Turbo Charged-where it really started

[ChevyThunder]

For any of you guys who like the turbocharged stuff IMHO this is where the application really got put into the main stream when Porsche came out with the 911 turbo in 1976 . Then they started racing them and by 1977 we had twin turbo charged cars. I think Porsche is heavily responsible for putting turbo chargers in the mainstream ... this is a car I still race today . It is a flat six , mechanically injected (off one of the cams) twin turbo, air cooled and makes 800HP and is only 3.2 liters.. which I believe is less than 200 cubic inches . This motor powered this car to 8th over all in the 1981 24 hours of Daytona, yep 24 hours at speeds on each lap in excess of 200 MPH ... this car also placed 2nd in class at the Le Mans 24 hour when it was a single turbo car in 1976 ... old school , still gets it on

Oh , the car lives at Sears Point/Infineon ... so we took it out on grudge night just for fun. And though it is obviously not set up for the 1/4 mile it still ran a mid 10