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I dunno about that... with a small displacement engine, extra gears can be a major plus. Saab has always tuned their engines for mid-range torque, and in that scenario fewer gears are just fine. But on a higher performance engine, generating peak power at higher RPMs, having an extra gear to keep the engine in the powerband is very much welcome. On my 9000, I love the gear spacing of the 5-speed but am constantly annoyed by the fact I'm running 3000rpm at 75mph. I'm not worried about the engine's ability to spin at 3000rpm all day and all night, but would very much like a higher ratio overdrive to keep engine noise down and fuel economy up. Something that could get me down to 2000rpm@75 would be fantastic... So, that's why a 6th gear... :)
-Justin
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Posts in this Thread:
- SAAB official "tuner", Ian, Sat, 26 Jan 2002 04:58:52
- NORDIC?, JMC, Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:42:06
- Could it be Hirsch..., Coolknight, Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:11:09
- Hope SAAB does a move..., Coolknight, Mon, 28 Jan 2002 06:03:13
- will they also supply 'strong enough' transmissions??, Andrew
, Sun, 27 Jan 2002 23:01:24 - I would hope it would be Hirch..., Eric Burr, Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:43:27
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