Christopher, I installed a single BAE turbo on my D in the early 80's. 0 to 60 was about 12 sec., after the turbo was installed it dropped to about 7 sec. on 5 lbs of boost. The engine comes on the boost at about 3000 rpm's. Bill Lane vin 3635 Christopher Hawes wrote: > Is the performance increase noticable after fitting a single turbo? > > what are the 0-60 times? > > When in rpm does it start to 'whistle' > > how much to fit? > > Would you have gone for the twin's or is this more than enough? > > Thanks in advance > > thanks > > Chris > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > My car isn't an early one (vin# 6938) but when I turbocharged it with a > single turbo about 40,000 miles back I installed a glass pack muffler which > is considerably smaller in diameter than the stock Walker muffler. I removed > the heat sheild at that time and have had no ill effects. Admittedly, the > smaller muffler dissipates the heat further from the engine than the stock > muffler. > > Bruce Benson > > >this car definitely did not ever have them. I had no heat related > > problems with it at all. I would like to know if any other owners > > of very early cars were similarly un-equipped. > > > Darryl Tinnerstet > > McCleary, WA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews > http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications