Axles of Evil
Ready to race!
- Location
- Louisiana USA
And....
^^^^THIS AS WELL^^^^^
BTW, those guys from Norfolk are real shifty bastards
PS...back in the 1980's, Pontiac came out with the 4.9L Turbo Trans Am. This was an engineering marvel at the time, and one of the pioneering uses of a road sports car using a Garret turbo. I had one. Loved it!. But others I knew had lots of problems, mainly turbo failure.
Guess what....synthetic oils were not the norm in 1980....perhaps that was a good part of the reason as the turbo relied on engine oil for lubrication and cooling. The oil....I don't think was up to the job. Basically that car was ahead of its time. I know guys who still have these and now use synthetics....no issues with the turbo. Could be coincidence, no?
There is norfolking way I'd ever put conventional oil in a modern turbo engine.
^^^^THIS AS WELL^^^^^
BTW, those guys from Norfolk are real shifty bastards
PS...back in the 1980's, Pontiac came out with the 4.9L Turbo Trans Am. This was an engineering marvel at the time, and one of the pioneering uses of a road sports car using a Garret turbo. I had one. Loved it!. But others I knew had lots of problems, mainly turbo failure.
Guess what....synthetic oils were not the norm in 1980....perhaps that was a good part of the reason as the turbo relied on engine oil for lubrication and cooling. The oil....I don't think was up to the job. Basically that car was ahead of its time. I know guys who still have these and now use synthetics....no issues with the turbo. Could be coincidence, no?
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