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Title: 3.0v6
Post by: paulsmv6 on 23 February 2009, 13:33:07
hi there i hav a 98 3.0v6 mv6 converted to manual and chipped but its only pushing about 180 bhp is that normal or any1 reckon ive got a hidden fault or summet its got full service history an has got 82.000 miles on the clock any help wud b great thanks :y
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: Welung666 on 23 February 2009, 13:36:13
Seems OK to me. Standard 3.0's are 227nm @ 3600 and by my calcs thats mid 160's.
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: Omega man 2 on 23 February 2009, 13:39:17
The saab 3.0 v6 turbo only produces 176bhp
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: paulsmv6 on 23 February 2009, 13:44:39
oh right i thought they were 207 bhp for the 3.0v6 thanks
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: Omega man 2 on 23 February 2009, 13:46:32
http://www.fastsaloons.com/car.php?model=314
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: Welung666 on 23 February 2009, 13:48:11
http://www.fastsaloons.com/car.php?model=72
Title: Re: saab 3.0v6 turbo
Post by: paulsmv6 on 23 February 2009, 13:54:07
is the saab turbo engine more tunable do u know than the omega v6n/a thanks :y
Title: Re: saab 3.0v6 turbo
Post by: Andy B on 23 February 2009, 13:59:44
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is the saab turbo engine more tunable do u know than the omega v6n/a thanks :y

It's been a topic of contention this week

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?virboard=Newbies;num=1209458172
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: woodsy_mv6 on 24 February 2009, 14:53:21
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Seems OK to me. Standard 3.0's are 227nm @ 3600 and by my calcs thats mid 160's.
Ay?? :-/



180bhp is rather low for your mig. I'd be checking the breather pipes at the back of the plenum if I were you. Mine made a similar reading when I had an otherwise undetectable split in one!!

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The saab 3.0 v6 turbo only produces 200bhp
There you go, much better :y

Makes more lb/ft than the omegas 199 though.

The n/a lump found in the 9000s has the same go as ours.

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is the saab turbo engine more tunable do u know than the omega v6n/a thanks :y
Not really, no

Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: paulsmv6 on 24 February 2009, 18:19:58
thanks il hav a look at the pipes :y
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: VX1 on 24 February 2009, 18:28:52
Engine Size................2962cc
Engine Assistance.......N/A
Engine Type...............V6
Gear Box....................5-speed manual
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Power........................210bhp
(rpm..........................@6000rpm)
Torque........................199lb ft
(rpm..........................@3400rpm)
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0-60..........................8.0secs
0-100........................secs
30-70........................secs
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Price..........................£
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Economy......................25.7mpg
Emissions....................g/km
Insurance Group.............      


Thats what you should be pushing out, BUT as the years fly past you may find that it may drop in bhp. The only way you will find your true bhp is on a rolling road.

HTH

Paul  :y
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: paulsmv6 on 24 February 2009, 18:38:37
i will have to check around for faults then rolling road test it again thanks uve bin helpfull :y
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 24 February 2009, 18:39:51
There is not a rolling road in this coutry that can give you an accurate reading.....its very much guess work and indicative!

As for the one I visited in Long Eaton, amateurs is the only kind word I could come up with!
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: VX1 on 24 February 2009, 18:42:29
We have one in Reading, just trying to think who they called now. Ah thats it Clifford Cox Engineering. They have a rolling road in there workshop.

Paul  :y
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: ngrainqey on 24 February 2009, 23:25:15
hiya,
i posted in your other thread, in general the v6's are quite horrible for tuning (i was on about running a low pressure turbo on a 2.5v6) but if you try and tune them too much you end up spending alot of money, you'd be after forged pistons, rods, an oil cooler, wider coolant channels through the bottom end/block so by the time you've finished you may aswell have bought a different engine all together, the best saab engine for going silly with is the 2.3t or get a volvo t5 2.3t lump lol! they can run upto 19ish psi or even the 2.3 saab engine, it's alot better and stronger than the v6 engine, plus it's lighter for what power it produces, the 9000 carlsson has 225bhp out of a 2.3 straight 4 which is already more than the v6 anyway if you really want a turbo v6 then thats upto you lol but you'd need the stronger crank if you were going to tune it HTH
Title: Re: 3.0v6
Post by: stevebubs on 25 February 2009, 07:32:32
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We have one in Reading, just trying to think who they called now. Ah thats it Clifford Cox Engineering. They have a rolling road in there workshop.

Paul  :y

Not had good experiences there. Would never go back.