'74 X7 Turbo rwd -spring '17 prep

[schwartz]

Alright, I'll try to sum up the two years I had the car.

Around 2006 it looked like this.



Picked it up like this.




Modified torpedo wall.



Planning a shifter.












Speedo.


Undercoating…





Rear arch.





Some new floor.



Sandblasted and zink primed chassi


Speedparts order


Roll cage





Crank pulley and rear ARB bushings


Mockup


More chassis








Weight reduced.



Turbo tank



On wheels



Makrolon windows




Wiring



BBS RS 15x7"





Street legal




First summer


Autometer gauges


Wider wheels


US-spec


Bigger intercooler, 450x160x90mm


Adjustable rods and 228mm clutch


New seats


900 radiator



Relocated mirrors


Interior #2



Cold air intake


Wider arches



Engine rebuild



Coilover conversion




Home made window vents


NG900 oil cooler



900 ARB


Back in place




Testrun spring 2013




Tail pipe


Duck tail



Photo session



Trackday but the left drive shaft decided to fall out


Dyno run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Nz8V487nk





Pic from a meet


…. and now its back in the garage

[gmreider]

That's an impressive amount of quality work. There are great details for others to copy from your fine photos. Sets the bar a little higher for some of us to work toward on our projects.

[squaab99t]

:-O That's an impressive amount of quality work. There are great details for others to copy from your fine photos. Sets the bar a little higher for some of us to work toward on our projects.

Giving Luke a run for his money.
Agreed a nice bit of work there. The rear wheel drive will be a great addition as a project.
The bar has always been a "bit" higher here at Saabrally. I even think twice before I post a picture of my work.

[sjones]

The bar has always been a "bit" higher here at Saabrally. I even think twice before I post a picture of my work.

You're being too humble squaab99t. 009 and your 99T are way up there.

[RadioFlyer]

Wow.

[SwedeSport]

I love this project.

There is a little bit of JDM / Tuner styling going on here and I totally dig it. Definitely not the typical Saab build.

[hutch]

Ive only been in Sweden twice but it seems like you guys have a great grasp on American culture, so this is all I have to say:

[schwartz]

Glad you like it, feel free to ask about anything!

[squaab99t]

Glad you like it, feel free to ask about anything!

How are the adjustable springs working for you? The static height seems pretty short and it looks like you would get coil bind on the front due to the lever ratio. The sleeves look like they would crash too. Or is the spring so high that it hardly moves?

Is there an spring isolator on the top or is it right into the body?

[schwartz]

It works well, the spring is 124N/mm so its pretty stiff. The static height is really low, almost too low. The motion ratio is the same as stock and there is no isolator between body and spring.

Nice with the ability to choose ride height though.

[squaab99t]

It works well, the spring is 124N/mm so its pretty stiff. The static height is really low, almost too low. The motion ratio is the same as stock and there is no isolator between body and spring.

Nice with the ability to choose ride height though.

A SI to english conversion gives me a value of 705lbs/in. For the that rate in the front and such a light car I would think that would bounce all over the road in the corners if the surface is not perfectly smooth. I guess I don't know your purpose of the car. Track, daily driver, show, experiment project?

By ratio I was referring to the lever arm, front versus the rear. This is where the reaction distance relative to the pivot and the force in (hub). As an example I run 550lbs/in and 650lbs/in, front and rear respectively for a street driven 900s sedan and it is pretty stiff.

[schwartz]

The main purpose is a fun car (it's only on the roads during the summer) which looks good and works alright on the track. The car is so low that it needs to be stiff (although I know that over-stiff isn't good either).

Comfort isn't prioritized. How does your S work with that setup, and what dampers do you use? I had adjustable AVOs on mine.

[squaab99t]

The main purpose is a fun car (it's only on the roads during the summer) which looks good and works alright on the track. The car is so low that it needs to be stiff (although I know that over-stiff isn't good either).

Comfort isn't prioritized. How does your S work with that setup, and what dampers do you use? I had adjustable AVOs on mine.

It seems to rail pretty well. I have adjustable jack screws on the front and adjustable perch on the rear. The front is very easy to adjust with a 18mm socket.

The rear is similar to your adjustable threaded ring.

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I use Bilstein HD aka B-8, the yellow ones.

[99Super]

Yummy!

Did removing the structure from the rear deck lid effect the stiffness much?
I did the same to my front and there is quite a bit of flex when trying to close the hood.

Great work!

john

[DrewP]

Yes, cutting the rib out of the trunk lid makes it extremely flimsy. Just the tension of the springs in the hinges to keep it open is almost enough to bend the trunk lid. I had to remove the springs completely from mine when I cut out all the stiffening like Schwartz did.