I've encountered quite a few excellent inline 6's, in fact I'd be hard pressed to think of one that's got a bad reputation. V6's on the other hand, I can't think of one with a particularly good reputation, they range from OK to lousy.
Ah yes, I remember that from my old Mk1 Renault 5. Mind-you, that had suspension so soft it would nearly scrape the door mirrors along the road on corners...
Cheers,
Colin.
in article 7LYpf.11065$CL.3269@trnddc04, James Sweet at snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote on 20/12/2005 19:15:
Right on, brother ... apart from the C900, the Triumph GT6 is about the only other car that "really does it for me". Inline 6s rule ... V6s don't! I think TVR proved that :)
I can also think of one V6 that was okay, though - the MG 6R4? Okay, so it was a cut down Rover V8, but it made the Metro cool! I jest, yes :)
All that aside, the discussion of the the SAAB turbo V6 leads me to say the following. SAAB could easily achieve that power (and more) on their tried and tested 4 cylinder turbo. The B2XX engine has been honed by SAAB over nearly 25 years and the V6 turbo is simply playing the numbers game. Nothing more. I have driven one and my only thoughts were that it felt like driving an Audi engine in a very poor shell. Cramped, plastic and I didn't feel safe ... a very odd thing indeed to have to say in a SAAB ... and not in a "good way", which I do still experience daily in my C900 :)
Paul
1989 900 Turbo Sin article snipped-for-privacy@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, SmaartAasSaabr at snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote on 19/12/2005 22:05:
... Or an 800 BHP 9000 B234? Check Maptun. Corporations limit ... Owners tune!
I'm quite familiar. My point is that most car makers abandoned the turbo. One of the reasons I like Saab's is *because* they stuck with the turbo. My Viggen has 260 Ft/Lbs of torque and is getting me 30mpg! Not bad for a 2.3L
4 cylinder.
Too bad eh? Imagine if GM were to unleash some of the Saab engineers to reengineer their archaic V-6 and V-8s.
"ma_twain" skrev i en meddelelse news: snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com...
Rubbish.
First off, the new V6 uses a chain. Second, Saab has lowered the costs of the DI-cassettes to around $120.-
Correction. That should have been "...the former"
Yeah, my bad. I meant top say "the former"
I can think of one very lousy V6. It is sitting in my driveway . . .
All of the web articles did not provide information on the timing belt/chain engine design. All they talked about was power.
I do not need DI cassettes in the Saab I am keeping because it is real Saab, designed and made when Saab was not owned by GM. If GM/Saab can sell the DI cassettes for $120 and still make money, why were they charging so much before? Do we call it price gouging or markup because Saab was their premium brand name?
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