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Originally Posted by JimmyL
Well, this part of the post is a very true statement. Half that price would still need to be a nice clean car to justify that cash.
I'm not so sure I agree with this part of the post, no offense to ddh. First, folks act like our turbo 300D's are rocket ships. Any car that can have it's doors blown off by the wife's Toyota van is no rocket.
The turbo is faster than the NA, but having said that, the NA is far far from not working in modern traffic. I also had no problems blowing down the highway in the 70's or 80's. It is a smooth, well performing power plant.
Don't fear the NA 617. Promise.....  |
Well, I made a trip cross country in my '79 NA 300TD (wagon) it was not a happy one. It was no fun trying to get up the mountains but when I came through DFW with all the honking and people swerving in front of me (I was wishing they would die of asphxia while riding my bumper!) and after putting up with a year or so of this kind of thing on Calif freeways where industrial trucks and taxis are some of the worst drivers and will literally push you off the road (I filed a complaint against the driver of a JB Hunt 18 wheeler) I decided I had enough.
I found a guy who converted it to a turbo using parts from an '85 300TD. Now I own a second wagon, a Federal model '85 300TD (the wife's nephew drives it now) and I wouldn't go back to a NA 300D unless it had a stick shift! And I doubt I would take on a long trip either!
Of course I am used to the '87 300D turbos (plural, I had to have 2 of them!) so you can say I am a little spoiled for performance, heckfire I like to PASS when I want or need to PASS.
And I like to keep the A/C switch ON while I am driving up hill in the summer even if its the Grapvine or the Rocky Mountains! I recall hitting the convenient on/off switch so many times on the NA 300TD when I came to need the extra 5 HP.
So there you all have it, my 2-cents and my experience. Liberty = Turbo for me.