80 series GXL factory turbo
Submitted: Wednesday, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:00
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Member - Mal
just spent a few days at
ROBE S/A sand dunes beach ect and the truck went ok but died a bit on the big dunes . 3low not enough speed 2high not enough power.i had one passinger, fridge and about 180 lt fuel still in my tanks (so up on weight).i read about some way of getting more power from my turbo.any ideas SAFE DRIVEING MAL
Reply By: Truckster - Wednesday, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:00
Wednesday, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:00
Intercoolers, and aftermarket turbos help but cost the budget of a small nation. Injector clean, and proper servicing is also a good move... Removing around 800kgs would help!
Depends on what you expect, they are a big car, and areodynamic as a brick... With all the goodies we lump onto our cars, be thankful they dont die more often! Specially with some of the people gettin carried away with accessories.
try the 80scool homepage, under technical... Good source of info on 80's.
With going to bigger tires, you will suffer unless you change diff ratios... Specially with 35's....
YMMV.
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Reply By: Bob Y. - Thursday, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:00
Thursday, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:00
Mal, We have a 97 factory turbo, and prior to that had a 90 model factory turbo. While the late model is a good vehicle to drive, has cruise and very quiet, the 90 model pulled like a train, and let you know it. Went up the
Toowoomba Range in 5th gear once, the 97 model can't do that! The 90 model had 31.5x10.5R15 tyres on it, which are a lot smaller than the 265/75R16 fitted to our current wagon. Truckster made some excellent points too. Get rid of some weight. Need that second set of wheels - everything is usually a compromise.
Fit a 3" exhaust to your turbo and you'll be pleasantly surprised, more go, bit more sound, but also an improvement in economy. Both our wagons were real "slugs" if the revs weren't up to 1800rpm, no better than std diesel.
There seems to be a bit of negativity towards A/M intercoolers on this
forum, whether its price or performance, am not sure. Overheating has been mentioned too, Safari suggests that their intercooled units run coolers - lot of money to find out . catch you later...
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