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[DavidT]

The first turbochargrd production car was this one kids:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2098 ... Turbo.html

[derdle]

v4 saab turbo's

They were two stroke motors too weren't they?

[MarkB]

The first turbochargrd production car was this one kids:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2098 ... Turbo.html

Used to love them as a kid. Must be really rare now

[dummi]

The first turbochargrd production car was this one kids:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2098 ... Turbo.html

nope David, americans were doing some interesting early things before that with fuel injection and turbo's

http://www.oldride.com/library/1963_old ... tfire.html

[dummi]

v4 saab turbo's

They were two stroke motors too weren't they?

i just looked it up it was an option pre-68

[Nige_RS4]

The first turbochargrd production car was this one kids:

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2098 ... Turbo.html

Mt T, not one to argue the point (much!) but it looks like the 1962 Chevorlet Corvair was the first production car;

In 1962, Chevrolet introduced the 150 hp (112 kW) turbocharged Monza Spyder option for Monza coupes and convertibles mid year, making the Corvair one of the first two production automobiles to come with a turbocharger as a factory option, with the Oldsmobile F-85 Turbo Jetfire of the same year. The 500 station wagon was dropped in favor of the Monza wagon at introduction, however all station wagons were discontinued mid year to create more capacity for new models like the convertible and Chevy II. Metallic brake linings and a heavy duty suspension consisting of a front anti roll bar, rear axle limit straps, revised spring rates and recalibrated shock absorbers were introduced as optional equipment and recommended for Spyders. Monza Spyder featured a multi-gauge instrument cluster which included a tachometer, cylinder head temperature gauge and intake manifold pressure gauge in addition to the turbocharged high performance engine.

Taken from here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair

So there

[DavidT]

He he, happy to be wrong, never seen that before, I wonder how reliable they were?

But for you Nige and dummi fair cop

[Blue_Thunder]

However, the Merlin engine in the Spitfire etc was supercharged. But I guess a 2000bhp 27 litre lump is a little too big for an Audi....although in the 70's a chap converted a Rolls Royce to use a Merlin engine.

I remember seeing this on a documentary. It wasn't a converted Roller but a one off kit car. He just used a Rolls Royce grille at the front. It's going to be bugging me until I remember the name of it now!

[Blue_Thunder]

Found it....

John Dodd's "The Beast" http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/printthread.php?t=167947

[dummi]

He he, happy to be wrong, never seen that before, I wonder how reliable they were?

But for you Nige and dummi fair cop

they're not reliable at all, the 215 was the buick ally which the rover v8 is based on and the turbo system was basic stall to stop boost, fuel injection was mechanical like in an old diesel , think they only prototyped it bet went to carb cos it was better than that fuel injection but is however crap compared to todays fuel injection