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Baby, you're much too ... smooth ...
Posted by J (more from J) on Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:51:03
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Hi,
I have a 9-5 Linear with 2.3 LPT I4 engine. What puzzles me is that
this engines is extremely smooth, much smoother than an I4 has any right
to be. I am an electrical engineer. So, I did not take dynamics in
college, but I have known a couple of very good dynamics professors,
and they assure me that I4 is a configuration most prone to vibrations
and such.
Is the smoothness attributable entirely to the fact that I do not
have to flog the engine to get lots of power? By the way, I really hate
having to rev and engine really high to get decent power from it. I
almost feel sorry for the engine.
Does the turbo mute the engine noise? I like to have the radio off
so that I can hear the tires screech when I'm driving really fast through
twisty two-lane black-top in my rocket ship ... I mean 9-5. The noise
from the engine is a delightful baritone and not soprano as I've come
to expect from I4.
So, just how does Saab make its I4 so smooth?
thanks
Jae
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Posts in this Thread:
- Baby, you're much too ... smooth ..., J, Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:51:03 <-- Viewing This Message
- er.. go drive a new 3.5L v6 powered Nissan,, TonyC, Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:39:40
- inline engines are the easiest to balance n/m, Aero'ed, Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:28:46
- Re: Baby, you're much too ... smooth ..., Jeff, Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:54:08
- thanks for information, J, Sun, 15 Sep 2002 19:02:38
- Balance shaft 4 thinks it's a V8....., Mike Lynch
, Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:53:01 - Ballance shafts..., Talladega900, Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:14:50
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