Understood. If I wanted "real" power and didn't care about maintaining originality, I'd do a motor swap. It would be cheaper overall and get you into something more modern for which performance parts availability isn't an issue. Of course then you'd have to replace or beef-up the tranny, too. -Joe >From: "Dan" <djdanwilson@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [DML] Re: Turbocharger availability >Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:34:19 -0000 > >Joe - I'll give you this. If money were no object, I'd go with a Stage >II engine just for the mere convenience. For me, the cost of the >engine is a lot, and I want more "bang for my buck". I'm not >necessarily saying the engine or turbo kits are overpriced. If that's >want it cost to develop, produce and make a reasonable profit, then >those are the costs. For me, it's just not worth what you get. I love >the car enough that I'm willing to accept and live with it's short >comings in the performance dept. > >Dan W. >VIN 16192 >AZ-D To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/