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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 18:41:43 +1200
From: Wanganui Collegiate NZ <richardDOTssnopsamr.netSTOPnz>
Subject: Re: the Best Swede is a SAAB!


In article <76q6jf$j7r$1nopsam1.dejanews.com>, <URL:mailto:supersambanopsamejanews.com> wrote: > In article <na.44b12748be.a70220dave.soundnopsamnet.co.uk>, > Dave Plowman <dave.soundnopsamnet.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <76nml0$o1b$1nopsam3.Belgium.EU.net>, "Johan LAUWERS" > > <lauwers.sablonnopsam.be> wrote: > > > But the four-cylinder engines are still genuine Saab-ones > > > > For the anoraks, they started out as British Leyland (Triumph) > > > > -- > > Dave Plowman dave.soundnopsamnet.co.uk > > RIP Acorn > > > > Yes, the 16 valve engine (well at least the head) was based on the triumph > dolomite twin cam. Some engines along time ago where even built in England. > There is nothing wrong with this! A friend of mine has a Lotus sunbeam whose > ancient engine (I think it was based on Vauxhall victor) kicks out 195 hp at > the rear wheels. The truth that the rest of the world can't accept is that us > brits are still the best when it comes to making cars perform, evidence F1. > NJH The heads were different, while the early blocks were the same. I have an 1854 Saab 99 and was able to buy Triumph parts for it. Saab didn't have a twin cam head normally available until much later in the 900. Even the block soon diverged into the Saab B20 version of the engine. -- Richard Sutherland-Smith Wanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand http://www.collegiate.school.nz/ Acorn 200MHz Risc PC

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