Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 19:15:42 GMT From: "JTK" <jussitknopsamwish.evtek.fi> Subject: Re: Saab V8
I have also read about it, sometime this summer/fall. It was still in early development and they had to have the ACC set to max temp, as otherwise the engine would have overheated in minutes. But never the less, I like turbos more ;-) JK "Johannes H Andersen" <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> wrote in message news:3D9A7457.EE27B7E3nopsamanytime.co.uk... > Yep, just read about a 9-5 with a transverse 4.3L V8, 300bhp 400Nm. There > is a picture at engine under the bonnet, looks like there's little room > left over for - you know what I'm thinking about. However, the article > claims that the alu V8 weighs little more that the four. Says the engine > will first appear in a Vauxhall Signum. This suggests that the engine will > not be very unique for Saab. Hmmm, don't know what to say. But in the > context of the field of BMWs, Audi, Mercs, it is perhaps not surprising. > > Johannes