Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 03:10:05 GMT From: fakenamenopsamspring.com (chris) Subject: Re: WHAT'S YOUR SAAB?
<-1984 got 8 valves 1985 turbos got the 16 valves 1986 all cars got 16 valves On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 11:11:23 -0800, "John Weiss" <jrweissnopsamet*NOSPAM*.com> wrote: >Nope. > >There was a transition period where Saabs were sold with both 8-valve and >16-valve engines, depending on market and configuration (turbo vs >non-turbo). Now, AFAIK, all Saab engines have 4 valves per cylinder -- all >in the US market do. >--------------------- >John R. Weiss >Seattle, WA >Remove *NOSPAM* from address for e-mail reply > >Scott Andrews wrote in message <6c5qsq$da$1nopsamoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>... >>i think the early turbos in the mid 80s, like maybe 84-86, were >>16 valve, but then they realized that with the turbo charger, >>the more powerful 16 valve engine was redundant, so they >>started using the 8 valve engine for turbos. > >
