Well, things took another unusual turn today.
I dont rag the nuts off of my cars and rarely rev diesels much higher than 3000rpm (no point!) but today I was overtaking a slow lorry in third so put my foot down... To my surprise the needle kept climbing past the 4500rpm redline, past the 5000 mark and onto just under 5200rpm.
We've already established that this is a single turbo engine but I've always struggled to believe its only 150bhp. One explanation for this is that it has had a remap at some point. As it was a lease car from new, it was most likely to be a Hirsch remap (genuine Saab accessory).
The Hirsch site lets you order a free badge for cars with a remap, but it checks the VIN number. Popped my VIN number in - it checked out and my badge is on it's way
So what I actually have is a 175bhp single Turbo TiD - 0-60 in 8.5
Good job I took the cash from the dealer, not the superchips offer!
I dont rag the nuts off of my cars and rarely rev diesels much higher than 3000rpm (no point!) but today I was overtaking a slow lorry in third so put my foot down... To my surprise the needle kept climbing past the 4500rpm redline, past the 5000 mark and onto just under 5200rpm.
We've already established that this is a single turbo engine but I've always struggled to believe its only 150bhp. One explanation for this is that it has had a remap at some point. As it was a lease car from new, it was most likely to be a Hirsch remap (genuine Saab accessory).
The Hirsch site lets you order a free badge for cars with a remap, but it checks the VIN number. Popped my VIN number in - it checked out and my badge is on it's way
So what I actually have is a 175bhp single Turbo TiD - 0-60 in 8.5
Good job I took the cash from the dealer, not the superchips offer!