[Main 93 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Oh, no. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by pokeyjoe [Email] (#3083) [Profile/Gallery] (more from pokeyjoe) on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:08:05 In Reply to: New V6 May Have More SAAB Heritage than you Think ;-), Rob in Atlanta, Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:57:58 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

"Ricardo PLC, the English engine design specialist that helped develop the Standard-Triumph-derived engine used by SAAB in the 1960's and 1970's reported helped GM develop the new V6. Because of Ricardo's involvement, the new V6 may be more of a "real SAAB" than the current Ecotec-powered 9-3's."

I had that Triumph engine in my old 99. It was, by far, the worst engine I have ever owned in an automobile. I was horribly under-engineered. The timing chain looked like it came off a Schwinn bicycle and, you guessed it, it broke. The water pump was mounted in the top of the block and driven off a beveled gear on the camshaft. The only way to adjust the backlash was to put shims under the outside of the pump housing - which no one did. Water pump failures were common. The head was mounted to the block with long steel studs that went through the aluminum haed at an angle. You could not pull off the head unless you removed the studs. Let's see, long STEEL studs, AL head = corrosion. What a nightmare.

No thanks on the V6. You couldn't give me money to take a car with a Ricardo PLC engine in it.

• 9-3SS 2.8V6T...would you buy it the first year out?, AlexA, Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:44:28
  • New V6 May Have More SAAB Heritage than you Think ;-), Rob in Atlanta, Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:57:58
    • Oh, no., pokeyjoe , Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:08:05 <-- Viewing This Message
  • no no no, joe E, Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:58:14
    • Fourth Time is the Charm, Greg Abbott , Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:24:11
  • Re: 9-3SS 2.8V6T...would you buy it the first year out?, Dudley, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:36:37
    • Re: 9-3SS 2.8V6T...would you buy it the first year out?, Rafe, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 08:18:12
      • Re: 9-3SS 2.8V6T...would you buy it the first year out?, Dudley, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 13:13:54
        • Re: 9-3SS 2.8V6T...would you buy it the first year out?, Rafe, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 16:13:30
  • I'm worried about that engine, Ben S., Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:53:06
    • Aero you pulled had 210 hp 2.0. V6 is for 2006 n/m, AlexA, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:57:03
      • That's my point. Soon the Viggen will be slower. n/m, Ben S., Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:00:15
        • Oh Ok, I misread. Sorry..., Alex, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:45:08
          • Re: Oh Ok, I misread. Sorry..., Ben S., Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:32:26
  • It isn't just little Saab anymore, Stephen Goldberger, Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:32:14
  • 2003 9-3SS folks happy, '06 just new engine..., Mike Lynch , Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:06:18
    • Re: 2003 9-3SS folks happy, '06 just new engine..., Tim C, Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:13:17
    • new engine, not Trionic 8, wei_, Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:47:29

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