Today I learned.

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes) 04/15/2016 at 16:30 • Filed to: None

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Saab 900 used an engine developed by triumph for Saab. It uses K-Jetronic fuel injection on 8 valve versions and electronic fuel injection developed by lucas on 16v versions.

So a wierd rare turbo swedish car with with a british engine and fuel injection yeah these sound like fun.

I still want one.

itschrome > Frank Grimes 04/15/2016 at 16:31

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that sounds reliable..

Cé hé sin > itschrome 04/15/2016 at 16:39

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Yes, they were reasonably so.

Nibbles > itschrome 04/15/2016 at 16:40

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350k on my 16v 900 SPG. They're million mile engines

Cé hé sin > Frank Grimes 04/15/2016 at 16:40

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Before that, they had a Ford V4 and before that what was originally a DKW two stroke triple.

Goggles Pizzano > itschrome 04/15/2016 at 16:40

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Wiki :

In 1972 Saab begun domestic production of the engine, because of reliability problems with the Triumph-made units.

Haha.

Bytemite > Frank Grimes 04/15/2016 at 16:59

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But Saabs aren’t fun to drive. You can get quirkiness and fun at the same time yaknow.

itschrome > Goggles Pizzano 04/15/2016 at 17:40

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haha, that’s awesome!

sdwarf36 > Frank Grimes 04/15/2016 at 22:07

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And it was mounted backwards.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Goggles Pizzano 04/16/2016 at 06:08

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Yep :) and later on (during the 99 production run) they did a fairly comprehensive internal re-design fixing a lot of the issues with the engine (which wasn’t actually designed by Triumph, it was designed by Ricardo. Actually, the worst part of the design, the slanted head studs, was dictated by Saab so they could install the head and cam together on the production line).

I kind of hope they still kept the bellhousing pattern the same so I might be able to hook one up to an LT77 and put it into a Spitfire :)

Goggles Pizzano > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 04/16/2016 at 13:08

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:-)x