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Drag coefficient for a 122 120-130

True, NEW turbos are very spendy. But you can get all manner of nice turbos out of the junkyards these days. Mine came with a standard 13c unit (sotck fitment to the '93 940t motor it has) but I upgraded it with a bigger 16t unit from some FWD Volvo, it cost $150 on eBay. I think they are $900-ish (with a core) from the dealer. The stock intercoolers are sort of wimpy, but another ~$150 on eBay and I got a vastly better Isuzu cube truck intercooler that fits right into the place of the old one. The bigger injectors are also junkyard parts, cost roughly $40 a set.

Most expensive mod on the 245 so far was the transmission. Somewhere around the time I started hitting 16 - 18 psi of boost the M47 ate 3rd gear (not a botched shift, just full throttle). It cost somewhere around $1500 to put a Mustang T5 trans in, which should be far more difficult to destroy.
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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 +t






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New Drag coefficient for a 122 [120-130]
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