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Saleen had to remove the center exhaust on this car and others because of the elevated fuel tank temps. This was the last year of the fabled S351 because of EPA requirements.
1. Speedster Black (Originally Speedlab Yellow)
2. Speedster White
3. Coupe Lazer Red
4. Speedster Rio Red
5. Speedster Custom S7 Silver
6. Not built
7. Coupe Rio Red
8. Not Built
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10. Not Built
11. Speedster White 00 Chassis
12. Speedster BASF Rainbow
13. Convert Chrome Yellow
14. Coupe Laser Red
15. Coupe Laser Red
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17. Speedster Rio Red
18. Coupe Black
19. Speedster Black
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21. Convert Chrome Yellow
22. Coupe Black
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26. Speedster Chrome Yellow
27. Speedster Chrome Yellow
28. Coupe Black
29. Coupe Chrome Yellow
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35. Coupe Dark Green Satin
36. Speedster Black
37. Coupe Rio Red
38. Speedster Chrome Yellow
39. Coupe Chrome Yellow
40. Speedster Black
41. Speedster Laser Red
42. Coupe Laser Red 00 Chassis
43. Speedster White 00 Chassis
44. Coupe Silver 00 Chassis
45. Performance Red no other info other than 00 Chassis
46. Coupe Lazer Red 00 Chassis
47. Speedster Performance Red 00 Chassis
48. Coupe Lazer Red 00 Chassis
49. Speedster Silver 00 Chassis
50. Speedster Silver 00 Chassis
I thought it was the early S-351's ('94-95) that were problematic. Being a 1999 and the last year of the Windsor (for Saleen that is) I though it was a pretty stable power-plant - no [&:]
ORIGINAL: sowaxeman
I thought it was the early S-351's ('94-95) that were problematic. Being a 1999 and the last year of the Windsor (for Saleen that is) I though it was a pretty stable power-plant - no [&:]
My understanding is that all the supercharged 351 engines were problematic. I think they ran too lean because of fuel management issues and therefore were prone to blow. I think they also suffered from "piston slap" due to ill-fitting pistons, but that may have been fixed after the first year or two. It seems unbelievable that such a major manufacturer could produce so many engines in such a faulty state. I'm surprised there wasn't a recall or some sort of class action filed against Saleen, to be honest. I will say that it may have been a bit more difficult back in the mid to late 90s to precisely tune an engine's fuel management system compared to today, since now you just hook up your car to a dyno,puta sniffer in the exhaust to monitor the A/F mixture, and then reprogram the engine's computer as needed to make sure you're not running too rich or too lean throughout the engine's powerband.
Say When is a real authority on this stuff, so I'm sure he will set us straight on what were the problems on the S351 and S351R engines, and when they were fixed by Saleen (if ever). What say you, Marcus??
This one was at a ghetto ass car show i went to a couple years ago...it was one of like 4 nice cars there....first and only one i've ever seen in person
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