20 Years

[Eric Waterman]

*Raises hand* :(

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Eric Waterman <eric.waterman at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Raises hand*. :(
>
> Eric
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Wade Jackson <srwadet at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Yep, some 96 (and some 97) engines had about 10 less whp and compression
>> pressures over 200 psi.  I forget who started calling it Slow Ass 96
>> syndrome.
>> The exact cause of the problem remains a mystery.  The timing chain off
>> by a tooth was not the cause.  I got put on Nissan's "bad guy" list
>> because
>> of it.
>>
>> Wade
>> ---- "Kieran A. Lavin" <kieran at kieranlavin.com> wrote:
>> > Wade, you wrote:
>> >
>> > > the SA96 syndrome has not hurt longevity.  Bonus points to the old
>> timers who
>> > > remember what SA96 meant!
>> >
>> > They wouldn't be old timers if they had a good memory!  I remember some
>> sort of theory that there was something wrong specifically with the 96's
>> because they were slower at the track and dyno'd with less HP or something
>> like that.  There were a few 96's though (Jeremy Keppler) that didn't fall
>> into that category for some reason.  I think I remember some sort of cooky
>> theory that all of the 96's had the chain off by a tooth or something like
>> that
>> >
>> > kieran
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