This is my wagon. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My wagon is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.Without me, my wagon is useless. Without my wagon, I am useless. I must drive my wagon true. I must drive straighter than my nemesis who is trying to pass me. I must…

The second generation Legend had the same setup. Like you said it must have been amazing for weight distribution. I always wondered if this was an attempt to minimize torque steer or just packaging.

Hi. I’m here to tell my Mercury Tracer story. It is not a happy one.

I keep looking at the first and last pics and my brain goes ‘oh, an Escort.’

Wait until next year when Toyota releases the Corolla Type S+ Ringaroundtherosie Edition.

The first time a Corrado doesn’t feel like it’s forced induction anymore, means the battery acid ate a hole in the plastic boost pipe. (Wrap enough duct tape around it and it will hold 10psi).

The displacer doesn’t spin, it basically oscillates within the housing on two concentric camshafts. If the small toothed timing belt keeping the cams in sync lets go then the magnesium displacer will contact the walls of the housing at 10,000 rpm and smash itself to pieces. The other way for a G-lader to die is for…

This is a cult car with a cult following. I love these cars and I am willing to look past all the problems for the body lines. Nobody every said, I love my Ferrari 355 because it is reliable and easy to maintain. 

Fun fact; scroll compressors are commonly used today for air conditioning and refrigeration units.

For those wondering: the “G” refers to the shape of the supercharger’s internals. 60 is for the supercharger’s 60 mm (2.36 in) diameter inlet.

I do miss my 1990 Red G60. It was completely stock except for an undersized pulley for the G-Charger and some slight porting work I did on the Charger when I rebuilt it. Seat of the pants, it felt like I got another 15-20 HP from that mod.

Isn’t that how far Subarus make it before their head gaskets shit the bed?

Bias plies aren’t entirely bad. The whole sport of drifting is practically a caricature of how sportscars used to be able to be driven. Bias ply tires achieved and maintained peak grip at higher slip angles compared to radials. This is why if you go to a vintage race you’ll still see cars doing lovely 4-wheel drifts…

A steering axle is more expensive than a non-steering one - extra joints, linkages, etc.. Also you have two steering systems on the vehicle, you’ve gotta control it somehow so it handles OK at all speeds (I believe many systems do different things at different speeds, EG: crab for parking, opposite-steer for tight…

Nissan started going 4 wheel steering crazy in the 90's with the HICAS system....S13 and S15's, Skylines in multiple trim levels, 300zx’s, Q45, M45/35, and G37s among others.

Thank you for the clarification. It makes sense the A4 would be a closer match to the Jetta, now that I think about it.

I can’t really understand why this car exists except as something for dealers to upsell someone dumb enough to believe “it’s basically an Audi A3 for $4,000 less.” I can’t see anyone who actually cares about performance going for this over a GTI, or even a Focus ST.

Swapping a g-60 motor into a mk2 scirocco was quite easy as well. I wish I wouldn’t of sold that car.

G stands for GRENADE, 60 stands for what the tach says when it happens!

It was more expensive than a GTI sure... but not Porsche money. Based on windows stickers I found here’s the break down... you can see there’s almost a $10k jump between the Scirocco and the Corrado.

‘77 Scirocco: $5,295 (2017: $21,285)
‘81 Scirocco 1.7l: $9,015 (2017: $23,870)
‘84 Scirocco 1.8l: $10,570 (2017: $24,782)
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