I had one of these, I added a tach and discovered it pumped up the lifters at only 4400 RPMs/98 MPH. It was fairly strong for a little 215 cube V8 engine, 215 gross HP. Got about 25 MPG. Wish I had it now, cute little red car, and with what I know about turbo engines now. It could make some serious power with a few mods. The auto trans puked at 40,000 miles and I converted to stick shift, then ran out of turbo fluid and engine melted down the pistons, and I swapped in 2bbl engine...
YAY!!! My parents had one of these -- I LOVED that car!! I was a kid at the time, and I remember my dad had to put a bottle of something like looked like milk into the engine periodically. Then my baby brother was born, and we had to trade it in for a VISTA CRUISER STATION WAGON (talk about a different kind of ride!). I did like looking out of the windows in the roof, though! :)
that has got to be a typo. 1 gal of gas tacking you 750miles is crazy enough but 8000? i would like to reed this article
"Drive across America on ONE gallon of gas"
maybe its talking about the "Turbo Rocket Fluid" a mix of water and alcohol that is injected after the carb to cool the intake charge and prevent pre-ignition
The corvairs is cooler, came out like a month later
JordanAHolbrook 3 months ago
First turbocharged car..
mrbogdan441 7 months ago
'Jetfire Turbo Rocket V-8'... well if that doesn't scream "Death on Wheels"... LoL
vremetal 8 months ago
I had one of these, I added a tach and discovered it pumped up the lifters at only 4400 RPMs/98 MPH. It was fairly strong for a little 215 cube V8 engine, 215 gross HP. Got about 25 MPG. Wish I had it now, cute little red car, and with what I know about turbo engines now. It could make some serious power with a few mods. The auto trans puked at 40,000 miles and I converted to stick shift, then ran out of turbo fluid and engine melted down the pistons, and I swapped in 2bbl engine...
BuzzLOLOL 1 year ago
YAY!!! My parents had one of these -- I LOVED that car!! I was a kid at the time, and I remember my dad had to put a bottle of something like looked like milk into the engine periodically. Then my baby brother was born, and we had to trade it in for a VISTA CRUISER STATION WAGON (talk about a different kind of ride!). I did like looking out of the windows in the roof, though! :)
TheChoralChick 1 year ago
i love these old commercials. that car was sweet
05mustangguy 2 years ago
way ahead of its time too bad so many were converted over to na 4 bbl making finding one even more rare indeed
maplelaffs 2 years ago
i love it and i wish that i have so one omg
i have a cutlass ciera 1989 3.3 but iam sure this one is better then what i have
oldsmobile1990 3 years ago
i have a 1962 copy of todays motor sports and it said this gets 8000 mpg max and if you are reving out the engine at redline it would get 750 mpg
OTAlucard 3 years ago
that has got to be a typo. 1 gal of gas tacking you 750miles is crazy enough but 8000? i would like to reed this article
"Drive across America on ONE gallon of gas"
maybe its talking about the "Turbo Rocket Fluid" a mix of water and alcohol that is injected after the carb to cool the intake charge and prevent pre-ignition
bluebulk 2 years ago
after asking around the fourms i found out that just what you said
still a cool car :P would be even better if it got 8000 mpg
OTAlucard 2 years ago
gots me a '64 330ci jetfire f85
bogrdstoner420 3 years ago
omg i love it
oldsmobile1990 3 years ago