Date: 2 Mar 2003 14:13:55 GMT From: davehinznospamcop.net Subject: Re: How much BHP?
Someone who looks an awful lot like dave gore 2002 <dave.gore2002nospamin.net> wrote: > Dave g asked > a local Saab dealer close to my home has a 9-5 aero 2.3 HOT estate which is > a MY2002 car which according to the details has been tuned to approx 330 > bhp, this seems a lot of horses to squeeze out of a 2.3 litre engine but my > question is, what is the maximum the engine could safely take and at the > same time actually be driveable on a daily basis, The 230 BHP is very driveable by all reports I've seen. Abbott Racing in the UK has kits to raise that considerably, I haven't driven those so I can't comment on daily-driver behavior, but they change things at the top end, not much in the mid range. It's not like in the old days when you put in a high-lift cam and it made the care useless for daily driving. > it has a limited slip diff I don't think so, unless this is something very new and unexpected. I think what it probably has (.uk and .usa details may differ, but not that much...) is what's called "TCS", or Traction Control System. If one wheel starts spinning, the computer modulates the throttle, brakes (I think?), and so on, so that you don't just sit there with one wheel spinning. Roughly the same thing that a limited-slip differential was designed to do decades ago, but much more elegant. > but I still wonder how it would be in the wet or if there was any snow or > ice about, Saabs are known for their bad-weather handling, always have been. The 230 BHP only comes into play at wide-open-throttle, and most people won't be hitting that state too often on ice. Dave Hinz
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