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1974 Posted by DougM [Email] (#211) [Profile/Gallery] (more from DougM) on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:39:48 In Reply to: EMS best year?, Bob, Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:34:50 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
'74 was the last year for the "true" EMS = Electronic Manual Special.
Electronic fuel injection, Manual transmission, Special amenities such as quicker steering rack, tachometer/clock, nicer stitched seating w/rear seat center armrest, soccerballs with performance tires, leather wrapped sport steering wheel, hard foam door panels, carpeted trunk(1976), front air dam(1976), side moldings, color-coordinated ouside mirrors, special badging, and sunroof option in later years.
A finely tuned d-jet injected 99 will run circles around anything that came later on(k-jet). One reason I sold my 75EMS was that it just didn't do it for me performance wise, and it just wasn't as peppy a car. The throttle response on my 73 is simply amazing. I've also heard from an old Saab tech that a d-jet 99 is faster zero-60 than a 78T, which I have no reason to doubt.
Some model designations:
1973 > X7, E, L, EMS
1974 > L, LE, LE Automatic, EMS
1975 > L, LE, LE Automatic, EMS
1976 > L, GL, GLE, EMS
1977 > L, GL, GLE, EMS
1978 > L, GL, GLE, EMS, Turbo
Whatever you find, body rot should be a consideration. Even the thicker shelled 99's from 75 and earlier still had rot problems, especially if driven in snow/salt conditions.
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