By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

The 1985 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo was a neat little car that managed to trade blows with the European offerings of the day and with a little work, could shame the overweight and underpowered pony cars of the mid-’80s.

The GLH could be had in turbo and non-turbo versions. This one is a rarer turbo model and came equipped with a 146hp 2.2L four banger. It made 170 ft/lbs of torque at 3,600 RPM and was matched with a five-speed transmission. 6,500 of the cars were made, and it is not known how many were turbocharged and how many were naturally aspirated.

This particular car appears to be in decent shape with respect to the body but the motor is ill and needs to be pulled apart due to a lack of compression. Sounds like a perfect excuse to build an anvil of an engine and hit the drags.

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Dodge collaborated with Carroll Shelby to put out a hot version of its subcompact Omni: the GLH, which stood for "Goes Like Hell," was introduced in 1984 with a high-output 2.2L engine. The following year, it got a turbocharger, bringing the horsepower to 146. In 1986, a very limited-edition, further-upgraded GLHS was offered by Shelby with a total power output of 175hp! The GLH is often referred to as a future classic, and with its hot performance and limited production, it’s not hard to see why. Check out all the work that Will has done on his GLH, modded to the max after swapping up to a 2.5L LeBaron engine. Matt’s GLH, by contrast, is bone stock and clean enough to eat off of. Chris’s Omni came to him as a 700-dollar eBay basketcase with a huge hole in the floor, but after extensive fabrication and engine mods it’s shaping up to be a real head-turner. Kurt says he’s restored his GLH to "better than new," and once you check out his extensively-documented build, you’ll believe it. Mark still runs 12′s in car #126 of the 500 GLHS’s built in ’86, Michael keeps his #168 in immaculate condition, and Douglas has some great car-show pics of his #284.