Egil,
My understanding from a friend who had one of these, is that the idle must
be set pretty low, but YES, at idle, the engine could accidentely reverse
itself, yielding a very disturbing result, when the clutch was engaged.
Jack
At 02:29 PM 3/19/98 +0100, you wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, you wrote:
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>> BTW - from what I have heard, this engine was a blast to drive.
>
>Depending on how the ignition timing was set, the engine would go
>suddenly start running backwards if the throttle was released suddenly.
>
>That could turn into something of a surprise for the novice Saab driver
>when waiting at a traffic lights!
>
>Egil
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