex double-float and valve assembly in the Turbo-Rocket Fluid path would set a second butterfly (positioned between the throttle butterfly and the turbocharger) into the closed position, limiting the amount of boost pressure. Unfortunately, many customers did not keep the reservoir filled, or had mechanical problems with the turbocharger plumbing.
The turbocharger was offered only in a special Jetfire model, which was the first turbocharged passenger car offered for public sale. Only 9,607 were sold in two model years, and many were converted by dealers to conventional four-barrel carbureted form.
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He claims a friend of his bought a 215 engine from a wrecked car to put in a sand drag rail. Rules wouldn't permit a turbo so it was replaced with a holly 650. Dad, being an incurable pack rat asked to have the turbo, and there it sits.
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(Sorry... I'm currently in the middle of a pr0n DVD review. Can't always switch that part of my prose brain off...)
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i know, somehow all i managed to take away from that was "harsh probing" by oldsmobile engineers. ;)
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