Trionic 8

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The Trionic 8 is an advanced engine management system created by Saab Automobile. It is used in both SAAB 9-3 and Opel Vectra vehicles, and is available with 150, 175 and 210 horsepower engines. It will also be used for a flexifuel version starting production spring 2007.^[1]

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Trionic monitors ionization rates at each spark plug to individually control and adjust the combustion process for each cylinder.

Other primary functions are:

• Ignition timing
• Fuel injection
• Turbo boost pressure
• Air mass measurement
• Throttle

Trionic 8 also tries to guess how much power the driver wants as early as possible to avoid turbo kick or lag therefore making driving smooth.

Saab Trionic 8 systems are still very difficult to tune in order to gain more power.

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