Date: 6 Jul 2004 19:17:48 -0700 From: ychennospam30.net (Yaofeng) Subject: Re: New to saab, sucks so far.
ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> wrote in message news:<40E5C570.9050805nospamo.com>... > Yaofeng wrote: > > > <Snip> > > Many SAAB owners think the car is a different breed. An internal > > combustion engine is an internal combustion engine. It's been around > > for more than 100 years. How different can it be? > > > The Classic 900 is different. The engine is mounted backwards and > sidesways(not transverse like most FWD), depending on your point of > view. It is a front wheel drive with the pulleys against the firewall > and the clutch just behind the radiator. The engine power is > transferred to the transmission by chains. Is there a historical > explanation of the logic behind this design? > I had a 89 c900. Unforunaely it was desroyed in a car fire after a car wash a few years ago. My own mistake of directing the garden hose down the 16v spark plug recess during the car wash. But back to the difference. Is it not an internal combustion engine? Does the transmission not use gears? It was a great car. You may have the engine mounted upside down, or any which way you desire. Power still goes from the engine to the transmission to the wheels. My knowledge of maintaining my own cars over the years need not change to do the c900 (or SAAB 9000, or any other SAAB) is what I am saying.