Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:12:45 GMT From: James Sweet <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Looking for my next Saab
Johannes wrote: > > Nasty Bob wrote: > >>>As an aside, some of the later model LPTs had an intercooler. They were >>>rated to 170 BHP on the B234 engine variant. Just an ECU upgrade and it's >> >>up >> >>>to the 200 BHP or 230 BHP standard. The money Abbott (or whoever) charge >> >>for >> >>>ECU upgrades leaves me thinking it would be worth buying a crashed Aero >> >>and >> >>>swiping the box! >> >>Sorry to be so ignorant but.. >>I have a work colleague who also has a 9000 LPT Saab. But his is a slightly >>younger model (M reg) and looking at his engine, he has this extra "thing" >>on the left hand side of his engine (as you stand looking at it with the >>bonnet open). Is that an intercooler?? He keeps saying his is a "proper" >>turbo, but he doesn't have the turbo boost gauge on his dashboard??????? >>cheers! > > > LPT IS a proper turbo! Just take a look at the turbo under the bonnet. > Yes, it has lower power than a FPT, but less turbo lag, lower insurance > and generally nice to drive. I have a 1993 2.0 LPT; I'm not sure how it > was described at the time, the log book states: SAAB 9000 CSE TURBO. LPT affects the insurance? That's odd, my insurance company doesn't even list whether my cars have a turbo or not, my policies just list the series of the car and whether it's gas or diesel.
