• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    8 days ago

    My memory ain’t great, but I recall Vettes being 7 seconds around 1970.

    I just don’t see a turbo 4 back then doing what Volvo claims here. Maybe 1975, compared to a “malaise years” V8 because of lowered compression from emissions requirements.

    1980’s turbo, possibly, but only once as the whole thing overheated. Had a turbo in the 80’s,and it was not blowing away v8’s - it was keeping up. Though it handled way better.

    By 1990? Definitely.