Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 23:04:20 GMT From: "Hatchback" <hatchback299nospamottabekidding.com> Subject: Re: Adding a Turbo to a 1993 Saab 900 S Convertible
Forget it, the cost is more than the car is worth. And yes, you need low compression heads. You need all new electronics - main computer, APC, harness etc, etc etc. the list is as ling as my arm. I checked into it for my 9K, not worth the trouble. Want a few more cheap horsepower, .....lean on the throttlr a little harder... case closed. "James" <saabnospaml.net> wrote in message news:d7939027.0405061247.18d55c00nospaming.google.com... > Soon after buying this 1993 Saab convertible, 5-speed, 2.1L 16 valve > with about 116,000 miles (an infant compared to some of the cars I > have been reading about in this group) I brought it to my mechanic to > have him look it over. While handing off the keys, I tell him he was > right and I did find it slow, compared the the 1994 900 S, 5-speed, > 2.3L that I had been driving. He immediately chimes in and notes that > he could add a Turbo to this my newly acquired convertible. Since then > I have been thinking about his way more often that I should be. So > what I am looking for is some idea as too what I could expect if I > went ahead with this. I believe that the Turbo models have a different > transmission and exhaust, so I am curious if I just add the Turbo, > Inter-cooler, plumbing and needed electronics if I am going to find > myself with a substantially faster car, and if I am going to run into > any problems because it wasn't stock? Also what else is there that I > haven't thought of? > > Thanks in advance. > -James
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