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Old Sep 27, 2002 | 12:16 AM
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i cant believe they actually made them turbo charged,lol a couple people on this website have them running 12-13 sec quarter mile times,! hehehe thats one hell of a sleeper!
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 12:20 AM
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OMNI GLH



Goes Like Hell
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 12:30 AM
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supposively the glh does go like hell! lol i just cant picture a turbo being under the hood of that *** ******* ugly car,lol just my .02 cents though
Old Sep 27, 2002 | 12:41 AM
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i'd daily drive one......... put a T78 on that sucker
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 03:24 AM
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People were modding the GLH years before the RX-7, it was ugly, but it was light as well, I knew someone that had one, and a small turbo Renault, the Renault was no joke though, I forget the model, but its a serious car.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 03:33 AM
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OMNI GLH



I thought it stood for Great Little Hotrod



They were the first (and last?) to use a variable vanes to change the pitch of the airflow on the impeller.



175 HP? 2.2 liter
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 03:43 AM
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No, Vosco is right, it really stood for Goes Like Hell, it was actually a Carrol Shelby car.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 04:15 AM
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That's silly. No matter how fast it went, you'd still be driving an Omni, and that's just sad.
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 07:10 AM
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haha, yeah, stil a onmi but id daily drive it and t78 turbo as well, lmao, mu ha ha ha hah aha possible? i dont have a clue?
Old Sep 28, 2002 | 07:51 AM
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It was a Box, but this was back when the RABBIT was cool. Or Ah well at least the GTI



Everybody got in on the BOX on wheels... Honda Civic, Ford Festia, then the Escort, Fiat 128, and of course the Dogde Omni.



I remember reading of a guy with a 13' sec 1/4 minivan with the 2.2 GLH engine in it bolted to a Automatic no less.



Never drove one, but I would guess 2nd gear speed shifts would be a bitch with all that FWD torque steer.



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