Re: Slow Ty...lost to Firebird (Please help!)

[Todd A Austinson <Todd.A.Austinson@lerc.nasa.gov>]

At 01:28 AM 8/29/97 -0800, you (Hunter Hasbrouck) wrote:
>The title of the E-Mail should tell you all somthing.....my Ty is just 
>plain slow.  
>
>    My 0-60 time is about 7.4 seconds.... and I don't know about you guys, 
>but this isn't fast enough for me.  Am I right in saying stock 0-60 is 
>about 5 to 5.5 seconds?  
> Also, the pipe going from the left of the engine to the turbo 
>has a clamp connector about mid way accros the engine (behind the 
>radiator).  There is a trace of carbon buildup around it...may be a small 
>leak???
>

An exhaust leak before the turbo will really hurt performance and cause the
turbo to spool very slow.

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Todd Austinson                      '92 GMC Typhoon    12.39 @ 107 mph  
<Todd.A.Austinson@lerc.nasa.gov>    '89 Turbo Trans Am 12.20 @ 112 mph
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