UKSaabs

Look at all the other upgrades youve removed and you have your answer.

Its all about the bangin tunes innit!


Didnt you pick this car up in Essex? EDIT: checking again, not quite. Kent?

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"Dusty" 1975 V4 Anniversary
"Money Pit" 2008 93SW Turbo-X

OK, think it may have been tuned as well as DPF deleted (although EGR is still there/working)

Coldish day, brisk acceleration up slip road and I'm seeing 721Kg/hr air intake.

my old car was 660Kg/Hr max, for 210bhp tuned stg1 and 565KG/hr for standard stg0 / 180bhp

If the 720Kg/hr numbers are to be believed, then this car is ~230bhp

It does feel quicker than the wifes, and does pull to 5000rpm hard!

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Next fix:

Front end rattle has been expelled

Tried a new (supplied with car) drop link on NSF but made no different.

Then had a look at the strut top mount. looked OK, should do it was all apart 1000 miles ago



Then checked the top nut.. and added 3/4 of a turn before it was tight...

Rattle/patter has now gone.

But I still have some drive chain whine in 1st/2nd...

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My god, that better to drive now, you don't really realise how annoying the rattle is until it's gone!

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With one remap it is possible to get up to 240BHP in the Twin Turb diesels.

Also tyre wise Uniroyal Rain Sport 3's are really good. Bit cheaper and they wear slightly quicker. But grip in the wet is phenomenal. My friends at Litchfield imports all run them on there daily's and I run them on my 9-5. Never miss a beat!

Next minor change:

Removed the broken front ash tray and fitted a Saab Cubby hole.

Much better

The ash tray was missing the ash tray insert, broken around the cig lighter, and had drill holes for extra cables.

And to top it off, Mr Scotch lock had been here too!


Grrrrrr.

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Cubby:

I also found a couple more bits of the broken switch pack (the little plastic pushers), so I've put some more of those in too.

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Been a busy couple of weeks at work, so I've done little.

Today I finally got round to swapping the grooved and cross drilled brake discs from side to side...

Numpty prev owner had put them on the wrong sides...

Glad I did it, as I found 3 loose bolts! 2 Caliper carrier bolts and 1 slider bolt

Also missing are 2 of the slider bolt caps/covers.

Only one moment of panic was when the car was up on axle stands, both wheels off, calipers off and car blocking the driveway to other car.... caliper carriers are on a E20 bolt!!! not a 17mm hex. Grrr I don't have any of those.

Went to my tool box to rummage around to see it I could find anything to bodge then with, and find a years old unopened pack of E sockets from E4 to E24 on a fast clip rail result!


Down to 23 things left on my list.

Before and after

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Ive never heard or seen a remap only make a genuine 240 BHP , most of the main mappers quote 210BHP I.E Maptune , Hursch and there are a couple of other's that quote 210BHP on a remap only

Left to do:

Look at wing mirror electrics as left sometimes moves when adjusting right
Look at wing mirror glass / tinting / heating
look at how OS wing mirror is fitted to car.. gap at top!
Look at OSR window, drops OK, but takes 3-4 goes and cutouts to raise
Change Centre armrest glove box to remove hole
Change passenger centre console trim (by their right leg)
Change passenger kick panel under glove box
Fit Hirsch CF leather dash
Fix / replace centre vent
Replace driver vent
Replace nightpanel switch pack
* Replace Exhaust flexi (just started blowing)
* Change timing belt, pulleys and water pump
* Service (due January)
New Summer tyres (spring time), 235/40*18 probably
Better brake pads.....currently has Eicher pads
Replace led Number plate bulbs with real ones
* Get a 2nd key....
Look for boost leak
Change bonnet and boot badges
Get 2 Brake slider pin dust covers.
Replace battery cover
Fit CTEK quick connect charging cable
Blank EGR
Fix DPF...

Nice to haves:
Look for AFL headlights
Look for 4 new TPMS sensors
Paint brake calipers black

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My dad has his tuned by Celtic tuning and it made 240 on the dyno. I will ask him for the dyno results.

New car is getting old.
Added nearly 2,000 miles since 14th September when it was bought.
It's 10.5 years old this month and its yearly average is increasing dramatically!

Nothing been done recently due to weather and being busy.

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It's been a little while but I've picked up a couple of items off the list in 2019, although most of the year has been revolving around building work/new kitchen:

Replaced Exhaust flexi
Changed timing belt, pulleys and water pump
Serviced
New Summer tyres (spring time), 235/40*18 Goodyear Eagle F1's
4 New TPMS valves to replace the 11 yr old ones with failing batteries
Replace led Number plate bulbs with real ones
Got a second key
Fitted CTEK quick connect charging cable
Fitted Winter wheels (235/45*17 Nokian WRA3's
Looked at OSR window, drops OK, but took 3-4 goes and cutouts to raise, now better.

Left to do:

Look at wing mirror electrics as left sometimes moves when adjusting right
Look at wing mirror glass / tinting / heating
look at how OS wing mirror is fitted to car.. gap at top!
Change Centre armrest glove box to remove hole
Change passenger centre console trim (by their right leg)
Change passenger kick panel under glove box
Fit Hirsch CF leather dash
Fix / replace centre vent
Replace driver vent
Replace nightpanel switch pack
Better brake pads.....currently has Eicher pads

Change bonnet and boot badges
Get 2 Brake slider pin dust covers.
Replace battery cover

Blank EGR
Fix DPF...

Nice to haves:
Look for AFL headlights
Paint brake calipers black

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New MOT ticket today, straight though, no advisories.

And a EGR blank this afternoon. Inlet is chocker with oily soot!

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We all do.....

2 yrs on and another small update:

Finally got rid of the failing or failed interior light LED lamps (1 bright, 2 dim, one off) and refitted the original style lamps at a cost of £3.68.

On the downside, the car has finally reached 85,000m (Covid has saved many miles...) and the DMF has let go.

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Small update, I was offered access to a 2008 9-3 with dark interior to plunder, so today I have collected over a couple of hours:

Centre armrest glove box
Centre console trim
Passenger kick panel under glove box
Drivers kick panel
Radio and instrument cluster dash trim
Centre vent
Driver vent
Nightpanel switch pack
Battery cover
Right rear reflector
Driver lumbar support mech (for wifes car)
2 floor mat pins for main carpet (for wifes car)

Forgot to get...
Bonnet and boot badges
2 Brake slider pin dust covers.

That lot should get the interior of then car pretty much back to factory without all the butchered holes and smapped plastic the previous owner left.

Tomorrow should be a busy day.
I just need to decide on if I install the dash collected today, or the Hirsch CF leather one I have had in the garage for 7 years....

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The Hirsch dash sounds good; does it have the emblem also..?

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Saab 93 Carlsson White Hirsch Stage 1
TurboX Saloon

They mostly come out @night, mostly.

No, no emblem from memory.
I bought it off 'Stevedol' in 2015 who had had it on his 9-3 for ~5 yrs.

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OK, 3.5 yrs in and finally fixing some cosmetic bits:

Stuff stripped from the cenre console today:

The previous owner was a useless lunatic.

Including 5 40mm chipboard screws to hold panels on, scotch locks, wide nuts, miles of speaker cable for power and a Mini usb lead up and across the A pillar air bag!

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