63 Bullnose Rally Project
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:03 pm
Hello. My name is Jeff from Dallas and I'm building this late 63 stroker for an upcoming stage rally in Paris Texas. This is my first Saab, my first two stroke , and my first Rally. The goal is to build the car to Rally America Specs for Historic Class and finish all stages.
The car is bone stock and complete. It was running ( weakly) when I got it and the brakes were bad. So far, I've pulled the head to make sure a piston wasn't bad, removed the expansion chamber, exhaust and muffler, removed the rear axle and all the brakes.
I've replaced all the axle bushings, rear wheel bearings, wheel cylinders and shoes and KYB shocks. I know I should use a 95 axle, Bilsteins shocks and upgrade to discs but those upgrades will have to wait until they make themselves available or until I'm limited by my equipment and not by my skills.
I plan on making it run and drive first and get my cage started so I can get my log book in plenty of time.
I'm really hoping I can get some input from others who have built a stroker 96 and tell me about the pitfalls I should avoid and perhaps some driving tips from those that have raced a bullnose.
In the meantime, I'll keep posting my progress along with questions as I get deeper into this. I really like the forum and although most of you are 99 and 900 guys, I hope this 58 horsepower wonder isn't a buzz kill to the board.
The car is bone stock and complete. It was running ( weakly) when I got it and the brakes were bad. So far, I've pulled the head to make sure a piston wasn't bad, removed the expansion chamber, exhaust and muffler, removed the rear axle and all the brakes.
I've replaced all the axle bushings, rear wheel bearings, wheel cylinders and shoes and KYB shocks. I know I should use a 95 axle, Bilsteins shocks and upgrade to discs but those upgrades will have to wait until they make themselves available or until I'm limited by my equipment and not by my skills.
I plan on making it run and drive first and get my cage started so I can get my log book in plenty of time.
I'm really hoping I can get some input from others who have built a stroker 96 and tell me about the pitfalls I should avoid and perhaps some driving tips from those that have raced a bullnose.
In the meantime, I'll keep posting my progress along with questions as I get deeper into this. I really like the forum and although most of you are 99 and 900 guys, I hope this 58 horsepower wonder isn't a buzz kill to the board.