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Re: New Saab Engine on Road
Posted by Stephen Goldberger (more from Stephen Goldberger) on Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:42:00
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00

>Autoweek (11/6/2000) editors said they drove a Saab 9-5 Aero with the
>new prototype engine from Saab that uses variable compression.
*snip - to Autoweek's words*
> 'Normally, a turbo-charged engine
>running at 14:1 compression would just be waiting to blow up. But when
>you can almost immediately lower that compression to 8:1, well, that's a
>different story. The idea is that the amount of turbo boost in the
>cylinder ...

Well, as NINES readers know, as well as TSN subscribers who have surfed
through the engine's description, the SVC engine uses a mechanically driven
compressor, not a turbocharger. Wonder how much else they got wrong.
Probably had to have the ignition key location written down on a post-it
note and pasted on the steering wheel...

(Sour grapes from a 'journalist' who has not tested the SVC powered Aero.)
Stephen Goldberger, Editor and Publisher
NINES, the magazine of the SAAB Club of North America
vist our web site at http://www.saabclub.com
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