Unusual car engine identification

Wonder if anyone on here can remember these? I picket it up locally and my dad rebuilt it for me. Was going to play with it in a car I am rebuilding, then sold it to fund parts for the car.

Can anyone identify the engine?

Saab two stroke.

Martin P

Aye, a 67 triple carb, I sold it to a gentleman building a racing sidecar outfit.

Sticking with upgrading the standard v4 in my 96

Am fitting a rally cam, lightweight followers, ported heads with larger V6 valves and springs, steel timing gear, uprated oil pump, twin choke weber carb and a big bore exhaust.

Perhaps not as iconic an engine as the 2 stroke, but my car is a 71 and came fitted with the v4.

Indeed, one of the best cars I have ever owned and I dont know why I part exchanged for a tax free Ford Esccort?

gave 44 mpg and went like the clappers of hell.

Clive

An innovative car indeed. Linked servo assist brakes with discs on the front. All rear brake lines and handbrake cable run inside the car - underside of car totally flat - except exhaust. Colum gear change that car must be locked in reverse to get the keys out and a freewheeling device on the gearbox.

Factory fitted seatbelts from 1962, extensive crash testing including the elk test, Aerodynamic, excellent heater and demist design, electrically heated seats and first car with headlight washers I believe.

The Monte Carlo triple carb engine was a belter. A friend and I put one in an (ex) Triton in the early seventies with a rather minimally engineered primary drive and a frankly terrible exhaust system. It was seriously quick, utterly smooth, and very quick.

The lack of engine braking from the 2 stroke severely tested the Triton's stopping power!

SAAB - great cars! I had a 900 - built like a tank and a joy to drive. I then moved to a 93 when it was first launched and I still have it! 110,000 Miles - kept outside all the time and not a spot of rust anywhere. A bit thirsty I guess with the 2L engine ( and the constant temptation to use the performance) Very comfortable for long journeys. Worth nothing now from a dealer so it may well last longer than we do! We do also have a little ( and more economical) car as the runaround!

Norman

I had two 96 V4 and a 99EMS 2 door - wish I'd kept them all. Last saw a 96 hanging up in the Science Museum.

I wish my engine were as clean as in the photos above! My `99 SAAB 95 has blown another turbo. I found a replacement cartridge to repair it. So I have an oil leak somewhere. I have dropped the sump and cleaned it all thoroughly. I intend to replace the crank seal as well but I'll have to get creative in removing the pulley as I don't have a puller.

If I take off the serpentine belt, which is required to replace the crank seal, will this mess up the timing?

Ed.

I have a 2005 95 Aero too, great cars. the serpentine belt does not impact the timing assuming it is a petrol engine. The timing is chain driven.

My first Saab was an 84 900 16v turbo s, great car, i sold it with 185,000 miles on the clock and it was still going strong. I also had a 97 9000 2.3 turbo and a 2000 9-3 2.0 turbo.

My brother runs a 03 9-3 2.0 turbo and my dad a 2011 9-3 ttid, I just service them all....

My daily driver is a Landrover Defender which I have owned since 2005, it requires a lot more maintenance than the saabs, at least parts are cheap.

That's good to hear, thank you Rannsachair.

Ed.

Just out of interest, my SAAB 95 which i bought in 1964 cost £380. Then 3 years later i bought a SAAB 96/ V4 which cost £420. Those were the days when you could drive down the A1 and not see another car!

When I was posted to Germany I debated whether to take the SAAB V4 or buy a tax free car.

So I opted to buy a FORD Esccort Estate, a new model car at that time. Duly bought the Ford and paid £ 278. Had to go to London to pick it up as it had to be modified for use in Germany with steel underpan and dual Ign. lock etc. I later found out that the SAAB agencies in Germany were few and far between so maybe I did make the right choice.

Nowadys one thinks nothing of paying £27000 for a car with more useless add ons than could ever be used, are they better or were the older cars better?

Clive

Edited By Clive Hartland on 31/10/2016 09:33:42

Hmm. My experience of Saabs was somewhat less impressive. I bought my dad's 9000 low pressure turbo automatic from him for £2k, did 2000 miles in in, blew up 2 engines and spent £2k on the resulting repairs. Advertised it for £1750, got £1850 cash and moved on. It would have been cheaper to have taken taxis everywhere at that cost per mile. Things came to a head when I found ourselves having to use a Shitroen ZX (non-turbo) diesel to go anywhere beyond the shops for fear of being stranded yet again with a detonated engine.

Nice cars but not quite Honda levels of reliability. My dad had about 5 of them and although they weren't as catastrophically bad as mine, he had problems like exhaust manifold failing (in Austria), head gasket failure, coolant hose bursting, engine cutting out etc on various of them. People say GM destroyed their reliability but I'm not so sure it was as simple as that.

I may have been lucky, but I have never suffered a saab breakdown, though I service my cars myself, change the oil every 5000 miles and only use good quality fluids and filters. Did over 100,000 miles in my 900, 80,00 in my 9-3, 45,000 in my 9000 and am hitting 35,000 in my 9-5.

My luck with other cars has not been so good, had a brand new vectra as a company car - regular ecu error faults, jeep cherokee - autobox failure, ford escort - gearbox failure at 10,000 miles from new, mini clubman - failed coolant hose to head, Will not go into detail with my Landrover Defender - in my 70,000 miles of ownership - front diff failure, gearbox failure, never mind multiple universal joints and wheel bearings, has always still got me home though and has been used for some serious offroading.

i wouldn't buy any new car regardless of what features it had, for the simple fact that it loses a significant proportion of it's value the minute you drive it out of the dealership. Current car is a 2003 Subaru Forester 2.5XS bought 2nd hand 10 years ago, which just rolled over the 200,000km mark. A bit expensive to maintain (genuine parts are a rip-off) but a otherwise a great car. Best car we've had maintenance-wise was a '94 Ford Laser (Mazda 323) bought 2nd hand in '96, hardly anything went wrong in 20 years ownership, just kept going and going, never used any oil or water. Only sold it earlier this year because air-con failed (not good in Aussie summer) and electrics started to play up making it less reliable than the wife would like.