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From: [email protected] (Chuck Fry)
Subject: Re: V4 engines
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Matthew R. Singer) writes:
>Didn't the Saab Sonnett have a V4? I recall someone telling that it was
>something like 1/2 of a Ford 289.
Not only the Sonett (correct spelling), but the 95 wagon and 96 sedan
used a 1500 cc or 1700 cc V-4 from Ford of Germany. This particular
motor had a 60 degree vee angle, a balance shaft and siamesed exhaust
ports. This motor was later stretched into the V-6 commonly seen in the
Capri.
The V-4 could make pretty reasonable power for its size. But in the
Saab, it made too much torque for the transmission, which had been
designed for a 3-cylinder 2-stroke.
-- Chuck Fry, former Sonett III owner
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