Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 04:26:40 GMT From: "SHAW News" <abdallahjamalnopsamAMnopsam.ca> Subject: Re: I sooo love my saab..
which is why i still scoot around on the west coast of our fair country in my body-damaged 87 9000T, still looking for a decent replacement before i take ICBC's write-off offer. i looked into the possibility of exchanging engines into the non-turbo model my wife drives - i was quoted around $1500 for the engine swap and another few hundred to change the exhaust system. grrr - can't justify the cost. so i'm still looking seen an 89 9000CD for around 3750, but the owner admits to letting it go because she couldn't see herself affording all the work that would have to be done to it in the near future. abdallah "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> wrote in message news:3E4FE97E.CBA6C5E8nopsamlamelame.org... : Salutations: : : Well - actually perfect annually rust 1992 proofed body and suspension ( : metal green green) 5 door, no interior leaks and all rubber hoses and : gaskets great - air conditioning/ACC still working - tremendously clean tan : leather interior.. Good turbo, 90k rebuilt 2.3.. Some weirdness with window : switches and cruise.. Windscreen cracked, tranny/diff destroyed (drove it : around without ATF fluid for a week) cast turbo header cracked.. : : I have slightly, but fatally rusty 1989 2000T cd 2.0 with rotting interior, : sun baked rubber parts and paint, worn suspension and interior leaks every : where with associated carpet, rot and dash electrical pwobs - but with a : very strong non-DI 2.0T, aluminum header with good auto tranny and : evidently great bumpers.. : : Sohoho - I was thinking about dropping in 2.0T power train : (engine/tanny/ignition) for a while, crating the 2.3. Then shopping/waiting : around good 5 speed tranny parts car to turn up.. Await the demise of the : 2.0 in a couple of years and swap the 2.3 (by then cleaned up, perhaps : ported and balanced) and 5 speed back in.. : : Basically, I should be able to keep the a faithfully rust proofed 1992 body : on the road for about 10 years.. : : None of which would make any sense - save that I might be able to buy the : 1992 for $500 (canadian - like $250 US).. : : My wrench master figures about $1000 (again Canadian) to do the first : engine swap.. : : No money has changed hands (the original owner is still kind of in denial) : - but I think it's not a bad plan if I can disconnect the TCS and change : over the 1989 steering wheel.. Heck, I can even use the new rotors and : fresh rear springs from the 1989 CD as well as pretty much all the interior : electrical and front arm rest (which (I like) from the 1989.. : : Please, pass along any thoughts you (or anyone else) has on the plan - : seems reasonable enough to me and I like the older 9000 line a great deal : (like - I could pretty happily drive them pretty much till they bury me).. : : -- : : J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ : all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads : no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time : : Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day : Dave Mason - Only You Know and I Know : http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/126.RAM : : UserKl2895 wrote: : > : > 92 saab 9000?? from what i remember that's a transition year and best : > avoided.. : > : > go for a 91 with the new 2.3 L engine, : > : > or a 93on with tha new everything : > : > Roger
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