MORNING GENTLEMEN, MAYBE,IF YOU ARE READING ABOUT THE K900 8V K-JETRONIC UNLOVED PROJECT ,YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THIS? SO APOLOGIES IF THESE 'THREADS' OVERLAP A LITTLE? BUT, THOUGHT I WOULD 'ASK' THE QUESTION? THIS IS TO BE A 'FORERUNNER' ENGINE BUILD TO THE 'DEVILS PLAYGROUND' ENGINE... 'PURELY' TO SEE...

GOT ONE NOW

MORNING CHAPS,SAAB C900 INTAKE MANIFOLD&THROTTLE BODY WANTED PART NUMBER 8858219 & 7871361. IF YOU HAD ONE WITH THE INJECTORS/FUEL RAIL AS WELL,THAT WOULD HELP?

REGARDS
BIRDIE

WELL,ITS BEEN A WHILE.....

THIS OLD SAAB 900 CAME UP NEEDING A LOT OF WORK,JUST TO KEEP IT ON THE ROAD. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE CAR FOR 13 YEARS.....

BUT, I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT GOING FOR SCRAP...

https://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic ... 5&t=203747

OK,GUYS LAST YEAR 2019,WE COULDN'T MAKE THE RALLY SWEDEN .
BUT THIS YEAR 2020,EVERYTHING IS BOOKED,READY TO GO!!

ALL WE NEED NOW THOUGH,IS SOME SNOW IN VARMLAND

AS THE STAGE START TIME,LOOMED A LITTLE NEARER,I WAS JOINED BY A GUY&HIS GIRLFRIEND FROM GLASGOW,WHOM HAD ALSO LEFT EARLY MORNING,AND DRIVEN DOWN THE 140 MILES OR SO. HE SET UP, A LITTLE GO-PRO CAMERA,TO CAPTURE THE ACTION.BUT THAT WAS IT,JUST US 3 SPECTATORS,FOR A GOOD HALF MILE,EITHER WAY........

MORNING CHAPS,AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR... A WEEK INTO DECEMBER,THERE IS A RALLY HELD AROUND 80 MILES NORTH OF US,IN THE 'LAKE DISTRICT'.IT IS LOCATED IN A FOREST,WHICH OVERLOOKS A SEEMINGLY SPECTACULAR WATER,KNOWN AS 'CONISTON'. FOR ME,THIS PLACE HOLDS SOME FASCINATING, BUT TRAGIC HISTORY......WITH...

SO YESTERDAY,WE TRAVELLED DOWN TO BIRMINGHAM,FOR THE BIGGEST 'CLASSIC CAR SHOW' IN THE UK...... IN ONE OF THE HALLS,THE 'RALLYING HISTORY' CAR CLUB,HAS SOME RATHER IMPRESSIVE CAR'S ON THE STAND....THE RED 'STIG' 96,WAS MOVED TO ACCOMODATE,SOME OF THESE,FURTHER UP THE HALL.... :dunno: THIS PARTICULAR...

OK,I KNOW,I KNOW......SO HERE ARE SOME MORE OF THE SONETT

:yay: ON THE DAY,WE ALSO GOT TO MEET 'JARI-MATTI LATAVALA AND CO-DRIVING FOR HIM WAS (COLIN MCRAE'S OLD CO-DRIVER)NICKY GRIST,IN THE 'JUST REBUILT' TOYOTA CELICA,THAT 'NICKY' HAD BOUGHT,AND HAD RESTORED TO COMMEMORATE 'JUHA KANKKUNEN&NICKYS' SUCCESS BACK IN THE 1990'S..... AS WE WERE CAR NO.1 OF...

OK CHAPS,THOUGHT YOU MAY ENJOY A FEW MORE PHOTOS...? BUT,FIRST A LITTLE HISTORY... NOW,TWO YEARS AGO,YOU MAY REMEMBER WE WERE INVITED WITH THE '99 TURBO' TO A CIRCUIT, THREE HOURS SOUTH OF LIVERPOOL? THIS IN KNOWN AS 'RALLYDAY' HERE IN THE UK..... PROBABLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOTORSPORT SHOWS IN EUR...

MORNING GEOFF, WELL THE GOLF IS PURPORTEDLY SAID TO WEIGH IN(V.W FIGURES) AT 1110 KG,IN ROAD-GOING TRIM,AS IT IS AT THE MOMENT? INITIALLY,I WAS QUITE SHOCKED BY THIS FIGURE,AS THE 99 TURBO,WAS CORNER-WEIGHTED AT 1140 KG PLUS ,ME IN THE DRIVERS SEAT,AND THE LAPTOP...SO 1225 KG IN TOTAL.....AND THE 99...

:yay: WHILST THE GOLF,GTI WAS JUST A SECOND DOWN,ON THE 'BMW' MINI COOPERS TURBOCHARGED RUNNING 170 BHP? WE HAVE NOW, ESTABLISHED IT HANDLES SUPERBLY,ON MICHELIN PILOT SPORT 3 ROAD-GOING TYRES....AND THE BILSTEINS! NEED MORE POWER NOW,FOR NEXT YEAR..... THIS ARRIVED ON A 'PALLET' FROM IRELAND... :th...

BEEN BUSY MAKING THE VOLVO,A BIT MORE SWEDISH ?

SOME PHOTOS OF THE GOLF GTI,AT THE 3 SISTERS SPEED 'SPRINT'