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Just went thru some archives and found me (L) and old friend Blue Kyle doing up the final prototyping on the 1975 2.0 T4 msds turbo system. This was approx Summer 1975 (hot feet maybe ?) .We spent the year making the prototypes for the 1.7, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.0 (late HB's) . My black car (2.0) appeared as "Turbomania" in "VW Greats" June, 1976.
Kits were made to be a DIY installation , and we opened the doors as MSDS in May, 1976. The turbos were sucessfully sold for about 10 years, the list price was less than $1,000.00 for a complete kit. As time went by, it was more feasable to convert to six cyl power...so the turbo kits went into obsolescence (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) This is the underside of a '75 2.0, custom installed for Howard Leight. Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() |
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...last one for now- I frequently drove the '74 turbo at Riverside Raceway in POC, this helped me sort things out- and take on 911s. Stock 911s were always in my crosshairs. I could easily reel them in with my 165 rwhp @8 psi boost and a basically neutral lightweight car. This little engine "That could" started showing abuse to the turbo after 15,000 miles, and was eventually replaced by a 2.7 CIS single turbo. That was the start of my six cyl addiction (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
Turbomania graphics on the front spoiler were my early airbrush efforts ! Got Boost ? Marty Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() |
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