Comments on: The (most recent) Saab V-8 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html Saab 9-1, 9-3, 9-4x, 9-5, 9-7x News Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:34:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gordon http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-51978 gordon Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:22:34 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-51978 I just found this old post by Googling. What an impressive engine. So SAAB takes a Triumph slant 4 that was originally designed to be a V8, spends 20 years or so improving it for reliability, power, smoothness and more and then restores it to its original V8 intentions. You just know that ever since SAAB brought over the Triumph 4 and made it their own, engineers were thinking "we could design our own V8 from this, we don't have to wait for Triumph to do it" and eventually they did. I would bet that this V8 as a prototype was world's better than Triumph's production version in the Stag. Better yet, it would have already been strengthened for twin turbocharging. That would have been just frightfully fast. With or without turbos, it would have sold in the US. Better a reliable V8 with too much weight up front than a light weight 4 that wiggles the car at idle. This was the same time that BMW launched their 3.0 V8 to compete with Lexus and Infiniti. SAAB could not compete their own 4 or the bad GM V6. Too bad. Now if only Chrysler had turned their slant 6 into a V12 and then had the Aussies make it into a hemi. I just found this old post by Googling. What an impressive engine. So SAAB takes a Triumph slant 4 that was originally designed to be a V8, spends 20 years or so improving it for reliability, power, smoothness and more and then restores it to its original V8 intentions. You just know that ever since SAAB brought over the Triumph 4 and made it their own, engineers were thinking “we could design our own V8 from this, we don’t have to wait for Triumph to do it” and eventually they did. I would bet that this V8 as a prototype was world’s better than Triumph’s production version in the Stag. Better yet, it would have already been strengthened for twin turbocharging. That would have been just frightfully fast. With or without turbos, it would have sold in the US. Better a reliable V8 with too much weight up front than a light weight 4 that wiggles the car at idle. This was the same time that BMW launched their 3.0 V8 to compete with Lexus and Infiniti. SAAB could not compete their own 4 or the bad GM V6. Too bad.

Now if only Chrysler had turned their slant 6 into a V12 and then had the Aussies make it into a hemi.

]]> By: Staffan V http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30425 Staffan V Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:25:18 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30425 It is said Saab also put a few Triumph Stag V8s into the 99, but became more interested in turbocharging due to the fuel consumption. They also made a copuple of two stroke V6 engines, but that's another story. It is said Saab also put a few Triumph Stag V8s into the 99, but became more interested in turbocharging due to the fuel consumption.

They also made a copuple of two stroke V6 engines, but that’s another story.

]]> By: matthew http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30346 matthew Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:35:23 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30346 i dont understand why a V8 would be so TERRIBLE. i mean, you have the potential to step up the game and compete with the audi RS4 or RS6...M3...M5....AMG cars....it can still be effecient too...the technologies today...cylinder shut down...etc..etc... if it's just because you're too bull-headed to let go of a non saab 4 cylinder...aka...ecotec...aka...the same engine in a saturn...i dont know what to tell you. :) i dont understand why a V8 would be so TERRIBLE. i mean, you have the potential to step up the game and compete with the audi RS4 or RS6…M3…M5….AMG cars….it can still be effecient too…the technologies today…cylinder shut down…etc..etc… if it’s just because you’re too bull-headed to let go of a non saab 4 cylinder…aka…ecotec…aka…the same engine in a saturn…i dont know what to tell you. :)

]]> By: saab9x http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30335 saab9x Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:44:20 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30335 i didn't see anything in there that saab opposed the v-8 on the grounds that it'd be some sort of diabolical bastardization of the brand, which is: a. the take i get from recent contributors; and b. what the 9-7x, long ago, managed to accomplish. i didn’t see anything in there that saab opposed the v-8 on the grounds that it’d be some sort of diabolical bastardization of the brand, which is:

a. the take i get from recent contributors; and

b. what the 9-7x, long ago, managed to accomplish.

]]> By: TimJ http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30319 TimJ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:54:47 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30319 Ship 9-5 and a V8 to Finland and they fit the AC for you! <strong><em>Only if it comes with Bluetooth. EnG</em></strong> Ship 9-5 and a V8 to Finland and they fit the AC for you!

Only if it comes with Bluetooth. EnG

]]> By: saabyurk (Ted Y) http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30318 saabyurk (Ted Y) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:51:19 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30318 Psycho Dave, that's nothing new for a Saab, in fact, very Saab-like. I had to run my 2-cycle 66 Saab with the heat turned up full on hot summer days to keep the engine cool. Psycho Dave, that’s nothing new for a Saab, in fact, very Saab-like. I had to run my 2-cycle 66 Saab with the heat turned up full on hot summer days to keep the engine cool.

]]> By: Psycho Dave http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30316 Psycho Dave Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:41:17 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30316 That is not the most recent Saab V8. Saab has tested 9-5 with a V8 just a couple of years ago. The problem was that the enging was so big that there where no room left for AC, the engine also runned hot so they had to turn the heat in the car to max to cool the engine. All this in 40 degree celsius. Here is a swedish article about it: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=269&a=45409 <strong><em>I should have been more specific -- the 9-5 used a GM V-8, and I was making a point that Saab engines came in V-8 form, too. You are correct, and I'll write with more precision in the future. EnG</em></strong> That is not the most recent Saab V8. Saab has tested 9-5 with a V8 just a couple of years ago. The problem was that the enging was so big that there where no room left for AC, the engine also runned hot so they had to turn the heat in the car to max to cool the engine. All this in 40 degree celsius. Here is a swedish article about it: http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=269&a=45409

I should have been more specific — the 9-5 used a GM V-8, and I was making a point that Saab engines came in V-8 form, too. You are correct, and I’ll write with more precision in the future. EnG

]]> By: VVV http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30313 VVV Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:07:11 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30313 The engine is on display in Uusikaupunki car museum. A place worth visiting if you happen to be in Finland some day. The engine is on display in Uusikaupunki car museum. A place worth visiting if you happen to be in Finland some day.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30306 Jeff Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:38:25 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/11/the-most-recent-saab-v-8.html#comment-30306 Oh, if only, if only... Oh, if only, if only…

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