Bargain turbo shed

[Si_steve]

£155 worth of turbocharged swedish 90's saloon



Head gasket was blown, now fixed. Plan is a FPT ecu, replace standard exhaust and maybe remap. There may be more in the future.

[Another Fluffer]

£155

You should go on bargain hunt

[soad]

Good value!!!

[PaulB81]

Nice find How does it drive?

[Si_steve]

Drives alright, just a couple of knocks from the front that I suspect may be ARB bushes. Pulls well

[wackojacko]

Great cars !

[Jw Vw]

wackojacko said:

Great cars !

£155 that is a bargain!

[Si_steve]

Cheers guys, I think it was more of a luck thing. Right time, right place and all that. Gotta be said for a car that weighs the same as a small country it certainly shifts

[bmthnick1981]

Top shedding! Looking forward to some updates.

[Si_steve]

Heres one, only small albeit.

Just a general clean up really, it cleaned up quite nicely for a car thats done 135k





Headlight wipers removed until I can fix the motors and a PH smiley will hopefully find its way onto the back soon.

[Si_steve]

Wee small update...After we used some of the steel seal stuff to get us from a to b for a while (it held on for 6000 miles which is not bad for a 'snake oil' product)It finally went big time



So decided to do it properly this time



All done now, I'm going to give it a clean and get some pictures up after

[bakerstreet]

£155 is a bargain! If you only have to deal with a head gasket, then thats pretty good going

Sadly, I can see all Saabs taking a big hit in used values unless the company manages to recover and start building cars again

[Si_steve]

Yeah they all seem to be falling in value More cheap turbo saloons on the market though

Anyways, A couple more pics

Cleans up not bad for a car that's seen 140k





And my gauge fitting that seems to have been well received

[The_Burg]

Bargain, makes a T5 seem slightly more expensive. (But more reliable).

[Si_steve]

I'd love a T5, For nothing else but the 5 cylinder noise accompanied by the turbo whoosh etc

[The_Burg]

Si_steve said:

I'd love a T5, For nothing else but the 5 cylinder noise accompanied by the turbo whoosh etc

Oh yes, nods head in Churchill dog style.
Them things shift.
Unfortunately followed by the glug, glug at the pump!
Loved mine but 4 months was enough to spend at 20mpg on a good day.

[Si_steve]

I can get 33mpg combined with the Saab, on the flip side I can make the Instant cosumption bar disappear on full chat

[MGZRod]

Recognise this from TSG, top shedding.

[kwak]

Great VFM. shame about the head gasket, but for just £155, thats just a small thing really.

[Egg Chaser]

I somehow knew it would be a Saab as soon as I read the thread title. Top shedding