Originally Posted by
orionmojo
Fair enough! But in that case why didn't they have similar power? Or Try harder to match it? It was the 80's. bolt on a turbo was the staple for the decade it seems!
You cant just bolt on a turbo, you have to homologate one first, and Ford were the only one that had done so at that stage, BMW couldnt just turn up for the 2nd race of the season with a turbo car, takes a long time to homologate a change including making and selling 500 of the cars etc!