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      11-12-2021, 08:50 AM   #16
jrin21
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Originally Posted by Chick Webb View Post
Twin-scrolls, variable geometry, better/shorter manifolds, etc., mean that modern turbo-charged engines are much more tractable than they once were. My '82 Saab 900 Turbo was a blast to drive in Colorado's mountains, but you did have to learn how to drive it w/o getting hit by the rather massive turbo lag. The M50i? Really can't notice it at all.
It's also blow back turbo so shots through exhaust instead of blow off turbos constantly spool you can here blow back out exhaust not much lag after 3000 in sport plus with gear shift in s.
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