Saab

The Aero had its first outing on a rolling road yesterday. It performed well, although apparently there is a misfire at the top-end of the rev range. I don’t really want to splash out on a new DI cassette now so that may wait a few months. It was recommended that I try the BCR8 … Read more

The car is now booked for a rolling road session next week. This should let me know the power, torque, boost and air-fuel ratio throughout the rev-range. This will all be done at Chip Tuning, in Bromsgrove, www.dyno-tuning.com. Results will be posted next week.

Whilst driving home last night I found my headlamps didn’t work properly. The driving lights (which are always on) were fine, and these are close to dipped-beam brightness so it is possible to drive on them. The next switch setting is sidelights, and this worked fine. The final setting is dipped-beam and this didn’t work … Read more

To confirm the power output of my Speedparts Stg3 I intend to put the car on a rolling road in January. Changing the APC Solenoid valve solved my boost pressure fluctuations (will fill in the details of those later) and the car now produces copious amounts of boost in the middle of the rev band. … Read more

The Saab in action at Goodwood. Saabscene Trackday, 19th May, 2005. A very good time was had by all and the car performed well in somewhat damp conditions

Soon this blog will tell you all you need to know. Assuming you wanted to know all about the life of my exciting Saab 9000 Aero…

More stuff from Elkparts 3 metres of silicone hose (3mm), and a new APC solenoid valve to try to fix boost fluctuation issues.

Today I experienced an interesting problem with my 9000 Aero. It has the Speedparts Stg 3 fitted which gives quite an increase in boost pressure – often off the end of the red section of the gauge. While on a drive today I started to make use of this boost, and the first vigorous acceleration … Read more

More bits from Elkparts “Mr Saab” book on Eric Carlsson. Aluminium Tax Disk holder with “SAAB” engraved on the back. And a t-shirt with a Saab turbo gauge on. Geeky…

Back to WMSS for a service this time. They checked the charging and found it to be ok, guess the slightly lower voltages are fine. Had the front droplink bushes (whatever they are) changed to poly as part of my stiffening policy. Oil, filter and plugs all changed. The adjusting mechanism in the O/S headlamp … Read more