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I get the feeling that I'm certainly late to the dance with my recent discovery, but I'd bet there are still quite a few c900 SAABers like me. I've been driving the 900s for approximately 20 years now, (I currently own 6) Fell in love with the breed like we all did and never looked back. Liked their style, quirkiness, and utilitarian abilities. I'm an autobody tech by trade, so I've always placed much of my maintenance of my SAABs on the aesthetics because it was my strong area, and the cars always seemed bulletproof under the hood anyway. I always liked going fast, and I thought a stock 900 with a 5 speed and a turbo moved along at a satisfactory clip, then.... A few years back I bought a '93 9000 Aero/5 speed car. I bought it because it has a SAAB badge on the hood, knowing nothing about the 9000 format. I quickly realized that although they can be finicky cars, they accelerate at warp speed. Suddenly my beloved 900s showed me that they were lacking in this ability when compared to their "big brother" the 9000. I just resigned myself to that seemingly undisputable fact. This brings me to yesterday's discovery....
About four years ago I saw an ad on the auction site where a guy had totaled his 900 and had saved the APC from it that was tweaked by Swedish Dynamics. Ad said his girlfriend had bought it for him for Christmas or something and before the car went to the junkyard, he took the box back out. I bought it for $60 bucks and put it in my pile of SAAB parts I have and figured I'd put it in one of my SAABs sooner or later. I always somehow thought I needed to "update" my injectors and my FPR to coincide with the hot APC install, so I procrastinated on ever putting it in my car. Well, it was explained to me this week by somebody in the SAAB "hobby" that I could just "plug and play" with the SD box....so I did... WHOOO HOOO!! I put it in my '90 SPG yesterday and went for a ride wondering just what I'd notice different, if anything. The car now accelerates in a very similar way to the 9000. It accelerates VERY quickly in ALL gears and really makes my car exciting to drive again in a way that it NEVER did before! I can't believe I waited SO long to stick this box in one of my cars. I'm not trying to steer sales to it's manufacturer/tuner, but this box is a game changer! I'm sure many of you have found these wonderful toys many moons ago, but for this SAAB owner, I am SO glad I finally plugged it in. I discovered that, once again, SAAB 900s have the ability to put a smile on my face like no other car I've ever met....Cheers, Bob PS: Yes, I do have a spare 5 speed in the garage..I do know the potential for internal destruction.... :)
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