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SignUp Now!I don't understand the turbo regals got more horsepower from the year 86 to 87 want was the difference?
The difference between the 86 and the 87 was purely on paper only. Neither the 86's 235HP or the 87's 245HP come anywhere close to the actuall power figure. Most agree that the true HP was around 275HP.
kool thanks for the info guys
Is it true that they did it so the owners can have lower insurence rates?
I never believed in the conspiracy theory that nothing could top the Vette in power numbers. You can go all the way back to 1953 and find plenty of examples to debunk that myth. The reason for the paper numbers wasn't for lower insurance but to get the cars built more or less. According to legend Hydramatic division could only make the 200-4R strong enough to survive the 235HP mark. The head of Buick engineering wanted the TR so bad he had to come up with a plan to get the strongest transmission he could find. He lied in other words. I dont know how he would explain to management all of the warranty claims for trannys but it looks like things worked out. Kind of like putting the cart before the horse.
Supposedly Corporate policy was no car could have more HP than the Corvette.