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Posted by DougM [Email] (#211) [Profile/Gallery] (more from DougM) on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:39:48 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: EMS best year?, Bob, Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:34:50
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'74 was the last year for the "true" EMS = Electronic Manual Special.

Electronic fuel injection, Manual transmission, Special amenities such as quicker steering rack, tachometer/clock, nicer stitched seating w/rear seat center armrest, soccerballs with performance tires, leather wrapped sport steering wheel, hard foam door panels, carpeted trunk(1976), front air dam(1976), side moldings, color-coordinated ouside mirrors, special badging, and sunroof option in later years.

A finely tuned d-jet injected 99 will run circles around anything that came later on(k-jet). One reason I sold my 75EMS was that it just didn't do it for me performance wise, and it just wasn't as peppy a car. The throttle response on my 73 is simply amazing. I've also heard from an old Saab tech that a d-jet 99 is faster zero-60 than a 78T, which I have no reason to doubt.

Some model designations:

1973 > X7, E, L, EMS

1974 > L, LE, LE Automatic, EMS

1975 > L, LE, LE Automatic, EMS

1976 > L, GL, GLE, EMS

1977 > L, GL, GLE, EMS

1978 > L, GL, GLE, EMS, Turbo

Whatever you find, body rot should be a consideration. Even the thicker shelled 99's from 75 and earlier still had rot problems, especially if driven in snow/salt conditions.

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