Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:27:16 GMT From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnopsamammyrealbox.com> Subject: Re: BMWs keep trying to smoke me!
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:b32o3k$1fmju1$4nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > Someone who looks an awful lot like -Bob- <noemailnopsammain.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:20:28 GMT, Paul Halliday > > <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > >>Turbo driving is a skill. You can floor it and it will move (not like a > >>supercharged hot-hatch though), but if you build the boost you get much more > >>fun. > > > Exactly. I tried to explain to some folks one day why it took > > some actual training - self or instructor based - to drive a > > Saab turbo. > > Interestingly enough (or not, you tell me), the technique I learned > driving my Saab 2-strokes worked great for me in the 900T. The 2-strokes > don't have an accel pump on the carb(s), so in order to get a smooth > start, it's "clutch in, quick stomp on gas & release, then clutch out and > accellerate". I found when I got to the turbo, my feet just did it > automatically, and I at least imagine that that little move gets the turbo > impellor going, reducing lag. > > I didn't notice I was doing it until another Saaber pointed it out to me, > and spotted me as a 2-stroke driver. Anyone else do something like this? Sort of..., but not in my SAAB since it is an auto :-( But it does describe how I drive my Mazda RX-7 even to the point that I almost always blip the throttle between gears (both upshifting and down). The rotary engine is actually a cleverly disguised 2-stroke...
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