Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 09:10:06 +0100 From: Martin Cockett <mcrc1nopsam.ac.uk> Subject: Re: 9000 2.3T questions and impressions
Yaofeng wrote: >Can't comment on the APC as I've only recently acquired a 94 9kcs >turbo myself. I basically go by feel. It is completely differnt from >either the 94 9k cs NA I have or the 900S I used to own. There seems >to be unlimited power on demand, to me anyway, available. All my >SAAB's are stick shift. > I am used to the pretty instantaneous response of the LPT in my old Aero so am really just learning how this new car responds. It seems the turbo boost is very much throttle dependent rather than just being a function of rpm. The quicker you achieve a given rpm the more the turbo spins up. I need to learn to be a bit more brutal with the accelerator pedal I guess. The pick up at low rpm is also inferior to the LPT but I guess that is because the turbo is bigger and needs longer to get up to speed. >The squeak of the ACC sensor is quite simple if I am reading you >right. It is common to all 9k with ACC. You need to clean the sensor >motor itself. It is most likely filled with lint on the shaft of the >small electric motoor. Remove the cup holder with the radio removal >tool. Stick your fingers inside to push the sensor out. Disconnect >the motor from its electrical wiring and then clean it. Lubricate the >shaft with silicone grease. The noise will disappear. > No. The sqeak is not a mechanical one - it is the plastic facia containing all the buttons that creaks as the car and dash flexes about. This incidentally is only a minor irritation compared to the annoying squeak from the clutch pedal! >As for handling I feel the same way you do when I first switched from >the classic 900 to 9k. I don't know how best to describe it. It is >as if the feel between steering and the road is more intimate. But I >soon got used to it. If you want me to go back to the classic 900, >I'd say no now. They are a generation apart. The 900 is clunkier. >The 9k is for sure more refined and much quieter. > I agree about the primitive feel of the classic but it did feel really planted on twisty A roads. I have not yet had a chance to try out the new car on those sorts of roads but my impressions so far is a tendency to understeer and somewhat poorer body control. From what I read on the Abbott web site, this can be cured by changing some of the suspension bushes and upgrading to Koni shocks and different springs. I will run the car for a year or so before considering whether to uprate the suspension. Thanks for your comments Martin
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