What not to do when you see a rusty old Saab behind ...

[stuart-b]

... and that is assume when you put your foot down, he's going anywhere.



When the brown rust bucket went past with the sound of a Group B rally car, I realised something was amiss...

You see a lot of sleepers over here, but this was by far the best I've seen so far.

[stuart-b]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Haha! Even my slightly frilly Saab 9000 with just its standard 200bhp can embarrass some so called "premium" machinery from time to time!

No kidding. This was an 80's 900 Turbo. Slightly peeved, and highly amused at the same time.

[stuart-b]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Still a few of them around! 9000s are much easier to turn into powerhouses - 400bhp on stock internals - 900s make good power and handle much better but gearbox is a weak link. Great cars!

400...?!

[stuart-b]

Why are these engines not used more in lightweight cars like Caterhams and other specials? Or are they not suitable, as they are FWD layout?

I don't think I've ever seen "Put a SaaB engine in..." thread before, plenty of other engine swaps though.

I have only ever been in a SaaB 95 and it was a crap NA automatic