turbo discussion

[xwiredtva@msn.com]

True. Saab never made a V-6. They designed one with a spark plug that has no
electrode, it's on the piston and some other innovative stuff.


>I think the SAAB V-6 is a 60 degree unit from Opel, which means it is the
>same as the Catera engine (?).  Volvo's light pressure setup is a
>conventional 5 cylinders into one turbo.
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>Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>
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>><<SAAB uses a turbo on one bank of a V-6 for the whole engine.>>
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>>SAAB also uses it (turbo) on an engine that is very similar to the VW VR6,
>in
>>that it's a narrow angle V6 that shares a SINGLE cylinder head/valvetrain.
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>>Volvo has a similar turbo set-up. It's referred to as a "light pressure"
>set-up,
>>when you use only one bank of cylinders to spool the turbo. Volvo uses it
>for
>>their C70 model, for example.
>>
>>Jason
>>'93 SLC
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