Turbo Rocket-Oldsmobile COPO?

[69SSZL1]

Oldsmobile only made these 2 years, 1962-63, a few thousand were made. They were very expensive, base price was $3,048.00. In 1965, Oldsmobile offered to remove the Turbo if you did not want it. People were not re-filling the Turbo Rocket Fluid tank (<span style="font-style: italic">Turbo Rocket Fluid</span> available at your <span style="font-style: italic">Oldsmobile</span> dealer) and performance would suffer. The fluid is just methanol and distilled water, and is injected into the air stream after the carb to stop detonation (engine is 10.25:1 compression, boost is 5-7 psi). When the fluid runs out, the Turbo waste gate opens to prevent engine damage, so you lost your extra power. There is no Turbo lag due to this design. All detonation control was done mechanically. The more boost, the more fluid injected. The methanol added a little extra kick.
After the Turbos were removed, the cars would change hands, and the history was lost and forgotten. Many were rusted out, crushed, and lost as people did not know they were anything special. Now only a handfull exist.
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