On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:41:46 -0800 (PST), OldTau <zwremi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> It will be much smoother and comfortable than any Toyota. The turbo
>> give you lots of whoosh and it's a blast. It does take a little
>> learning to pull out in traffic quickly and then avoid going too fast.
>> You will notice the "pull out" issue when test driving. We can teach
>> you :-)
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>What is the "pull-out" issue? This may be what I experienced that I
>thought may have been a problem. Thanks.
My experience is that recent Saab's move out slowly. After all, before
boost, you have a relatively small, low compression 2 liter motor,
trying to push a car that weighs over 3000 lbs. That's not exactly a
recipe for speed. The solution is just a bit of technique to make sure
it's a turbo charged 2 liter motor with plenty of pull when you move
out.
Give the accelerator a rev a half second before you plan to move out
so that the RPM's are up a bit and the turbo is spinning. Not a lot,
and I've never measured, but I probably poke it up to 2500, maybe a
little more. Let it fall for a moment (no sense wearing your clutch),
but a split second later pull away moderately aggressively. The turbo
will be spinning and you will get boost almost instantly and you move
out fast.
The tricky part is that you now have boost at a low speed, pulling
into traffic, with a lot of throttle. Unless you want to accelerate
like you are trying to catch someone on the Autobahn, you need to back
off the throttle quickly. So, just about the time you get moving, back
off the throttle. The whole process from the initial rev above to
backing off the throttle in traffic is probably 2 seconds.
The other issue is that if you are pulling across traffic in a turn
while doing this, you can spin the inside tire. That wears the tire a
little and if you don't back off you fast will not have a lot of
control over steering direction. So be careful. On a slick or wet road
you can do a little front end fish tail. Installing an upgraded rear
sway bar will cut that quite a bit. Saab builds in a "don't boost
quickly in low gears so no one get's surprised" program in the factory
computer but people who have upgraded their ECU or added an MBC will
definitely feel this problem more often.
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