HEY! What kind of car is that!? Dodge Omni GLH,GLH-T, GLH-S. Episode 2

This is a new segment that we are starting. It is going to be a brief history on obscure cars. Episode 2 is about the Dodge Omni. Hope you like it!
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[@Gambit4u2]

This did happen to me. I was in a friends IROC and a GLH smoked us on the highway, with 4 passengers in the GLH!

[@SRMotoring]

Haha that's awesome! I didn't think when I was writing that story that it actually happened to someone!

[@jmcfly00]

Just the caption at first is what caught my eye.lol. if you were not in either vehicle you wouldn't understand. Being little I can remember Porsche and corvettes pulling up next to us and give us the old attitude like in Fast and furious, Dom and Brian are out testing the 10 sec car. Pops would smile look away and smoke em, are GLHS would be sitting at next light purring in laughter. I loved that put you back in your seat feeling. Parts are hard to find for her now. As she sits waiting to be driven once again.. thank you for the laugh bruh..

[@SRMotoring]

Anytime!! Thanks for checking us out!

[@AshAirheart1995]

This is the 2nd story I heard of GLH beating an IROC at a light

[@SRMotoring]

Haha really? I totally made it up.

[@jasonbrown9490]

I totaled one of these when I was 17. It broke traction in a curve and I hit a tree. Completely smashed the front end in to the windshield. I loved that car. One fast little car. Out raced several muscle cars. Scary to drive until you gain experience in how it ran.

[@takeadayofff]

Omni was the best handling car of its time, and arguably continues to be today. At the time with a few cheap mods it could out-steer everything on a tight track or in autocross, even Fieros.

[@2t713]

1984 was the first year for the Turbo cars for Chrysler, laser and Daytona. 1985 and 1986 were the only years for the Omni GLH turbo, the last 500 GLH-Ts were shipped to Carrol Shelby where he did the upgrades, Intercooler, Koni Shocks, shifter, remapped computer and Graphics.

[@jmcfly00]

Did wikipedia help you out with that answer? Not correct at all but hey good efforts.. lol..

[@jesselent7894]

I have one

[@2t713]

@@jmcfly00 1984 first year for the Turbo Laser/ Daytona. 85-86 only years for the Omni GLH Turbo. Carroll Shelby's shop in Whittier, CA. added the upgrades, Wheels, tires 2 piece intake, front mount Intercooler, Koni shocks, MoMo shifter handle, map tuning, Shelby graphic's. The last 500 (Black) Omni GLH-T's were sent to Shelby's Whittier shop. Do a search on Turbo Dodge or Turbo Mopar Forums and you will find most of this information, also many newsletters before the internet took off confirming the info I posted off the top of my head. Now piss off you little POS.

[@GLHS592]

No Josh, the information is pretty much correct.

[@andregonsalvez9244]

These Omni GLH held up well against the Ford and GM pony cars back in the day ! CHEERS

[@mikegrantham7440]

The Omni GLH-T came out in 1985, and the GLHS in 1986. In 87 there was a Shelby Charger GLHS. Chrysler produced the 2.2L and 2.5L turbos from 1984 to 1993. So there was not a 20 year gap. The Shelby cars include the 84-87 Shelby Charger, 87-88 Daytona Shelby Z, 89-90 Daytona Shelby, the 86-88 Shelby Lancer, 87 Shelby CSX, 88 CSX-T, and 89 Shelby CSX-VNT, and 89 Shelby Dakota. Then from 91-93 then Daytona carried the IROC RT and had the 2.2L DOHC T3 turbo that made 225 HP.

[@mikegrantham7440]

Also, the Omni did NOT have that bad of torque steer. That does not become a problem until you start pushing about 18 to 20 psi boost. Otherwise, the torque steer is pretty mild.

[@peterszenkowski7769]

I grew up with a GLH turbo, high school time to current times, what good times on the streets.Now its a low 12s street car that i drive on occasions

[@SRMotoring]

That awesome, glad to hear you still have it.

[@orange70383]

In 87 I test drove a new Shelby Charger GLHS and was surprised that it actually had similar acceleration to the 87 Buick Grand National that I test drove a hour earlier. The GLHS had a lot less power than the GN but it weighed nearly 1000 pounds less.

[@mediamain6]

Actually the last turbo Dodge before the srt4 was the 1992 Spirit R/T which would smoke the GLHS pretty badly and was a MUCH heavier car. Of course the GLHS was a better road car around the twisties but the Spirit RT was FAST and had awesome brakes and power amenities. Same 2.2 motor with a dohc head made by lotus put together by, you guessed it; Carroll Shelby.. Spirit RT was good for 0-60 in about 5.5 and slightly under 14 in the 1/4. Mild mods made it even better.

[@shigeolincolntaco]

Whats with the yelling?

