trogdor
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 02:39 PM |
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Help with bodywork on a Saab 96
Hi everyone,
Now I am hoping some people will know I am building a custom Saab 96 that is going to have a mid mounted Audi V6 engine. Is only a 12V at the moment
but will make it easier to fit a 30V later 
Anyway my plan is to weld in a front engine bay from a donor 96 which will give me double wishbone suspension all round, easy uprated suspension and
all round disk brakes. Have not decided how to get the handbrake to work yet.
So...... I will have an engine that sits where the rear seats where and a transaxle mounted behind it. My problem is getting the engine and gearbox in
and out, one way is through the door and through the interior and into position. This will be difficult as my hoist will not get in there and if I
have a nice interior I don't want to be moving an engine in and out of there.
The only other way that springs to mind is through the rear window. This would require a removable section of the bodywork. I have done a quick sketch
of what I mean......
However my main concern is how to seal the section? does anyone have any idea? This way looks difficult as would need to remove the rear window to
remove the engine but its fairly easy to remove, not sure how easy to put back tho......
Any ideas of how I can cut and make a weather tight section of bodywork that incorporates a bootlid and rear window would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
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MikeR
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 02:54 PM |
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Why not make it so the entire engine etc is on a sub frame and the car drops onto the subframe?
Then make a bracket 'thing' that you attach your engine crane to so you can life up the body work.
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JAG
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 03:00 PM |
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Yep I think I would do it as Mike suggests. Cut out the floor and make up a subframe that carries the engine/gearbox and rear suspension etc... and
then lower the body over the lot.
That's how they build a modern FWD saloon afterall.
Justin
Who is this super hero? Sarge? ...No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? ...No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? ...Could be!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 03:11 PM |
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^ as above
make a steel tube frame in the back that the subframe can bolt to, then you can drop the engine running gear out all in one. Lets see a picture of the
subframe. Don't like the idea at all of mucking about with the rear window, it'll most likely be double skinned so a pain to weld back in
and if you cut it I bet the shell will distort, especially with those narrow roof pillars. Personally I’d put the whole engine/gearbox/subframe &
hubs etc together and then make the new ‘body frame’. Then weld the ‘body frame’ to the rear.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Hellfire
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| posted on 18/5/09 at 03:36 PM |
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That left hand Yellow Line looks dodgy - you're not thinking of including the fence for good measure are you? 
S
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