[Shotimes] RE: OT Subarus and turbos and stuff . . .

[Donald Mallinson]

Dave,

The difference with the Buick turbo was that it was a 
north/south configuration (RWD) and it took exhaust gas from 
both manifolds, a lot easier to do with a RWD configuration, 
  and the GN had a lot of underhood room!

As for someone posting that the Saab Faithful will stay away 
if GM puts in "non-Saab" engines, I can see some of them 
doing that, but really, a great engine is a great engine. 
There were those that said they would never buy a Pontiac 
with an oldsmobile (ok, bad example... :)  or Chevy Engine, 
but the brand went on, and many of those people love the 
newer Pontiacs and they are well excepted at the Pontiac 
nationals.  The new GTO has already been accepted at the 
GTOI nat, maybe not by everyone, but by most people.

I sold Saabs for a few years, and yes their 4 cyl engines 
were pretty sturdy and made decent though not amazing power. 
  Saab has had some neat engineering ideas (variable 
compression being one of the wierdest) but few make it to 
market and they are behind the curve on power output.

If the vehicle is good and the engine is good, it makes 
little difference to most buyers who exactly built it.  The 
fanatics will always complain and some may never buy a 
"compromised" Saab, but I think updating and upgrading the 
brand will keep it going where it was heading for extinction 
before GM took over.

Don Mallinson

Dave Garber wrote:
> The Buick Grand National also was a V6 with one turbo. Both the GN and
> the GNX came from the factory uni-turbo (the GNX had a ceramic turbo to
> help combat turbo lag). The main benefit of going multi-turbo's is a
> reduction in turbo-lag. Other than that, there is no hard-fast rule that
> states a V engine needs twin-turbo's.
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> FWIW, the 87 GN we had, with a single stock turbo, would go 11.90 while
> getting 30 mpg on the way home from the drags (with the air on and the
> CD player pumping out Van Halen!). Man I love turbo cars!
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> Dave Garber
> Pittsburgh, PA
> 99 White, 70k
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>    Oh yeah, by the way, the Mitsu 3000GT and Dodge Stealth are the same
> car, and they have a V-6, hence the need for twin turbos. Only Saab has
> tried to turbo-charge a V-6 with ONE turbo, and I know the engine mgmnt.
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