cheers paul
http://forum.theimpclub.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=20770 would make a nice kit go well hope this is of use to some one maybe
cheers paul
Isn't the 9000 front wheel drive though?
Unless you just want the engine of course.
Yeh bargain but 210k is a tad high on the milage 
Engine and ecu/loom and scrap the rest.
yep it is but good engine to fit to another box maybe. some lads on here have saab turbos in there kits. so there must be a way lol just thort you
lads mite have a use for it so put the link here
Bolts up to a R28 Omega gearbox I believe for RWD application
I was so tempted to buy that thing but restrained myself.
Also, those wheels would make an awesome retro locost! (4x108 pcd I believe) A bit big, mind..
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Originally posted by computid
Isn't the 9000 front wheel drive though?
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Originally posted by PSpirine
Bolts up to a R28 Omega gearbox I believe for RWD application
I was so tempted to buy that thing but restrained myself.
Also, those wheels would make an awesome retro locost! (4x108 pcd I believe) A bit big, mind..
(SAAB B234 engine + Vaux Omega gearbox = RWD) + £30 ecu mod = 280bhp = Happy
Not a bad price either.
Edit: Dohh...really slow typer 
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Link fixed!
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its a bit expensive to be honest unless there are loads of good parts on it to make money back on.
i paid £150 for my saab turbo engine fully dressed with turbo and and all the gubbins out of the engine bay. £40 for the omega box. add ecu
intercooler new prop and a custom spacer to make the saab clutch work on the omega box and you have +200 bhp
the real issue with it though is that the engine is bloody tall. i tried to get the 2.3 in my car and the bonnet would have had to be stupidly huge,
eventually gave up and put a 2.0 version in which was a bit shorter but not much. no regrets as its still properly properly fast.
by far the biggest issue i had with it was shortening the sump correctly. i had to hack a good 4 inches off the sump which lead to oil starvation
issues on hard acceleration, after killing the first engine i sussed it out and built a fully gated sump for it, since then no issues other than a
blown turbo which is always a risk with a turbo car.
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Originally posted by PSpirine
Bolts up to a R28 Omega gearbox I believe for RWD application
I was so tempted to buy that thing but restrained myself.
Also, those wheels would make an awesome retro locost! (4x108 pcd I believe) A bit big, mind..
Beat me to it by seconds
i never did ask you if you liked my car when you had a go that afternoon
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linkey no workey
Have to say I do not think the mileage is that high on this car 2 of my saabs have had more on the clock than this one was on 385,000 when I got rid
of it and that was the same wngine as this.
May have to look at it for my project
All SAABs are front wheel drive, but it's the transverse engined ones that are useful for conversions unless you want to use the gearbox under
engine set up from the classic 900 & 99.
The later ones with the GM floorpan means it'll bolt right into all sort of other GM stuff, like the mk3 Astra we have that has the 9-3 engine,
box & running gear in now.
Our doner was a smashed 9-3 with 63k on the clock, £270.
£300 does in that respect seem expensive for a lot higher mileage but really it's a £300 car you drive & have a good play about with to make
sure you're happy with the engine, sell what you can & weigh the rest in to recover a bit back. So you'd be looking at an easy 200bhp
engine for under £200, how cheap could anyone ask for?!
Everything can always be cheaper. I'm a tight git if someone gave me something for nothing I would still try and haggle for more of a discount
Fair play, as an agric engineer & farmer's son I've seen this in practice!
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Originally posted by contaminated
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Originally posted by PSpirine
Bolts up to a R28 Omega gearbox I believe for RWD application
I was so tempted to buy that thing but restrained myself.
Also, those wheels would make an awesome retro locost! (4x108 pcd I believe) A bit big, mind..
Beat me to it by seconds
wanna turbo the tiger dan?
i think before you go down the turbo road you should fit throttle bodies and a proper ecu. that will drag you in to the modern world.
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i think before you go down the turbo road you should fit throttle bodies and a proper ecu. that will drag you in to the modern world.
back in the 1800's i suppose 45's were the coolest things on the block