Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:34:25 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Saab 900 Intercooler Questions
in article C0D09BF8.3E46%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk, Paul Halliday at pjghnospamyonder.co.uk wrote on 04/07/2006 22:28: >> in article DBAqg.92959$mF2.20646nospamsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, Jeremy >> at jerem43nospamnet wrote on 04/07/2006 21:56: >> 1c. Any thoughts about keeping it in the stock location verses putting >> a larger one below the bumper, behind the air dam? I know this would be >> an expensive option. > > Unless you have the Airflow/Carlsson bumper skins, you'll almost certainly > have to remove/cut the lower airdam or grind off the towing lugs if you go > for a FMIC. Volvo 760 or SAAB 9000 intercoolers seem popular, but they are > not very efficient. Going for a FMIC will certainly involve custom pipe work > and perhaps "clocking" the turbocharger. > > One of the cleanest installations I've seen is by Aussie Alex Reid: > <http://www.nospam/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1448> Take a look at F900! <http://www.nospam/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=475> Matt (who now tunes Nobles and other exotica) sold the car to Si about a year ago. Si managed to crash the car again, but it's re-built and coming back up to scratch. The cooler is from a Lotus. It seems to fit with minimal upset, leaving the area where the stock intercooler is free for moving, say, the battery making room for a shallow exhaust elbow. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
