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Posted by savvasiliadis (more from savvasiliadis) on Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:04:53
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

I am calling from europe, greece.My name is Savvas. I am 
a SAABNET  member. I have an old photo on MEMBERS GALLERY. I sent
on the past many of my family SAAB Maniacs pictures. Mine project is 
a 900 Turbo NoAPC 8valve 1981-82 model which was in an awful 
condition.It all started when my twin brother was getting married and 
the night before he felt with a 900 GL 1979-80model carburator  of a 
bridge and with the roof of the car.He was with his -not yet- wife 
and a small girl.The height was 5 meters.They didn't heart a bit.That 
dame car has a roll cage, roll bar, it's a miracle.From that moment i 
forgot the Honda,nissan,bmw,audi, and other transpotation vehicles.I 
love my life, my family, so we all drive saabs, used ones but well 
maintained. I don't care now for  Kilometers per liter, 0-100kmh 
time, and other. I know i have more possibilities to be alive after a 
big accident, cause of this old fashioned, 900. Now my family has :
     Savvas :900 Turbo NoAPC 8valve 1981-82 5dr  Green color
     Makis: 900 TurboAPC 16valve 1985-86 SPG wheels 5dr gray color
     Father:9000 Turbo APC 1988 model, dark blue
     Whole Car parts: 900 GL   1979-80 green color
    Whole Car parts:900 GLi   1984-85 white color
  I am a god damn maniac.
   The reason i wrote you is about a technical matter i don't know. 
Mine  900 Turbo NoAPC 8valve 1981-82 5dr  is in mine opinion 
perfectly restored and power tuned. It has:
8valve low compression 7.2:1  turbo
350.000 km
New cylinderhead which was the same from the 900GLi 1984-85 with 
hardened seats.
New Turbo the old one GARETT T3 brake on the  exhaust propeller.The 
new one is MITSUBISHI TE-05 with bigger aircoming from 40 mm to 45 
mm. Also new exhaust manifold because the old one broke to many 
little points.
The exhaust pipes are new 60mm diameter all the way down and the rear 
muffler has changed with a hand made free-flow which is positioned as 
in 16valve engines.
The K-jetronic or CIS bosch, needed new injector, good from 
6cylinders like, fuel distributor, tuned fuel pressure regulator.
Turbo pressure bleed valve regulator has been put in the radio 
console, to adjust the pressure which is a little bit before the red 
line.
Battery on the trunk because of the intercooler.
New intercooler from Renault 5 GT turbo modified,placed instead of 
the battery with heat protection and big computer fan,and 63 mm all 
the way turbine collars.
New front and rear engine seals.
New 5-speed transmission from the 900 GLi  1984-95 model.
new wheel mounts.
 
If you had drive this car when i took it with everything broken, no 
transmission, no brakes,noisy hubs, old TRX wheels, and many many 
problems you would believe it is the same car.
Now, i am proud to say that mine 8valve noAPC turbo is faster than my 
brothers 900 16valve turbo 85-86 . we had many time to take that 
message on the freeway , even from stopped or from running.
 
The only serius problem i have is that i have put  VDO gauges for 
Volt,Oil pressure,Oil temp.
For the VDO oil pressure metering unit which is mounted near the 
water expansion tank  and is connected with small tube with the 
engine oil filter mount, it has also the warning pressure light on 
it. The oil when the engine start ups has to do about one meter on 
this tube to make this light off.
THE PROBLEM: when my car has been sitting for more than 1 day, i 
start up, and with 1000rpm the pressure red warning light is on, and 
VDO pressure has no reading,it may take  20 sec or even 1 minute 
to go off and VDO reading  5 bar (or psi). When he engine is sitting 
for 3-6 hours it starts and the light goes off immidiately and 
pressure readings 5 and on . Also the pressure never gets lower of 
1.75 even at 800 rpm.
When it is working, it's working perfect, normal pressures, but why 
does it  delay so much for the red oil light to go off ? And why when 
it has stayed off for 1 day and more?
The oil is MOTUL V300 15-w50 competition and Slick-50 every 2nd oilchange.
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