The TR-7 engine was first built for SAAB. They paid for the prototype and
the production of that engine. Lots of 24 hour continous testing was
involved cause they ( the project) hogged the dynos for days and months it
seemed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Quackenbush" <erik@midwestfilter.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: Saab powered TR7?
> I received the November issue of Grassroots Motorsports yesterday. It has
a
> great article on the Saab 99 which reminded me that it (sort of) had a
> Triumph engine. Given the shared ancestry, is it practical to transplant a
> Saab 900 engine into a TR7? I realize the turbocharged version would
> present some plumbing problems but the normally aspirated 16 valve
version
> might be a drop in. Anyone?
>
> Just curious (but thinking about $2004...)
>
> -Erik
>
> Erik Quackenbush, Midwest Filter Corporation
> 1-847-680-0566 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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