...good article

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2051115.002

11/15/2005 6:22:00 PM

turbodiesel trucks have had VGTs for at least a few years now.



[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 6:40 PM. Reason : -]

11/15/2005 6:39:21 PM

Quote :

"Porsche will be presenting the world's first turbocharged gasoline engine with variable turbine geometry (VTG)."

ya they mention that in the article...

11/15/2005 7:00:42 PM

garrett's been making VTG turbos for a while

[Edited on November 15, 2005 at 7:31 PM. Reason : d]

11/15/2005 7:29:31 PM

like i read all of those words...

11/15/2005 7:37:33 PM

wha

11/15/2005 7:42:55 PM

yis - I love the stuff Banks does with the cum-cum-cumminzzzzzz

11/15/2005 8:34:01 PM

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/502459855fd27010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

11/16/2005 5:05:09 AM

There is a historical error I'd like to point out.

Quote :

" It was back in October 1974 that the German sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart launched the world's first series production sports car with an exhaust gas turbocharger"

is incorrect.

Chevrolet had the first production car with a turbo option with the Corvair.
My Dad had one. They were awful and unreliable, but they were first.

11/16/2005 8:33:47 AM

^ thats not likely an error.. its like in sports where you make a stat on something so obscure that you're right. like most yard thrown by a left handed quarter back where the pass was under 10 yards.. if all you read is "most yards thrown" then people are going to say "thats wrong because blah blah has the most yards thrown".. but it was actually under some other conditions..

it says "series production sports car" which seems to be a designation for something.. and most likely the corvair is not one.. googling brings up multiple places where the corvette is mentioned (or a least in some corvette book) as the only American "series production sports car" since WWII. That could be outdated.. but it was probably written after the time of the corvair.. of course it could be wrong as well.. but thats just what i've deduced from searching on it..

[Edited on November 16, 2005 at 8:53 AM. Reason : .]

11/16/2005 8:52:54 AM

^

I see your point.
Also, calling the Corvair a "sports car" is a stretch.
Although Dad's was pretty cool. '62 monza spider convertable.

11/16/2005 8:55:50 AM

somebody was telling me that Saab made the first production car with a turbo, but then again he was a Saab owner

11/16/2005 1:16:32 PM

its funny.. googling for that information gives interesting results.. a Saab registry site says the 99 Turbo was the first.. production started 1978.. porsche 930 turbo says 1976.. corvair turbo option 1962

11/16/2005 2:38:44 PM

yeah i think ford and chevy both came out with vgt @ the same time and dodge STILL doesn't have it on the cummins you have to have banks do that for you.

11/16/2005 2:54:48 PM

http://www.germancarfans.com/tuners.cfm/tunerid/7051116.001

11/16/2005 6:42:06 PM

stfu matt.

now send me one of dem bose suspensions.

11/16/2005 10:16:32 PM