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When Saab discontinued production of the two stroke engine and replaced it with a four stroke V4 engine built by Ford in Germany, the plant in Gothenburg never again produced engines, however this was as the production capacity was needed for the increased demand of gearboxes due to the introduction
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The 841 cc (51.3 cu in) engine used in the 1966 Saab 96 used pre-mix oil and appeared with a three-throat Solex carburetor in which the center carburetor handled start, idle, and low speed functions, increasing the power to 42 hp (31 kW). The same carburetor had been used in
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The Saab Formula Junior used a 'bored-out' horizontally mounted 950 cc (58 cu in) version which utilized two dual Solex carburettors developing some 95 hp (71 kW). One of these carburettors was divided in half, thus providing three chokes, one for each cylinder.
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From 1959 the displacement was raised to 841 cc (51.3 cu in) with 38 hp (28 kW). For model year 1966, the 'standard' 3-cylinder two-stroke engine had three individual carburetors. From model year 1967 Saab began replacing their 3-cylinder with the
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by mounting two three-cylinder two-stroke engines together at an angle. One of these experiments had carburetors mounted outside of the V, while another had a more conventional design with a carburetor in between the two blocks.
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and an improved ignition coil, which raised engine output to 28 hp (21 kW). It had some modern features not found in other cars of its time period, such as one ignition coil per cylinder.
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Initially all two-stroke engines were built at the Saab Trollhättan plant, however in 1953 engines and gearbox production was moved to an old washing machine factory in Gothenburg.
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version of the 93B had 48–50 hp (36–37 kW) in base version and 57 hp (43 kW) in the super version. This model had triple
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to 795 cc (48.5 cu in) to avoid US emission regulations which exempted engines under 50 cu in (819 cc).
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the Saab 96 Monte Carlo and Sport models. The use of a common throttle shaft minimized carburetor synchronization problems.
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inline-three cylinder of 748 cc (45.6 cu in) and initially 33 hp (25 kW). It was used in the
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A special version known as the 'Shrike' was built for the United States 1967 and 1968 model years. It was
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A cutaway version of the 841cc three-cylinder two-stroke engine
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used twin 748 cc (45.6 cu in) two-stroke three-cylinder engines
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injection system, rather than oil pre-mixed with the petrol.
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The first version was a 764 cc (46.6 cu in)
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engine manufactured by Swedish automotive manufacturer
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two-stroke cycle
inline
two cylinder
three cylinder
Saab
DKW

displacement
transversely mounted
Saab 92
Solex
carburetor
longitudinally placed
Saabs 93
94
tuned
Saab Sonett
95
96
Saab Granturismo
Saab Formula Junior
Saab Quantum
dynamo
water pump
Sports
carburetors
motor oil
Ford Taunus V4 engine
sleeved down
V6 engines

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