Supercharged/turbo charged systems?

Brian Hartman brianhartman at sprintmail.com
Tue Oct 27 15:56:14 GMT 1998


In AUTOMOBILE Magazine about 10 years ago I saw a KONIG Competition III Ferrari
F-40 with Two Turbos and 3 Superchargers.  To this day, that's the baddest car
I've ever seen.  I tried to find a copy of the magazine about 6 months ago but
couldn't.

Brian



Francois Dion wrote:

> Robert Scott Winnicki wrote:
>
> > anyone ever heard of cars with both of these installed on them.  I though
> > I heard of a MR2 that had a custom set up on it, but I have never seen it.
> > Anyone else?
>
> The Lancia Delta S4, and is the only car ever produced from factory and
> homologated to have both the supercharger and turbocharger. The MR2
> would have to be custom. 480hp, 350ftlbs, from a 1759cc. The most
> outrageous Rallye group B car ever produced, but unfortunately the FIA
> pulled the plug on group B after Henri Toivonen died in a crash in the S4.
>
> Not surprising, these cars were a bit too fast for dirt roads... 0-60 in
> 6 seconds on gravel (!) and 142 mph. That, from a car that looks from
> a hatchback the size of a volkswagen golf...
>
> Ciao,
> Francois Dion (francois at hyperreal.org)
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