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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 08:48:35 PST
From: mojavegnopsamsp.com (Everett M. Greene)
Subject: Re: So.. why is the engine in back to front?


hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) writes: SimonJ <menopsam.com> wrote: > > > With the exception of the current Vauxhall/Opel engines that Saab have > > recently started using, all the Saab 4 cylinder petrol engines have evolved > > from the Triumph engine. > > In what way has the current I4 evolved from the Triumph 1.7l and 1.85l > engine? The engine block is completely different and the design techniques > are different (attaching the head using tilted pins [Triumph] versus > straight screws [Saab]). > > > The comment I was replying to (that you snipped) was that Saab designed the > > original engine and transmission from scratch, which they clearly didn't as > > the original engine was a completely unchanged Triumph engine. > > The Triumph engine was very short lived, both in what years it was used > by Saab and how long it survived in the hands of the customers. Why do > you think that Saab (with help from the Scania engine designers) > designed a new engine so quickly? I was told that the 99 engine was derived from some farm tractor engine.

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