Another Oregon Saab enthusiast
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:58 pm
Hello SAABRALLY,
I have really enjoyed reading the forum and observing the awesome saab projects that you all post to the site. in 2010 I traded my 1995 jeep grande cherokee straight across for a 1985 saab 900 turbo and haven't looked back since. The 85 turbo has been my daily drive while living in portland, my weekend vehicle while in college, and a daily commuter during summer internship. It has been somewhat reliable... but I can't deny that there is something special about it.
So far i have been mainly keeping it alive, but the hope is to make it a tank of a rally car.
after being primed to cover up the failing paint
This is how the 85 turbo looks now. I decided to go green... I call her the green llama
I have been debating on painting a flat black enduro strip.
Over the years I have been replacing everything that fails
-original transmission failed and replaced
-alternator failed and replaced
-window reg, failed and replaced with hand crank
-all engine seals including head gasket replaced
-lots of LH components
-rear suspension on SAS overload springs and spacers with bilsteins and a rear sway bar
-front suspension rebuilt, no sway bar
I have been battling LH for a while due to the garbage wiring insulation and recently dived into a Trionic 5 conversion. With lack of excess time ( engineering student) I decided to go with the eEuroparts conversion wiring harness and flywheel setup. Waiting on some parts still but I hope to get the conversion completed within the next couple weeks.
Here is a shot of the 85 turbo under an unusually heavy oregon snow fall beside my younger brother's 1999 95.
Cheers,
johnshan
I have really enjoyed reading the forum and observing the awesome saab projects that you all post to the site. in 2010 I traded my 1995 jeep grande cherokee straight across for a 1985 saab 900 turbo and haven't looked back since. The 85 turbo has been my daily drive while living in portland, my weekend vehicle while in college, and a daily commuter during summer internship. It has been somewhat reliable... but I can't deny that there is something special about it.
So far i have been mainly keeping it alive, but the hope is to make it a tank of a rally car.
after being primed to cover up the failing paint
This is how the 85 turbo looks now. I decided to go green... I call her the green llama
I have been debating on painting a flat black enduro strip.
Over the years I have been replacing everything that fails
-original transmission failed and replaced
-alternator failed and replaced
-window reg, failed and replaced with hand crank
-all engine seals including head gasket replaced
-lots of LH components
-rear suspension on SAS overload springs and spacers with bilsteins and a rear sway bar
-front suspension rebuilt, no sway bar
I have been battling LH for a while due to the garbage wiring insulation and recently dived into a Trionic 5 conversion. With lack of excess time ( engineering student) I decided to go with the eEuroparts conversion wiring harness and flywheel setup. Waiting on some parts still but I hope to get the conversion completed within the next couple weeks.
Here is a shot of the 85 turbo under an unusually heavy oregon snow fall beside my younger brother's 1999 95.
Cheers,
johnshan