Date: 5 Jan 2006 03:09:43 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: Just a Saab ng newbie question
On 4 Jan 2006 16:04:30 -0800, SmaartAasSaabr <smaartaassaabrnospaml.com> wrote: > The Ecotec engine as it is now called, was developed by Opel and Saab > jointly. The Saab version also has it's own heads/bottom end/block > which appear to have been recently shared on other GM products (ie > supercharged Delta cars, some Opels and Vauxhalls) but partswise it is > very much Saab engine, and "engineering train of thought" wise it is > mostly a Saab motor. > > Compared to the original Ricardo motor (ie completely non-Saab) which > the H engine evolved from. That's where I thought you were going. Sorry, but I'd submit that an engine with 15+ years of Saab-performed changes, and zero interchangable parts (except the oil filter, unless I'm mistaken) is more a pure Saab design, than an engine jointly designed with Opel/GM. We never had sludge problems with the H engine until after GM came on the scene...