Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 11:57:36 GMT From: Johannes <johsnospamblock73546sizefitter.com> Subject: Re: Turbos?
Saab Guy wrote: > > On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:42:53 GMT > Dan <dannospamam.com> wrote: > > > Did SAAB always make there own turbos or use a 3rd party? I would be > > especially interested in the 2004 9-3 Aero turbo details... > > Dan, > > Saab used a company in the 1980s called GARRET, the in the 1990s, Mitubishi. > > We called the car a SAAB TURBO, but the Turbo wasn't a SAAB engineering feat. > I'd be interested in finding out what the Turbos were in the 1970s when they started. > > SaabGuy I think the first turbo in a production car was 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo, but it was considered exotic and only sold in small numbers. http://www.bmwworld.com/models/newclass/2002_turbo.htm The 1977 Saab 99 Turbo was the first real mass production turbo car. I remember reading car mags, the journalists just couldn't believe how fast this ordinary looking family salon was. Perhaps that had something to do with the turbo torque; you didn't have to 'scream' the engine. The car just went as if an "invisible hand" moved it along. With 145bhp and a 0-60 time of 9 seconds, it actually beats my 150bhp 9000 CSE (0-60 ~ 9.5 sec)
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