SAAB V4 TURBO.........?

[BIRDIEMANGO]

HELLO THERE,

JUST THOUGHT THIS THREAD MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU GUYS....?

I WAS FIXING UP THIS 96V4 TO GET IT BACK ON THE ROAD FOR THE SUMMER FOR A CHAP HERE IN LIVERPOOL,UK.....

I USED TO RALLY V4'S UP UNTIL 1999,WHEN I COMPLETELY GOT OUT OF THE V4 SCENE ALTOGETHER,MOVING ON TO RALLYING SAAB 99 EMS/TURBO.......

SO IT WAS ONLY WHEN I STRIPPED DOWN THE CYL.HEAD,TO FIX A SUPPOSED BURNED OUT EXHAUST VALVE,I FOUND THIS.......

QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY,I NOW OWN A 96,TO ADD TO THE 99,900,9000 COLLECTION........

SO THAT IS TWO 99'S
FOUR C900'S
ONE 9000T16
ONE 96V3

AND SO THE IDEAS START.......
http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=94623

ANYBODY RUN SUPER/TURBO CHARGED V4 OVER IN THE STATES....?

PICTURES MAYBE...?

BIRDIE

[V4_guy]

Bud Clark, owner of J&B Imports in Orange, California, has a very powerful turbocharged Sonett III:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m4X4iBX8PU

[DrewP]

Check out this US eBay auction, maybe you can get him to send you more photos?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SAAB-Son ... 2cfd#v4-42


I'd be willing to bet money thay Bud doesn't have a digital camera yet - not a lot of money, but that's what I'd guess.

From the one underhood shot is looks like a side-draft carb attached to the compressor inlet of the turbo.... iccckkkk.....

[BIRDIEMANGO]

THANKS FOR THE LINKS CHAPS........

LOOKS LIKE THE CYLINDER HEADS ON MY DONOR ENGINE HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME GOOD WORK DONE ON THEM TO IMPROVE FLOW.........

TIME TO STRIP THE ENGINE DOWN COMPLETLEY AND REBUILD,WITH A DAMN GOOD CLEAN UP......

LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A 96 AGAIN.....

HERE IS A PHOTO ON A STAGE RALLY ,AFTER JUST CLIPPING A KERBSTONE IN MY LHD V4,BACK IN 1995....I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HANDLING,NEEDING A BIT OF LEFT LOCK TO KEEP IT IN A STRAIGHT LINE

THE NEXT CORNER,I SHOULD HAVE LIFTED ,THE 195 55 15 TYRES DIDNT HELP MUCH EITHER,96 IS A BIT TOP HEAVY FOR TARMAC...........

DRIVER ERROR......