you guys rock!

[Rob]

its refreshing to see so many people that are so knowledgeable excited about saabs here! And the forums are much better than saabnet or any of those other sites! If anyone needs help my dad is a saab master tech of 30 yrs and im also a saab technician. so feel free to hit me up, im busy building a 92 900 turbo to smoke bmw's with

[matt]

Welcome to our site. Glad you like it here thus far. What are your plans for modifications to the bimmer killer?

[Rob]

thanks, i just bought a 92 900 turbo, it already has the larger intercooler pipes on it, then im putting my clamp on k&n filter on, then my mss catback exhaust, i bought that ebay apc kit and soldered the resisters in, 3.0 bar fpr, b+g springs and kyb gas-a just shocks, also i plan on getting a re-enforced back cover, and 2.1 head and intake any other suggestions?

[matt]

that sounds like a good start. post pics.

[Jordan]

Most people around these parts are partial to Bilstein HDs, just fyi.

[max]

why yes, we do indeed rock...

[happyandy]

your project sounds similar to mine. where are you located, mabee we can meet up and trade notes.

[Rob]

north west nj, , i had a 1980 900 that came with the bilstein hd's and the lowered springs stock , it was part of the roadholding package, handled awesome, only thing with the bilsteins is that the lower a-arms started to crack around the lower shock mount, so we cured it by adding some weld re-enforcement behind the lower mount, and those shocks were good for 20+years!! right now tho being a starving mechanic i cannot afford the price of a nice set of hd's lol so i had to settle on kybs

[matt]

can't the bilstein's be sent back and rebuilt?

[Jordan]

Yes they can, but rebuilt, they are roughly the cost of new. However, you can just set the specs to pretty much whatever you want.

[Geoff]

The last time I called about rebuilding them I think it was around $60 to $70. New ones are what, $110?

[Luke]

The last time I called about rebuilding them I think it was around $60 to $70. New ones are what, $110?

http://www.bilstein.com/services.php

[Rob]

sweet, yea the car lasted 800,000 miles on the original shocks, we had to scrap the car due to rust, when we removed the cylinder head there wasnt even a ridge at the top of the cylinder! those swedes used some good metal in those blocks

[Jordan]

shox.com has full sets for $305 incl. shipping. ~ $75/shock

[happyandy]

sweet, yea the car lasted 800,000 miles on the original shocks, we had to scrap the car due to rust, when we removed the cylinder head there wasnt even a ridge at the top of the cylinder! those swedes used some good metal in those blocks

+1 for good swedish iron
my last c900 died in a hit & run at 250,000 I striprd the car befor sending it to the junk man. all 4 cyl walls has cross hatch still clearly visible. If I had known the engine was that good I would have saved the whole enginge and not just the head.