Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:29:52 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: '99 9-5 hooter valve options?
in article 54ub8pF224ks4U1nospamindividual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospaml.com wrote on 03/03/2007 22:30: > I've got a '99 9-5 with the 170BHP 2.3L LPT engine. My hooter valve is > hooting. I see vendors selling "upgraded" versions of same - do they > really do anything or should I just buy a stock replacement part? If I > can get some HP out of the deal I'm all for it. Unless you want a shiny one, go stock replacement, but from VW. SAAB seem to make those valves up by 100% compared to the same valve sold at VW! I assume the 9-5 2.3 will be very similar in many ways to the 9000 2.3, which I know a chap running over 1 bar about over 300 BHP with the stock valve - he reckons there's no merit in changing for an expensive shiny one. If you're going to run up rated boost, the standard valve will hold the pressure. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/