Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 08:01:30 GMT From: hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: So.. why is the engine in back to front?
In article <9m6mja$7ro$1nopsamunium.btinternet.com>, 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? -- G–ran Larsson Senior Systems Analyst hoh AT approve DOT se
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