Comments on: 9-3 Sport Sedan to get V6

By: SaabKen

SaabKen — Thu, 12 May 2005 04:53:06 +0000

Picked up the hardcopy last night, dang it was Cdn$9 !

I still find with the tons of torque it’s purported to have that the 0-60mph time is comparatively high, albeit with autobox. But didn’t the classic 9-3 Viggen achieve it in the low 6′s ?

Ken
’93 9000CSET

http://www.autocar.co.uk/FirstDrive_Summary.asp?RT_ID=214907

http://www.autocar.co.uk/popups/gallery.asp?RT=214907

Saab 9-3 Saloon 2.8 V6 4dr
Test Date 03/05/2005 09:00:00
Price when new

By: Swade

Swade — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:21:39 +0000

G’day Tally, thanks for dropping by! Yeah, Ken, I’m sure there will be a HOT variant somewhere and mods will spring up too. Offer it at base first and then you’ve got some options to throw out later on, right?

By: Talladega900

Talladega900 — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:08:50 +0000

Sounds encouraging that it was designed from the start as a Saab engine. I can see tuning it already.

0.6 bar? Hmmm. Bump it up SQR, BSR, Maptun, et. al.!

Jim Miller
President WASSAAB, the Washington D.C. Area SAAB Club.

By: SaabKen

SaabKen — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:19:26 +0000

So this Holden-sourced 2.8L V6 would be considered a light-pressure turbo ? There’s no mentioning of Trionic engine management. I’m sure they can coax the boost to 1 bar (14 psi) with some massaging of the ECU and perhaps the compression and piston crowns. Or maybe there’s another higher-boost variant down the pipeline (like 9-5 Aero HOT which is already at 250bhp). My ’93 9000CSE is FPT at 1 bar which is great, even though I got an auto slushbox

By: Swade

Swade — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:32:06 +0000

There’s just no pleasing some people, Al!!

I’ll never afford one myself, but I can’t wait to take one for a spin.

By: alaero

alaero — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:55:59 +0000

nice,

but i want a coupe 9-3 with this!!