Originally Posted by
nemiro
Back in 1992, I stopped counting how many of the 80's era "turbo-Dodge" cars I owned when I reached 100. These were literally everywhere, and being one of the first generations of computer controlled, fuel injected cars, they might suddenly die due to a failed hall effect pickup (HEP), which is the equivalent of a crank position sensor in the Crossfire, or a bad MAP sensor. People couldn't work on them, and I would pick these cars up for sometimes as little as $50 (the going rate on scrap cars at the time). Some of these cars were breathed on heavily by Shelby Automobiles, and I have had the privilege of owning many of these particular vehicles. Absolute missiles, and underrated by absolutely everyone, including the factory, which would frequently post HP and torque figures well below what they really made. Friday nights out cruising saw many Mustangs and Camaro IROC-Z's go home with their tails between their legs, after seeing my little GLHS disappearing in front of them!
I never owned one but my dad was really into them and I serviced all his cars, and he usually owned 4 or 5 cars at the same time, even though he only bought 2 brand new cars in his entire life. But he would drop off a car at my house saying it had problem "X", and say
"keep it as long as you want", knowing I'd find & fix anything wrong with it! At various times he had an '88 LeBaron turbo convertible (2.2 T1), an '89 Chrysler TC by Maserati (2.2 TII), a 1990 Dodge sedan with a 2.5L turbo, and an earlier '85 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Mark Cross turbo Convertible.