Cool, I've never seen that. That is Mudmover's video. The relative clocks closely follow the dyno charts I've seen and the tried and true *** dyno . They are very similar times to what I have recorded on mine.
Probably mid-high 6s stock, a half second quicker with BSR. 1/4 mile likely around 14.7-14.9 stock, again a half second or so quicker w/BSR. But these are just estimates, I don't have slips to show you, yet.
BTW, fastest I've seen in car magazine for stock auto is 6.4, for manual, 6.1. You might even run a bit quicker after the engine breaks in.
I have a 2.0t (175hp) and in manual shift mode I can get 0-60 on a 3 run average of 7.53 sec. Automatic 7.96 sec. If I remember right the guy who made the video said he wasn't trying that hard. No PPC yet. I'm waiting for the Nordic Stg2.
i've always wondered with the stick-o-matics...when they do the 0-60 and 1/4 mile runs....are those straight automatic runs or do they use the shift-o-matic option while doing them...or does the shift-o-matic actually make a difference?
From the reviews I've read if it's an auto then they test it in auto. I haven't read a review that test in manumatic mode. From my tests it does make a difference, especially in 3rd.
After years of experience driving sticks and drag racing I would guess that manually shifting the auto-stick should yield a better 0-60 time than merely leaving it in the auto mode. But since I have that tranny in mine I will do a test and report back.
You will not regret the purchase - my Saab tech was quite impressed and has seen lots of upgrades over almost 30 years of working on them. And it would be a nice compliment to your exhaust.
Of course you also have to differ between the 2.0t and the 2.0T (the former Aero here in Europe).
The 2.0T Aero BSR Step 1 should do 0-60 in about 6.8 seconds.
Of course you also have to differ between the 2.0t and the 2.0T (the former Aero here in Europe).
The 2.0T Aero BSR Step 1 should do 0-60 in about 6.8 seconds.
As I said, I figured the car "should" do the 0-60 sprint in about that time, but that is a guesstimate based on my experience. Over the last months, I collected alot of information on different Saab tuning stages by different companies. I got into contact with BSR (who were the only ones refusing to publish any info on acceleration), Hirsch an Nordic and also talked to a whole bunch of Saab drivers on the net. You can see some of the results on a temporary website I created: http://www.gradwanderer.at/_Projekte/Saab_Tuning/
The collected info and studying the different torque curves led to my guess considering the 247hp 2.0T Aero BSR Step 1's acceleration time I mentioned earlier.
My personal recommendation is Nordic Stage 2 (260hp / 400 Nm) anyway. As it's the case with Hirsch Step 2, you can get it with an improved intercooler, but for about half of it's price. They'll do another run with it in the comming weeks, and I guess they'll beat the time you can see on my website. I'll post the results as soon as I've been informed.
I hope that was of any help to you, just ask if there's any question left.
Why have I seen the stock 2.0T Aero(03-05) written up as 6.9(6spd) 0-60mph and 7.2(auto) in magazines. I would imagine with a decent software upgrade like BSR, or Nortic they would see times around 6.0sec 0-60mph? I do realize C&D also have an artical on the Aero(04) with 7.63 0-60. I mean their are so many factors on these times considering the tires, temp, alt, launch RPM, gas octane, etc...
Anyone care to comment if a stock 2.0T Aero could do 0-60 in 6.9sec?
Why have I seen the stock 2.0T Aero(03-05) written up as 6.9(6spd) 0-60mph and 7.2(auto) in magazines. I would imagine with a decent software upgrade like BSR, or Nortic they would see times around 6.0sec 0-60mph? I do realize C&D also have an artical on the Aero(04) with 7.63 0-60. I mean their are so many factors on these times considering the tires, temp, alt, launch RPM, gas octane, etc...
Anyone care to comment if a stock 2.0T Aero could do 0-60 in 6.9sec?
The 2.0T Aero (210 hp) equipped with the manual gearbox is capable of doing the 0-60 sprint in about 7.7 seconds.
Whereas the automatic version is capable of accelerating equally fast as the manual one using a tuning software, the stock automatic 2.0T Aero reacts very sluggish and doesn't rev enough, which is why the standard sprint takes 8.8 long seconds with it.
I suspect the data provided by the magazines you mentioned above to be just incorrect, such acceleration values are just impossible with the stock software.
On another note, you would need a far more powerful upgrade providing a large amount of low end torque to achieve the mentioned 6.0 seconds with the 9-3SS 2.0T. The front-wheel drive caused traction problems and the missing overboost-function in the lower gears would require massive torque-loads to make up for it in the short time that passes until 60 mph have been reached. This of course would increase traction problems even more. The most GPS-measured 0-60 sprints of Saab 9-3 SSs tuned to 270-300 hp and about 400 Nm I heard of took about 6.5 seconds.
I have a 2003 ARC (auto.) and i've been reading all these different 0-60 times on here so I decided to take my car for a little run and my first run I did 0-60 in 6.9 seconds using the auto-manual... thinking that I started the stop-watch too late.. I did it 2 more times with the same result...
is there a reason my 03' Arc runs this faster than a 04' Aero (auto.)??
The 2.0T Aero (210 hp) equipped with the manual gearbox is capable of doing the 0-60 sprint in about 7.7 seconds.
Whereas the automatic version is capable of accelerating equally fast as the manual one using a tuning software, the stock automatic 2.0T Aero reacts very sluggish and doesn't rev enough, which is why the standard sprint takes 8.8 long seconds with it.
The data provided by the magazines you mentioned above is just incorrect, such acceleration values are just impossible with the stock software.
On another note, you would need a far more powerful upgrade providing a large amount of low end torque to achieve the mentioned 6.0 seconds with the 9-3SS 2.0T. The front-wheel drive caused traction problems and the missing overboost-function in the lower gears would require massive torque-loads to make up for it in the short time that passes until 60 mph have been reached. This of course would increase traction problems even more. The most GPS-measured 0-60 sprints of Saab 9-3 SSs tuned to 270-300 hp and about 400 Nm I heard of took about 6.5 seconds.
I have no reason to take my car to a track. I know what my car can do. Give me 5 minutes and photoshop and anything can be altered. So pictures are useless. Come to Cincinnati, OH and I will show you first hand.
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