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Old 10-12-2017, 10:27 AM   #19 (permalink)
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The aero on those things is pretty bad.

If you already have a specific car in mind that's one thing, but if you were looking for a car to make a project of, if you were willing to consider a second-gen model you might have better luck. It looks smoother in general, in addition to being the lightest generation of TCs.

Just as a blue sky crazy idea, the turbo four from the concurrent Thunderbird would fit, delivers comparable power, was available with the BW T5 manual and cuts a lot of weight out.
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