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

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

Just remember: it may be spelled Nottingham, but it's
pronounced Naughtingum.  And you have to say that rather
snootily too.  ; )


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 10/01/2004 11:26:52 AM:

>    Well, this is why I usually lurk and don't speak up. ;)
> I wasn't wrong, but I didn't get it totally right either.
> Mr. Nottingham got it right : Saab's is an "assymetrical"
> turbo design. I knew there was something unique about it,
> but it escaped me. Somehow I then inferred from my own
> ignorance (now there's a cool trick) that no one else had
> used a single turbo on a V-6. And Dave G. reminded me that
> even the US had tried a single turbo on a V-6. Time for my
> Homer Simpson  DOH! I stand corrected. And he could have
> been a lot harsher in his rebuttal, but he wasn't, and it
> was much appreciated. It's one of the reasons I like this
> bunch so much.
> 
>    As for Saab's heritage from Triumph, that is news to me.
> I thought Saab's 2.0 block came from a British Ford (the
> Cortina, I think) when Saab developed the "99" model, and
> modernized from 3-cylinder/2-cycle engines. Could it be
> that Ford UK took it's engine design from Triumph? Feel
> free to enlighten me once again, Mr. Ron N. But maybe you
> should do it off-list, as we're probably boring all these
> SHO folks with Saab talk.
> 
> Back to Lurk Mode . . .
> 
> Todd R.
> 
> 
> 
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