Archive for March 12th, 2009

Fuego! Fuego! Fuego!

March 12, 2009

spotted on trademe:

1985 Renault Fuego TURBO! 117,000 miles, pretty sweet condition, sheepskin seat covers, parts for Africa, and styling only a drunk Frenchman could have come up with… ;)

all for the princely sum of $3000.

Fuego

FIRE!

This guy explains the Fuego Turbo phenomenon far more eloquently than I ever could, but it’s nice to know that it wasn’t only the Japanese who were successfully tinkering around with forced induction back then.

 

technical specs

Renault Fuego
SOHC 8 valve, single carburettor, turbocharged

Displacement: 1.6 litres (1565cc)
Compression ratio: 8.0:1
Power: 134ps/5500rpm
Torque: 20.1kg-m/3000rpm

Peeking into the Past

March 12, 2009

At least one of these cars is not like the others

At least one of these cars is not like the others

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I think the picture speaks for itself. No more words required.