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Oneball

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zagatoes30 said:
No I know we had the Civic but not the CVCC version this had a strange combustion setup where fuel was ignited in a pre chamber before being sucked into the main cylinder pre ignited. This allowed for a much cleaner burn and more power and better emissions which was required for California strict smog rules.
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Sounds an awful lot like Maserati’s new “world first” Netuno engine!!
 
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zagatoes30 said:
No I know we had the Civic but not the CVCC version this had a strange combustion setup where fuel was ignited in a pre chamber before being sucked into the main cylinder pre ignited. This allowed for a much cleaner burn and more power and better emissions which was required for California strict smog rules.
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Almost the same as the Nettuno engine, exce;t they've added more spark plugs?
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zagatoes30

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There were quite different when they first came out as were the 15 & 17 before them in fact our chemistry teacher in 1973 had a bright yellow R17, along with long hair and a beard he was well cool and judging by how the 6th form girls hung around him popular ;)
 
GeoffCapes

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zagatoes30 said:
There were quite different when they first came out as were the 15 & 17 before them in fact our chemistry teacher in 1973 had a bright yellow R17, along with long hair and a beard he was well cool and judging by how the 6th form girls hung around him popular ;)
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These days he'd be on the sex offenders register!
 
philw696

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1987 Sanremo Rally

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Jean Ragnotti and Pierre Thimonier in their Renault 11 Turbo on their way to a fantastic 3rd position and the first 2wd.
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conaero

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Had 2 R11’s, 1.7 TXE Electronic which was a fabulous car and a later 1.4 GTL Boston that was not so much. Always wanted the turbo but was never brave enough to make the jump.
 
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conaero said:
Had 2 R11’s, 1.7 TXE Electronic which was a fabulous car and a later 1.4 GTL Boston that was not so much. Always wanted the turbo but was never brave enough to make the jump.
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Brave enough...? Care to elaborate, for those of us who really only got the LeCar...oh, and the EnFuego
 
zagatoes30

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Renault were big into Turbos in the early 80s. Mate worked for a Renault dealer and on their test drive route was a hedge with a big hole in it which was where the Turbo cars went off the road. Normally caused by the turbo lag as the mechs learnt that to get the best drive out of corners they had to hit the throttle early anticipating the turbo lag, if you were too early the hole in the hedge was where you went as terminal understeer kicked in.
 
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