Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:54:52 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Just a Saab ng newbie question
in article 424sj2F1hktj6U1nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net wrote on 05/01/2006 15:33: > On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:56:13 +0000, Pooh Bear > <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Dave Hinz wrote: >> >>> That's where I thought you were going. Sorry, but I'd submit that an >>> engine with 15+ years of Saab-performed changes, and zero interchangable >>> parts (except the oil filter, unless I'm mistaken) is more a pure Saab >>> design, than an engine jointly designed with Opel/GM. > >> Additionally, I gather that the H engine was a 'joint venture' between >> Ricardo, >> Triumph and Saab from the beginning. > > Nope. that was the 1.75 and 1.85 liter engine before the "B" engine, > which came before the "H" engine. Not much in common between the > "Triumph" engine and the H engine, if anything. Again, maybe the oil > filter. Indeed! Even the B type was substantially redesigned from the Triumph engine. There were a few internal common parts, but hey, bolts are bolts :) It could still be called a derivative, but the H type in no way could be thought of as a derivate of the Triumph - it's completely different. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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