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Required Reading (almost) The book "Maximum Boost", by Corky Bell, is almost required reading for all turbo car owners. I highly recommend this book, as it covers virtually all aspects of turbo-charging (from design to practical tuning, as well as some of the danger points). It also discusses...

BMW Rustproofing Job 91Callaway, Damn, you should have charged the BMW guy for a body and chassis rustproofing job. I can't believe the guy yelled at you after you lunched your motor. Talk about kicking a guy while he is down... Well, I am a bit concerned about your experience. That...

Turbos require extra care and feeding 90Callaway, I hope you are right about abusive use accounting for most or many of the rod and turbo problems. You are exactly right, an uninformed or careless owner can pretty easily hurt a high power turbo car. Reading a number of UltraSlows posts on...

Re-engineering or Being Careful? 90Callaway, Thanks for the reply and info. My questions on the crank and rods both really arise from your previous post: "Some of the very late '91 TTs and the cars that were fitted with the "100+" package got better internal parts and 8.5:1 compression. The...

Are forged crankshafts and rods really a necessity for good reliability and durability on a TT car? Unless I am misreading their recent posts, both 90Callaway and 91Callaway have performed complete engine rebuilds due to broken non-forged rods, even with pretty low miles on their 90 and 91 TT...

Stock rods a weak point? 91Callaway, If the stock rods are really a weak point, I think you probably saved quite a bit of money on the rebuild by replacing them BEFORE they went through the side of your motor. I would be very interested in the type of rods that you used for replacement (did...

Turbo/rod reliability issues?? 90 Callaway, You are definitely scaring me a bit with the 4 turbo replacements in 50K miles and rod weakness issues Do you think all of these turbo failures were due to rain water issues? I am still on my first T04 turbo assembly (oil fed only), with 124,000...

Watch for lean out detonation! Lack of fuel (and lean out) is potentially a very serious problem under boost (acceleration) conditions. If I were you, I would pull the plugs and look for any signs of detonation right after a hesitation expisode. Any signs of melting or deformed electrodes or...

Air/Fuel Monitoring Thanks for the daily driver info. It is encouraging. In case anyone wants to pursue better monitoring of your car electronics/fuel management, here are a couple of air/fuel montiors (at the url below). http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/afratio.htm I have been using...

Callaway Daily Drivers out there? Thanks for the tips in finding Aero cars. I will land one somehow. Are there any of you out there who are using your cars for daily drivers or vacation trip cars? Are there any driveability or reliability issues to be worried about? Is the Callaway fuel...

89x2, Thanks, I have already been talking to the owner of the White Aero, too. Does anyone know of any cars that are not on the internet? I think I have found all of the internet ones already. Is anyone successfully using an aftermarket fuel enrichment controller on a Callaway TT? Steve

Luigi, Your car is a beauty. A convertible Aero is my ultimate goal. How long have you had yours and how many miles have you put on it? As luck would have it, I have already been talking to Dan Barr and Ron Buccarelli. They race an Unlimited P51 Mustang and are both good guys. I talked to...

Aero car search/Daily driver issues? 89x2, thanks for the info and search tips. Before sending my previous post, I was already parked out on the Callaway pre-owned section, have exchanged a few emails with Joanne Mercer (she is quite responsive and helpful) and have done a lot of internet...

Hi, I am seriously looking for an Aero-bodied car which I can use as a 4-5,000 mile a year car. Let me know if you have or know of any cars that "might" be for sale. Are there particular problems to watch out for due to reliability, insurance, or parts availability issues? If the...