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Re: Normally Aspirated
Posted by John Hudak (more from John Hudak) on Tue, 30 May 2000 18:07:46
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

> Turbo Powered Saabs have been refined quite a bit over the decades since
> yours were made.  Bear in mind that the newest Turbo which you referenced
> was made a scant 4 years after Turbo production started, with the other

ahem....perhaps you should go back and read the hype in ALL the SAAB sales
lit of that time...I still have mine.....that cherry red pict of the turbo
was plastered everwhere....claiming/implying high reliability....(yeah)

> two being 'first year' models.  Water cooling and improved oils have
> reduced turbine failures to the point of being rarities.  The 9000,
> NG900, 9-3 and 9-5 exhaust maiflolds are very compact and well designed
> and don't crack. 

Not YET, anyway....lets see...I think it was about 4 years for the bad ones
to surface on the 1980's version...

>The Direct Ignition system does away with distributors
> and plug wires.  

But they still have wires and are succeptable to heat as well....

>The 16 valve head has proven extremely durable - valve

Except for the one on my 1993 where the head gasket failed at 28K miles,
which lead to a completely rebuilt head, compliments of SAAB...after 4
months in a garage...

> problems are rare (absent a timing chain break), and the head cracking
> which the 8-valve engines, both turbo and non, experienced has been cured.
Hmmm...a rather generous statement, given what I've heard around the 3
local saab garages....

I am glad Saab 'fixed' these problems.  Nice to see that the car buying
public was able to fund Saab's engineering as they field tested their cars
in the real world.  I figure I paid twice for my 81 Turbo  ($18K in 1981
dollars) with all the repairs I put into it because of all the above
problems.  I hit everyone, even more.  What can I say, I believed the nice
sales glossies.....

John Hudak
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