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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Yea, but the Turbo vanished from America for a few years, and reappeared in 1986. The 86 was way faster than the earlier ones. Like every generation of new Turbo.
And I was mentioning the 80s and a car with 200 HP was the fasted car sold new in the USA.
The 1985 Corvette was a 350 rated at just 230 HP, but it weighed 3,216 lb. https://corvettestory.com/specs/1985-Corvette-specs-options.php
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Yep, I think the '82 corvette was rated at 200hp. I believe the 1980 or 81 corvette was rated at 180 or something like that. Sad, sad times!
i think the early-mid 80s mustang gt was rated about the same, 200-220hp, but it was lightweight (relatively) and simple.
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