HELLO LUKE.......
FRIENDS FROM THE UK, HAD ALREADY DRIVEN OVER TO TROLLHATTAN 2010 IN THEIR 1978 3DR 99T,FOR THE 'SAAB FESTIVAL' & MIDNATTSOLRALLYT......
I GOT A PHONE CALL,TO MEET THEM OUTSIDE THE SAAB MUSUEM.....WHERE THEY PICKED US UP,TAKING US ACROSS TOWN TO 'TROLLSPEED'.......
I SPENT A GOOD WHILE TALKING TO 'TOMMI' AT TROLLSPEED .........WHOM BASICALLY IT WOULD APPEAR TOOK OVER THE 'COMPETITIONS' SIDE OF THINGS AFTER THE 'SAAB FACTORY' PULLED OUT OF RALLYING....
NOTHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT REVIVING THE 'B' MOTOR 16V IN THE ABOVE PHOTO,IT JUST SEEMED THEY HAD PULLED IT OUT FROM UNDER THE BENCH,TO PUT IT ON DISPLAY FOR THE WEEKEND
AFTER SHOWING HIM PICTURES OF MY CLARION BLOMQVIST CAR 'TOMMI' SEEMED FAR MORE INTERESTED IN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 99 TURBO RALLY CARS........SHOWING ME ORIGINAL EXHAUST MANIFOLD MADE FROM 'INCONEL' TO WITHSTAND THE CONTINUAL THERMAL EXPANSION&CONTRACTION..........BUT IT WASN'T FOR SALE
OR SHOULD I SAY,HE TALKED...AND I LISTENED INTENTLY
LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON,I TOOK THIS PHOTO OF THE MANIFOLD HEADER ON THE 16V EMS IN THE MUSUEM,NOTE HEAT SHIELDING FOR STARTER MOTOR.
I ORIGINALLY HAD PROBLEMS ON MY STARTER MOTOR ON THE 99T,BEFORE WRAPPING IT IN HEAT RESISTANT FOIL,AND FABRICATING SHIELDS TO KEEP THE STAGNANT HEAT FROM DESTROYING IT.
I ALSO ADDED A FAN MOUNTED UNDER THE CAR,DRAWING COOL AIR FROM THE FRONT AIRDAM,WHICH IS DIRECTED AT THE TURBO/STARTER MOTOR FROM UNDERNEATH,JUST TO KEEP AIR CIRCULATION TO A MAXIMUM,AFTER I HAVE COME IN OFF TRACK.........
THE TWO CARS IN THE MUSUEM, I SPENT PRETTY MUCH ALL AFTERNOON IN THERE.......OR RATHER IN THE ENGINE BAYS,AND UNDERNEATH.........IT IS PRETTY ASTOUNDING TO SEE THAT NEARLY ALL THE MODIFICATIONS ON THE WORKS CARS,WERE FABRICATED ITEMS THAT CAME FROM THE ORIGINAL 'SAAB PARTS BIN'.
IT REALLY DOES ENFORCE THE FACT THAT 'SAAB COMPETITIONS DEPT' WAS SUCH A SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE,OPPOSED TO FIAT,FORD ETC
I HOPE YOU GET SOME MORE WORK DONE ON THE 16V MOTOR,FASCINATING READING.......THIS MUST BE A LIFETIME AMBITION?
AFTER SPENDING TEN YEARS DEVELOPING THE 'H TYPE' 8V MOTOR ON TWIN DELLORTOS,I HAD ENOUGH OF IT........FOR ME NOW,TURBO IS THE WAY TO GO.....
BUT I DO MISS THE ''WHHHRROOOARR'' OF THE N/A ENGINE,AS IT SUCKS TREES IN ON FULL THROTTLE.....
WHEN YOU GET IT RUNNING,DONT FORGET TO FILM THE FIRST RUN ON THE ROLLING ROAD......
NINE YEARS OLD WHEN I WATCHED 'STIG' IN THE 99T IN WALES ON THE LOMBARD RAC....TWENTY SEVEN YEARS LATER,I BUILT THE CAR FROM THAT DISTANT MEMORY.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jus354jz ... u_in_order DID YOU EVER SEE THE 16V EMS IN COMPETITION.....?
CARLSSON TO BLOMQVIST......
''WHAT IS THIS TERRIBLE THING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF,YOU MUST UNLEARN IT.....''
LEFT FOOT BRAKING
