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I understood that Saab desired to increase the horsepower for the 9-5 to be competitive in the class, and the V6 couldn't be modified for increased output, so Saab just took another 2.3 four off the shelf and pumped it up to 220hp with better fuel economy too.
According to what I've heard, and experienced, the V6 is more reliable overall than the four, not that either is unreliable by any measurement, and also the V6 entirely dodged the sludge issue.
I still remeber the Opel guy visiting from Germany look at the 9-5 engine and scratching his head in wonderment. "Why can Opel get 210hp without a turbo and Saab uses a turbo and only gets 200hp?" he asked.
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- What happened tothe 3.0T engine on the ARC's, Pete
, Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:52:32- Not problematic, just maxed out....., Mike Lynch
, Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:29:59 <-- Viewing This Message - Only Problem with it was . . ., jetplate, Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:34:26
- Re: What happened tothe 3.0T engine on the ARC's, albanysaab, Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:11:20
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