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I thought it was about time I did a project thread on my on going 9-3 coupe.

After a Few years of having a stage 4 9-5 two engine failures put me off Saab's but after a brief spell in another brand I came back.

The car I was coming back was the T5 engined 9-3 airflow. The car had been my mums for a few years. It had very low mileage and had a easy life, perfect for playing with.

One of the first jobs to be done for replacing the head bolts as it had the standard saab oil leak on the corner. Next on the shopping list was aero leather interior and viggen wheels. I managed to get these on ebay. The wheels need a refurb and thought I'd do it my self, I wanted the car to be different and stand out so I went with dark grey. To add to the black on silver theme tinted windows was next on the list. An aero spoiler has been fitted, looks so much better than the standard black one.

Now it was time to add a bit of performance, first job was fitting a massive intercooler followed by a hirsch stage 1 ecu and a de-cat shortly after. A Brake upgrade is must for me so 308mm's got fitted. More ebaying led to getting a cheap 3” JT cat back system followed by a stage 3 map. This kept me happy for a while until I got the chance to buy a TD04 and Full 3” abbott system, again bargain price.
An abbott lightened flywheel and viggen clutch have been fitted.

Custom re-map time was approaching so a set of green giants and a 3 bar map sensor got imported from the US. With the help of Jules we set about mapping and got it to the dyno. It produced 292bhp but was running quiet rich. Time for a wideband, got that fitted and sorted out the fueling. I would of thought it was good 300bhp now.

Other mod's include Painted engine bay parts and an oil catch can, that's caught nothing for a year now, but its shiney.

Handling comes from Koni's and abbott springs, steering rack brace, Piggy back ARB and a subframe brace. I also remove the re seats for trackdays ( and most of the summer) but lost stability in the shell so I made a rear brace to sort this out.

Future plans involve more power and some styling, hopefully all done by sept for the trackdays.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

Managed to get some thing done today.

Clocked the TD04 19T and started making the actuator bracket.

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UK distributor for JZW tuning, 2.8V6 T8 T7 . Pm for details
9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

love that IC,,,sweet looking car,,,like the colour scheme too

Hey martin, might need an actuator bracket and a bit of guidance myself soon mate if you can oblige. This TD04 15G is keeping me awake at night. My eyes are glued to this thread.

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UKS Bin-man.
99 9-3 Black pig RIP
00 9-5 Aero Stage 3
98 9K 2.3 Track Missile.
96 9K Aero Stage 3

thanks.

Some more styling mod's coming soon



Phil - we can sort something.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

finished the bracket mod today.






Could have done a netter job but i only had 15 min's at lunchtime.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

Slight problem this weekend.

Went to change the turbo and manifold but didn't get very far. The first manifold stud I went to loosen was already loose. So I've got a snapped stud.
Had a good think about it and I need some other jobs done that could all be done at the same time.

Head Gasket
Bulk head welded up
Brake servo changed
Stud replaced
turbo fitted
manifold fitted.

So a quick trip to South wales saab specialist to get a price and book it in.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

Now looking like this.......

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Ah, I see you've ditched the oil catcher can...

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'96 9000 Aero (gone)
'03 9-5 Aero Maptun Stg3
'00 9-3 SE lpt cab' (gone)
'99 Lotus Elise S1

I'll be watching this thread with interest for when it comes for mine to be done.
Is the bulkhead cracked or are you just welding an extra bit of strengthening in to make sure it doesn't happen?
Glad you clocked the turbo following the FMB instructions. Easy isn't it?

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il n'est pas du cidre. It's scrumpy!

Bulkhead has a slight crack so it's getting sorted and strengthened.

Clocking was easy

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

Is the car still with SWSS mate? I'm hoping to get down there next week to try and get the clutch swapped over in time for the RR day....as long as I get cover that is!

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1st rule of fat club is you don't talk about fat club...

They had a bulkhead repair booked in on monday afternoon as my car is with them to have some welding to the spare wheel well done at the same time. If you drop down to SWSS over the next two days you will probably be able to spot my 900 hanging around. (difficult to miss it being green with unique wheels) I don't recall seeing Martins 93 there this morning.

Car is looking good, it'll be good to see it and Johns 93 at tewkesbury.

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ケイ Homebrew Stage 3 - 256HP 360NM

It was there, will be til wed.

I'm getting attached my to courtesy car now tho.

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She's back.
Steering feels rock solid now and the brake are better.

Only got 8 psi of base boost at the moment because I havn't got a T7 apc valve.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

Hooked up the apc valve today for the 1st time.

Getting a nice 1.7 bar dropping to 1.5. Need to adjust the base boost a little.

Came across a modded skyline r32 on testing. He didn't stand a chance

Cant wait for rolling road next week.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

How does it feel compared to before mate? Whats the most boost you can run with it? Any 60-100 times yet

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First dyno on the new set-up......





Base boost needs to be increased as boost was tapering off peak bhp was made with 1.3 bar it should be 1.6 so theres more to come.

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9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm

New light weight alloy wheels and Vredestien rubber went on today

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UK distributor for JZW tuning, 2.8V6 T8 T7 . Pm for details
9-3Turbo X 320bhp 400ftlbs/540nm