[@jodywales6760]

That yelling shit is no good. Some of us use headphones.

[@ricks4103]

I owned two bought a GLHT brand new in 85 for $9500 then 10 years later I got another one put the turbo 2 engine big turbo inercooler That was a nice sleeper

[@SRMotoring]

Awesome! I would love to have one.

[@lang1031]

Good info great pics no need to yell man.

[@Snake-ms7sj]

1987, no Omni GLH's. 1986 was the last year for the Omni GLH which only ran 1984-1986. Only about 3500 made of the GLH and the GLH turbo. 500 of the GLH-S's were made and they were all sold by order before any of them could appear on a dealers lot. The Omni continued on after that as the economy version only until 1990. However there was a 1987 Shelby Charger GLH-S with the same engine. Omni GLH-S 0-60 mph in 6.5 secs with a top speed of 130 MPH. Charger GLH-S 0-60 mph in 6.7 secs and a top speed of 137 mph. I had a 1986 Omni GLH non turbo. 0-60 mph in 8.5 secs with a top speed of 110 mph. Had it top speed on the German autobahn so I can confirm this. Omni GLH's differed from a regular Omni with: low profile 50 series tires. Larger sway bars. Stiffer suspension with thicker springs & stiffer struts. Faster ratio steering rack. Bigger brakes front and rear (drums). All GLH's came as a 5 speed manual only. The Non-turbo GLH 2.2L had a different head and cam which gave it 10 - 14 hp more than the 2.2L in the regular Omni.

[@JohnDoe-nu6si]

You and he are forgetting that in 87 the same motor was put in the shadow under the name csx. In 1989 the last iteration was produced in the rarest of the models the 1989 csx-vnt was also the first variable nozzle turbo every put in a production vehicle I used to own both and I've driven the omni. The 87 shadow is heavier than the omni but had the same engine and transaxle so it was slower however the 89 csx-vnt was the fastest out of all of them by upgrading almost everything about the omni glhs including the wheels which were called fiber rides and were only produced for the 500 csx-vnt models and I can tell you It was a blast!

[@tomsteve7214]

Great video :) love the intro story even more because i remember those days

[@SRMotoring]

Thanks!! This car is an excellent sleeper.

[@SARCASTICLES]

It's "Hey! Kindacarizzat?"

[@tylerwidmer7088]

Funny you said that iroc had a beastly v8 those that the shirt tuned 305s in them

[@oscarwalton1188]

Shelby did omni chargers daytonas even Dodge shadows well in to the 90s

[@sandersthepirate]

good video, but your voice audio quality is terrible

[@SRMotoring]

Thanks for the input, we are working on getting new equipment.

[@MrAddicted2net]

I couldnt even tell ya how many Iroc's...Trans am's and so many other cars that saw my rear tail lights... before even getting through a intersection!!! and they would allways say what the heck is in that thing!!!

[@SRMotoring]

That's so awesome!

[@frankkdogg6646]

Thankyou for this vid good work again !

[@SRMotoring]

Thank you!!

[@landon1460]

Hold up wait aren’t you on tik tok

[@SRMotoring]

Nope.

[@jesselent7894]

I own #113 of the Shelby edition

[@SRMotoring]

Thats awesome. I really want one!

[@koolglitchers1]

S&R Motoring I just bought my first car 1985 DODGE CHARGER SHELBY 2.2L TURBO with Certificate Certification signatures or print idk with sticker

[@SRMotoring]

Awesome good luck with it!

[@koolglitchers1]

S&R Motoring im going to start a youtube channel and do a walk around should i post a link here to show? nothings wrong just flushing changing oils coolant sparks ignition relays coil altanator even tho its all original

[@SRMotoring]

Yes definitely post a link here. We will give you a shout out once you get it started!

[@FBIAgent-bv5if]

Goes like hell is probably the most bad a** name for a car

[@SRMotoring]

Definitely!

[@adrian-qr6zk]

sound is really bad

[@AshAirheart1995]

But can it go 90mph stock

[@minimoparaddictionandmore1090]

There is not 20year gap between the last fast 4bagner dodge and the SRT4 Go see dodge sprit R/T , Daytona Iroc R/T and the mexiacn Phatom R/T

[@charlesdossett8581]

The turbo charged daytona came out first

[@brandonhunt4525]

Me and brother had one his was silver mine was red.loved them. Killed alot of cars .left them with there mouth open.

[@SRMotoring]

That's awesome! They are definitely on my list of cars to own one day.

[@shigeolincolntaco]

The GLHS did not have a front mounter intercooler it was mounted on top of the engine

[@jesselent7894]

This is false

[@GLHS592]

The GLHS intercooler was mounted in front on the driver’s side of the radiator. The top mount intercooler setup was offered by Mopar Direct Connection for the turbo 1 cars. It required a modified hood for clearance.