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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:11:43 -0800
From: Kari Sillanpää <s129529nopsamut.fi>
Subject: Re: Saab aftermarket performance (was 1997 900 SE 5spd vs 1998 900 SE 5spd)


Barney the dinosaur wrote: > What magic box bolts on and adds 35hp? Is this a computer upgrade? > Are you taking the part manufacturers -claim- or have you dyno'd the > change before AND after? Or, better yet, backed up their claims with > before and after runs at the track? Getting more power is not magic anymore. If you have a turbo car with a computer that controls fuel injection, turbo pressure etc. and a system that prevents knocking (such as APC) all you need is a computer reprogramming. My friend here in Finland had a reprogramming done to his '89 900 SPG and got 200 hp and 328 Nm torgue. That's a 25 hp boost with no hardware update. Yes, that's dyno'd power. And this guy thinks about fuel economy also. Another 25hp boost would have been possible but it would have required a new exhaust. > In my experience, aftermarket performance part manufacturers boost > power claims. On my car, an aftermarket exhaust is supposedly worth > 30hp... right. Same thing with a computer upgrade and cold air > intake. > > Total for all three is about 20hp... dyno verified. Also, verified by > several runs at the drag strip. For non-turbo cars most of those things are a bunch of hooey, I agree. > I am definately interested in enhancing the performance of any 900 > that I get, but I don't want the same advertising BS that I see > everywhere else. I guess there is a lot of BS on the market, but 30hp "magic boxes" are not necessary BS. Kari, Finland '58 93DeLuxe '79 96V4 Super '82 99GL

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