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Title: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: Roman on October 16, 2006, 17:43:39 pm I have often heard the argument that the guys back in the 70's would have used a Turbo if they had one. Turbos were availible for passenger cars since the 60's Corvair (1962), BMW (1974), Porsche (1975), Saab (1978).
If it was availible, why didn't they use it? Who was the first to turbocharge a Cal-looker? Title: Re: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: Rick Meredith on October 16, 2006, 18:19:15 pm The technology was not all there to adapt a turbo to a VW. It was developed over years.
As far as the 1st turbo Cal-Look car... well I don't know if it was the absolute first but first I remember was in one of our club member's car. Gary Grauman built a black '67 with a turbo motor in '80 or '81. Rick Title: Re: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: SOB/RFH on October 16, 2006, 21:26:58 pm Mike Mabe........early 80 something Karman Ghia.....also known as The Street Sweeper..................eleven ooooo but not tens.......turbo engine and a small one!! That car was in a Cal-look issue so it has to be Cal-look??!!! 8)
Title: Re: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: Bad Junker on October 17, 2006, 18:29:46 pm And then back in circa 77-78 (earlier it had a VW engine)it was Swede Olof Svenningsson aka the Professor who had a silver 1956 beetle shaved, dechromed 13´ wheels up front and lots of Empi stuff..
Ok the engine was a Corvair flat 6 turbocharged ! (as you know SOB I used to own it) ;D http://user.tninet.se/~xnf969f/vwgalleri/HVWS_feb_79_2.jpg By far the coolest in my opinion was Donnie Bedfords black -67, 306 hp in that 2165cc and did som 10,79 and also streetdriven . And what about Bob Mcglure BAE, ok not a looker but still turbo`d back in -78.79....mmmmm I know you like it. Someone must have had a turbo Corvair engine early, although far too heavy and bulky, a bit like those big bulky bus engines..... ;) Title: Re: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: Gregor/DFL on October 17, 2006, 19:01:37 pm ...well, at least turbos weren´t unknown these days. For example, there´s a whole chapter in "VW Performance Tuning" by Clymer Publications-and the book was published in 1973! You´ll find "Schwitzer" Turbo system as well as the well-known "RayJay".
But there are nearly no Turbos to be found in any HotVWs on street cars...and Cal Look not at all except the cars mentioned above-but that´s race cars more or less. Title: Re: Turbos and Cal-Look Post by: Rick Meredith on October 17, 2006, 22:17:07 pm Gary Grauman's car was definately a street car, definately a Cal-Look car and definately FAST!
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