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04-14-2013, 04:27 PM
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Somewhere behind Hennessey (http://autoblog.com/tag/hennessey/) setting a new top speed record (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/27/watch-the-hennessey-ford-gt-makes-its-record-run-at-texas-mile/) at this year's Texas Mile with its camouflage Ford GT (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/26/watch-a-hennessey-ford-gt-set-a-new-standing-mile-world-record/), a stock-looking 1996 Saab (http://www.autoblog.com/saab/) 900T pulled up to the line to see what it could do. The dealer showroom wheels wouldn't offer any indication that the 2.0-liter four-cylinder under the hood was getting help from a Garrett turbocharger, a tuned ECU and E85 gas to put out 465 horsepower at the front wheels.
Knowing that, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that at the other end of the mile the sky blue Swedish wonder was doing 174 miles per hour. The four-cylinder class at the Texas Mile has plenty such rockets, too, this Swede coming just behind a Dodge Neon (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/neon/) that did 175.8 mph. You can watch the Saab do its thing in the video below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/14/super-sleeper-saab-900-does-174-mph-in-the-standing-mile/#continued).Continue reading Super sleeper Saab 900 does 174 mph in the standing mile (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/14/super-sleeper-saab-900-does-174-mph-in-the-standing-mile/)
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Somewhere behind Hennessey (http://autoblog.com/tag/hennessey/) setting a new top speed record (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/27/watch-the-hennessey-ford-gt-makes-its-record-run-at-texas-mile/) at this year's Texas Mile with its camouflage Ford GT (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/26/watch-a-hennessey-ford-gt-set-a-new-standing-mile-world-record/), a stock-looking 1996 Saab (http://www.autoblog.com/saab/) 900T pulled up to the line to see what it could do. The dealer showroom wheels wouldn't offer any indication that the 2.0-liter four-cylinder under the hood was getting help from a Garrett turbocharger, a tuned ECU and E85 gas to put out 465 horsepower at the front wheels.
Knowing that, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that at the other end of the mile the sky blue Swedish wonder was doing 174 miles per hour. The four-cylinder class at the Texas Mile has plenty such rockets, too, this Swede coming just behind a Dodge Neon (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/neon/) that did 175.8 mph. You can watch the Saab do its thing in the video below (http://motorgen.com/2013/04/14/super-sleeper-saab-900-does-174-mph-in-the-standing-mile/#continued).Continue reading Super sleeper Saab 900 does 174 mph in the standing mile (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/14/super-sleeper-saab-900-does-174-mph-in-the-standing-mile/)
Super sleeper Saab 900 does 174 mph in the standing mile (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/14/super-sleeper-saab-900-does-174-mph-in-the-standing-mile/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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