Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 14:38:55 -0700 From: Justin VanAbrahams <jvanabranopsamnet> Subject: Re: turbo
Cooper Valentine wrote: > > defeat high compression preignition. The SAAB has an inherent advantage in > ability to withstand turbo charging; it used to be a V8!! All the > stressed bearings were designed for "big" engine forces. When was it an 8-cylinder? Certainly never since Saab got involved - they never made an 8 cylinder, ever. It found its origins at Triumph, but AFAIK they only recently produced an 8-cylinder. Now, there's no argument that the Saab engine *looks* like it's half of a 90-degree V8, but that is mostly for vibration control and ease of engineering, not because of some long-lost tie to V8s... No, I do believe the Saab four-cylinder was *always* a four cylinder. From a 1.7l Triumph engine to a 1.8l Triumph engine to a 2.0l Saab engine. In fact, since 1982 when the B-block (B20) four was dropped altogether, it lost most of its ties to the ancient Triumph engine. -Justin
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