Does that include the connecting rods and piston? John Goodyear
suggests a set of 4 forged pistons. Are the N9TE(A) pistons that
fragile? I would think it's mostly a case of running too lean on #4
(it seems #4 is more often than not the one that breaks) and
boom, detonation, and the lip folds, and bye bye rings...
> I also understand that the main crank bearing caps have 6 bolts
> in each one and stretch across the bottom of the block. Perhaps even an
> XN6 would take well to turbocharging (if you could keep the head gaskets
> from blowing).
One would need some o-ring gasket.
> Turbo magazine features older cars, there was an '85 Renault something
> turbocharged featured a few months ago.
There was an alliance and a fuego turbo stock. There's also the
Renault 5 Turbo and Turbo 2 that was imported in this country,
but the T2 is about as common as the 205 T16...
> Perhaps we could meet with our
> 505 turbo project cars and get a feature once we've reached the
> potential we want. There are also some great articles and adds in the
> magazine. I think I'm gonna subscribe.
It's ok, it's the best of a so-so bunch. Street performance
and import something are lame.
Ciao,
Francois Dion (francois@hyperreal.org)