11 Monthiversary

[GRMPer]

Hey, we've owned our 99 for 11 months.....and it's almost ready to receive its new engine

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/news/c ... 7-saab-99/

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[Luke]

Hey, we've owned our 99 for 11 months.....and it's almost ready to receive its new engine

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/news/c ... 7-saab-99/

Nice job Per, you've certainly accomplished a lot! If you are feeling buyers remorse I will buy it back from you for the same price.

[GRMPer]

Ha!

I actually never felt any with this car. I had a lot of fun fixing the more than expected rust...

Now, gotta ask you though...I worked on that header on Saturday..who the hell brazed it?

[GRMPer]

Sending my registration in for Rally TN....should have some time to sort out the new engine/dyno before the event.

The long block is almost all the way 'dressed' with accessories and it's now mounted on the 5-speed...Just need to finish engine bay work and put everything together.

[Luke]

Hmm, when did the date for Tennesee change. I thought I had it all figured out, but I have a wedding on 25th for one of my employees I've already RSVP'd for. Hmm, what to do, what to do.

[Jordan]

Lookin good Per!

[GRMPer]

ahhh, not family, so not important....at least not important enough to miss a rally for.

priorities man!

Jordan, thanks!

It's a bit of a puzzle putting back together...since I'm building the new engine out of a spare, I'm using the old engine as a guide for nuts/bolts/etc. all of the accessories from the old engine are being used, because I know they work (oil pump, distributor, intake, etc)

[Jordan]

Yeah, I've learned the hardway from doing the 16v's that you have to be really anal about dissasembly because it makes reassembly that much faster. At least you have something to work off of... its the *slightly* longer/shorter bolts that always get me..or misc. brackets here and there.

I'm planning disassembly of my car next weekend, weather permitting...

I picked up a '91 5-speed at the JY when I went to help Luke last weekend...so I have all the major components at least. I hope to do some nice photo documentation as well.

I'm thinking the car will be a totally different animal next time you start it up!

[GRMPer]

interestingly, the service manual talks about the thread pitch of the bolts going into transmission as being course thread and into the block as fine thread......all of the bolts that came out of this were the same pitch....that took me a while to figure out.

engine now in. pics on monday.


not running yet..still have to hook everything up and get the front axles/hubs/springs back in.

[Geoff]

That's wierd. They should all be M8x1.25
Somewhere I have a sheet from SAAB that lists all the bolts that go into the engine/tranny, their lengths, and which ones to put Loctite on. If I can find it I'll scan it and post it next week.

[Jordan]

I think its in the service manual and also scanned into the Bentley manual if I'm thinking of the diagram you are.

[GRMPer]

Yea, they were all the same 8mm bolts with the same, standard pitch, just different lengths...the service manual stated otherwise...it also referred to the #1 piston end of the engine as the 'transmission' side...I think it was some translation issue, as they referred to the timing chain system as the transmission at another point.

[Jordan]

What manual were you looking at?

[GRMPer]

A haynes and a red factory manual...I forget which one had the bit about the pitch.