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Originally Posted by dmull
hi chris,
i understand what you are saying regarding the tight turns on mull, but can argue that turbo charged cars can do quite well up there if driven well. back in the late 80's i had a 944 turbo for a few years that was very well set up for that road, and never lost a race to anybody, including many cops that tried, if you were to even call that a race (as we all know, "cops" are what we refer to as anything but police in cars chasing you with sirens on and roadblocks set up. those are policemen/women, not "cops", which is an intirely different thing altogether,you understand).
i digress...in any case, driving a turbo car on a twisty road is certainly not as easy as mashing a torquey (spelling??) naturally aspirated engine with gobs of low end grunt, but it not very hard either....just keep in boost! makes for a thrilling ride. my car had andial cams, autothority stage 2 chips and a euro by pass that liked to shoot flames and light up that dark road...fun stuff. i miss that car...also had weltmeister sway bars, konis or bilsteins, i forget and so on for suspension, as well as roll bar with camera mount . i shot some good "mully" runs with and some 17X81/2 and 10'w rear Azev 5 spoke deep dish rims.
so, in conclusion, as i was lost there in old highschool football stories, turbo cars are good on mully. the end.
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In the hands of a capable driver such as yourself, a turbo can be quite fast on Mulholland and does require more skill due to the characteristics of a turbo's quirks (lag, bypass, boost, etc.) I would say that because an aspirated car is easier in that respect, you can drive it faster because you can concentrate on the road more and ignore the car's needs. Plus it is really awesome to stab the pedal and LAUNCH out of tight turns. That's why I believe a turbo is better suited and superior for a faster road. We could argue this all day I'm sure. I wish I'd gotten a ride from you when you were out there in the late 80's so that I could see first hand what you have experienced.
Your car sounds like it was set up very nice, Andial cams? Very nice!
I have a friend named Phil M. that used to race his set up 944 in the early 80's and was well known. He and his 944 were on the cover for the Mulholland article done by the Herald Examiner in the early 80's. We are still good friends.
Mulholland racers know that it's the driver most of time that wins the race, not the car. Many expensive cars were beat bad by some old piece of junk that was driven by a maniac Mulholland racer.
So in conclusion, you probably would have been just as fast, and beat out all the cops without the turbo. Don't you agree?
