turbokev

<a href="http://members.rennlist.com/tholyoak/callaway3.html" target="_blank">Rare 944 info</a>

A few scanned articles and pictures to read.. over 280 HP for just 38 1983 cars

There's one for sale in Mass. for 10K

ian

Thanks for the interesting read, I needed a distraction from a slow afternoon at work...

Interesting articles.

Mike B

I also believe Todd has / had that same car for sale...

Mike B

I don't what happened to the other reply I left but...Todd H. has / had the very same car for sale not to long ago...

cmedlin4

I have one of the 38. About half were sold as kits, the other half were installed at Callaway. Not sure which mine was originally--I have exchanged messages with Reeves Callaway and they kept no VIN records.

User 462021

I believe someone over at Pelican had sold a kit to someone and they installed it. Must be pretty cool.

cmedlin4

About the only thing left on mine is the Callaway boost gauge--everything else is converted to Porsche turbo gear--much better. A quote from Reeves Callaway " An interesting concept, but like all prototypes, underdeveloped".

Turby

That was a great read, Thanks!!! And where is this car for sale in MA???????????

shortyboy

they sell kits?turbo kits?who and where?i want to buy one,never thought i'd ever see one like this.

turbokev

Here is the text of his ad on the NER classified board: ps. It is Todds car, I don't know if he still has it.

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1983 Callaway 944 Turbo One of the original 38 cars by Callaway, all documentation and records from new including documentation from Callaway. 2 owner car, less than 3k on complete mechanical and cosmetic refurb. Black metallic with black leather interior with sport seats. 16" Fuchs, 284 hp and 230 ft-lb torque, very fast and very fun. $10,000 US. Can deliver. See members.rennlist.com/tholyoak and follow Callaway links. Contact Todd Holyoak (Woburn, MA) at 781-736-4942 or holyoak@brandeis.edu (November 16, 2002)

Ken D

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Turby:
<strong>That was a great read, Thanks!!! And where is this car for sale in MA???????????</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Todd was selling it, not sure if he is still. I believe he's in Waltham. holyoak@brandeis.edu

<a href="http://www.pcaucr.org/PCAUCR/Discussion.nsf/Classified/3260d85d4634548d85256c6e006ee3fc" target="_blank">F/S ad</a>

doyle

On a side note, a good friend of mine had a Callaway GTI from 1986. What a pain in the *** to tune right. We put a new cam in it and Callaway had timing marks painted all over the place. It was trial and error to get the cam to crank timing correct as it was quite different than the factory settings.

After a whole night of putting together then taking apart, we finally got it right. Boy was that thing fast. Would pull like hell in third and fourth gears. It was no dragster but a perfect highway machine.

I do agree with Reeves Callaways statement that it was unrefined, but they did sell the GTI's through VW dealers.

doyle

cmedlin4

The kits were only made in '83. One sold on EBAY a while back for about $700--very rare. The Porsche Factory setup is much better.

Perry 951

Someone restored one not too terribly long ago. Kept all the Calloway stuff. I cannot remember who that was right now...

Hell.. I am happy I remember how to type most days!

Todd Holyoak

Guess I missed this thread. The car in MA for sale is mine. I'm not actively trying to sell the car right now but if someone offers me the right money I will sell it.

All the Callaway conversions were done at Callaway. This is because it involved tearing down the engine and machining the pistons to lower compression. Remember there was no such thing as a factory Turbo piston at this time. There were 2 groups of cars though. Customer cars which were brought to Callaway for conversion and cars bought new by Callaway and converted.

I find the car much more fun than the '86 turbo I previously had. The big benefit is the short distance between the turbo and the header (it is mounted directly on the manifold) and the faster spooling of the IHI turbo, no lag (you see boost at 1500rpm). Nice thing is the motronic system is retained therefore driveability is as good as stock. Unrefined, yep, fast and fun, you bet. If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me at holyoak@brandeis.edu.