HERE ARE THE RESULTS FROM THE FIRST DAY UP ....
'THE SLOC'
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BEARING IN MIND HERE,THAT THE 99 TURBO(IN ROAD-GOING CLASS) HAS TO KEEP ALL THE INTERIOR TRIM ,GLASS,DOOR CARDS,INETERIOR QTR TRIMS,AND SEATS,THE ONLY THING YOU CAN REMOVE IS THE CARPETS...I EVEN HAVE A SONY CD PLAYER IN THE ORIGINAL SAAB CENTRE CONSOLE,FOR EVERYDAY DRIVING.
THE DRIVERS SEAT OBVIOUSLY,IS A COMPETITION ITEM,WITH LUKE 4 POINT HARNESS....
AND THE BUMPERS HAD THE PLASTIC INTERNAL BLOCKS REMOVED,TO GAIN SOME MORE WEIGHT LOSS...
A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO,I HAD THE 99 TURBO CORNER WEIGHTED,AT 1175 KG WITH DRIVER.
THE BMW M3 AND SUBARU LEGACY CAR NO'S 16&17 ARE IN THE 'SPORTS LIBRE' CLASS(PICTURED), SO FULLY LIGHTENED,WITH LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS,STRIPPED OUT& CAGED...AND THE 99 TURBO TOOK OVER 2.5 SECS 'OFF' THEIR TIMES UP THE MOUNTAIN..
JUST TAKE A SECOND,TO COMPARE THE TIMES OF THE V8 TRIUMPHS'S,AND TVR....JENSEN INTERCEPTOR...
THERE IS MUCH MORE TO BUILDING A CAR,THAT JUST 'LOOKS' FAST......
THE OBJECTIVE HERE,WAS TO SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE RUNNING AN ENTIRELY STANDARD FACTORY 'B20' PERIOD ENGINE(180,000 MILES) AT 1.2 BAR BOOST WITH THE COLD START INJECTOR AS EXTRA(ADEQUATE)FUELLING,ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 'LSD' TO SEE HOW THE 99 TURBO FARED AGAINST THE 'OTHER' COMPETITION CARS.....ON 'THE SLOC'?
NOW JUST IMAGINE,HOW QUICK A 99 TURBO WOULD BE,ONCE I STRIP IT ALL OUT,AND FULLY LIGHTEN THE SHELL WITH COMPOSITE PANELS....
'OBJECTIVE' SO FAR,ACHIEVED GENTLEMEN
THERE IS NO OTHER EVENT,IN THE WORLD LIKE THE 'MANX CLASSIC'....FOR COMPARISON,WHICH THE EVERYDAY CLUBMAN,CAN JUST TURN UP AND COMPETE.
THE 'CLARION 99 TURBO' MIGHT HAVE FINALLY COME TO A RATHER ABRUPT END,FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER I BUILT IT !
BUT,HOW MUCH HAS BEEN LEARNT IN DEVELOPING THE CAR ALONG THE WAY....
'' AN ENGINEER,CAN DO FOR FIVE SHILLINGS.....THAT WHICH A FOOL CAN DO FOR TEN''
IT'S TIME MAYBE,FOR A LITTLE 'BIRDIEMANGO SAAB 99 TURBO EVOLUTION',BUT THIS TIME WE ARE UTLISING A' 76 COMBI-COUPE...AS THE BASIS.
'SAAB' MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY CHOSEN THE TWO DOOR BODYSHELL,FOR THE 1979 COMPETITION YEAR IN RALLYING,AS IT WAS ALLEGEDLY SOME 40KG LIGHTER,THAN THE 3 DOOR COMBI-COUPE?
BUT, NOBODY ELSE HERE IN THE UK IS RUNNING A 99 COMBI-COUPE IN MOTORSPORT...
FOR NOW THOUGH, I NEED TO WAIT A FEW WEEKS UNTIL THE 99 TURBO CAN BE RECOVERED BACK TO THE MAINLAND,SALVAGE THE REMAINING PARTS OF ANY USE?
OH, AND THE SMALL MATTER OF ALLOWING MY BODY TO RECOVER,FROM SUCH A HUGE IMPACT....
I REALLY CAN SAY,THAT'S THE BIGGEST SHUNT OF MY CAREER....AND I WAS 'VERY' LUCKY TO WALK AWAY FROM IT,WITH JUST A SPRAINED WRIST !!!
MAYBE,JUST MAYBE ....THOSE SWEDES IN 'TROLLHATTAN' KNEW THEY WERE ONTO SOMETHING.....
I MAY SEE SOME OF YOU AT THE 'SAAB FESTIVAL' IN TROLLHATTAN,IN JUNE THIS YEAR?