Alejandro wrote:Hey Guy and dear forum members, I'll introduce you my 1990 Reanult Fuego GTA. This is a very popular car in Argentina, and I've own it for about two years now. It is the coupe version of the Renault 18, and the GTA version was the last production model of the Fuego (world production ended here in Argentina in 1992). The car has a 114 HP, 2.2L aspirated engine, feed ed by a double body carburetor. It develops 198 km/h and accelerates from 0-1000 meters in 31 s. However, this could be improved.
The most impressive car I had ever riden in was a 1982 Feugo. But it was no ordinary Feugo. This was 17 years ago so I can't remember all the details but to the best of my knowledge the guy took a non turboed model and bored the engine out to the max. He said anymore and he would have hit the water jackets. I'm wanting to say 2.4 lites.
The compression ratio was reduced to as low as it could run (something like 6:1). The turbo was either a T3 or a T4. I believe the fuel injection system was L-jetronic (I recall seeing an air flow meter that resembled the one on my Fiat Spider). For whatever reason he ran no air cleaner.
Turbolag was horrible (such as 4 or 5 seconds) but once the turbo started spinning the power was incredible. It felt like taking off in a commerical airliner.
I have no idea how much boost he ran but I think he said he ran no wastegate and would simply take his foot off the accelerator once the tire started spinning out of control.
This car was what turned me onto turbos.
The turbolag and the ability to keep the tire from spinning was a big drawback to the car's performance but was one of the most impressive cars I had ever riden in.