unexpected expensive X-mas present that I had to pay for! Dropped in '91 turbo engine complete with turbo with 82K miles (cost: $1100.00 incl ship). Rebuilt tranny with pinion upgrade, rebuilt power steering rack and put in '91 engine for (cost of: $3900.00). Car is a lot quieter now and tranny is very smooth. Have a lot more power now but I'm being gentle until tranny break in. At 185hp and I think I want more. My wife said no more money on Saab for a while. I told her the engine and tranny will last 20 years if I take good care of them so the cost will balance out over time. A good trick my mech told me about rev gear is when you feel some resistance going into rev just let out the clutch slowly until it is pulled into rev. This will avoid the dreaded thump and possible chip going through pinion. Decided to go for Mobil 1 10w30 and Honda MTL for tranny to reduce costs. This '91 block has a lot of room around the oil filter as compared to my '88 block so that is nice. We had to machine my tranny case a bit to make room for the bigger pinion. It appears the tranny case on my '88 was a non-turbo tranny but it worked out fine and I still have my drain plug. Now I just need to install the Indiglo guages and replace a broken fog lamp and I will be done for a while. I hope to get the hoodscoop hooked up this summer.

Happy holidays to all you Saabers.

Best, KB.

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• The disease continues! Just sank 5K into Saab for, KB88900T, Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:46:00 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Please tell more about the hoodscoop..., Chaz, Wed, 25 Dec 2002 17:06:19
    • You can see pics of mine under "and the other one" and, KB88900T, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 01:14:58
      • Search you suggested comes up empty. Please help n/m, Chaz, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 01:32:30
        • This should get you there., KB88900T, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 01:44:06
          • Cool, but...., Chaz, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:40:35
            • I don't have the seat and tubing hooked up yet., KB88900T, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:44:12
              • Thanx KB. I wish you well...n/m, Chaz, Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:30:52

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