[TalBlack]

I think they had a trim level that included turbo and for that reason budget guys buy them and tweak them up with exhaust, heads, cams etc. Upon first seeing them I recall wondering which in heck would turbo a Century.

[UNGN]

The '78-79 "Turbo Century" was a carbed Turbo V6 that made less than 180 HP in a 3500 lb car. so 0-60 would be in the 9-10 second range (vs 5 seconds stock for the 86-87 Turbo Regals).

It would be super cool to find an incredibly rare Aeroback 2 dr Turbo Century and swap in an '86-87 Turbo Regal drivetrain. It is a "bucket list restomod" idea I have, but I would have to find a nice, rust free one.

The carbed Turbos can't be tweaked enough to keep even with even contemporary late 70's/early 80's "performance cars, and the mid 80's performance cars would destroy even a heavily modded carbed buick Turbo in the 80's.

When SFI came out in '84, all of the buick guys abandoned the carbed turbos. When Intercooling came out in '86, All od the non intercooled SFI guys dumped them for intercooled cars. By the 1990's when some one asked "how do I make a Carbed/non intercooled Turbo car faster?", they were told to "sell it and buy and intercooled turbo Car.

Here is a similar C&D road test for an '86 Turbo Regal (check the 0-60):

Buicks came a very long way in 7 years.

Here is my '86 that I have had for 25 years:

It does 0-60 in the 3's and runs low 11's in the 1/4 mile.