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Posted by six 5.0 (Member # 3153) on :
 
I'm thinking about buying an 86 Svo. Here is my Q. (Bear with me, I dont know much about this car) The Owner says it wont hold boost after 4k RPM's (I belive it's a stock car/turbo). Does this indicate that the turbo is toast all together? Can it be re-built? Is this a common problem. Most imporantly, is it worth buying? thanks for the imput guys.
 
Posted by CobraCoupe (Member # 7233) on :
 
if your talkin about an 86 in san leandro thats white and on cobras, thats my boys shit my cousin was gona buy it but there was too much stuff wrong for the price, i know it needs new master cylinder, needs to be timed and he was missing the spout connector(thats why it wont hold boost after 4k i think) other than that the car looks great body is all done up
 
Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
If you want to work on a car continuously, get an SVO. Boost problem could be waste electronic waste gate controller or the vacuum diaphragm. Smoke under boost is a bad sign. I owned one, love the handling and playing with boost, but it was a constant challenge to stay ahead of the gremlins. And the 2.3 4 cylinder is NOT a smooth motor. Lots of "buzz" going down the road.
 
Posted by BlowN67 (Member # 4229) on :
 
mine seems kool an tons of fun to drive. 15psi an 18x10.5's on all four corners. ya totally fun car [burnout]
 
Posted by 73beast351c (Member # 5397) on :
 
svo's are hella cool
 
Posted by court (Member # 6700) on :
 
mine was a headgasket eating pain in the ass

but when it ran, boy did it run!
 




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