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Not red or white? 850 1994 Turbo

posted by  someone claiming to be Prospero on  Thu Feb 1 07:47 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I think the sound that you are referring to is the turbo "spooling up". Sort of like the sound of a jet engine starting but played back at 10X the normal speed and quieter. Or better yet, a SCSI drive spinning up from 0-13K RPM. I know about this sound...

The sound I hear is like a harmonica playing a single note; just real loud and only at WOT. I have never heard this before since I bought this car 3 months ago. I have also driven several other 850 Turbo cars and never heard the sound like that before. Is it something that comes from age?





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New Wine during hard acceleration [850][1994 Turbo]
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