Hi guys,
It's been a while since I've put a readers rides thread up, or even updated one, so thought I'd stick one up for the daily.
I brought/did a deal for this in January '16 from a member on here. I was in need of an estate for work purposes and I love Saabs.
It was a lovely runner and had just had a new turbo installed by the previous owner. Going from an early 1.6 zetec Focus to this was a major jump in power which was great... for a few weeks. More power was needed!
I have the Saab a check over for the sludgy sump which is a problem for these engines. This was all in good condition, thankfully! To make sure I wouldn't have the problem I treated the Saab to an uprated PCV kit to eradicate future problems, new oil filter and genuine Saab oil. With this done I booked myself in with Noobtune, aka. Karl on the UKSaab forum for a remap
Karl worked his magic on the Saab and it completely changed the 150bhp standard engine upto the current 225bhp! Was a lot of fun coming back on the M42!
To make sure everything was in order I changed all the hoses to silicone ones and added a boost gauge to the grille for the centre speaker on the dashtop.
The performance didn't last long however... This was traced back to a dodgy DI cassette, so a new one was ordered with the correct sparkplugs. Performance was back
Next was the Autogauge boost gauge. I didn't realise when ordering that there was a problem with cheap materials in Autogauge's which meant the needle would drop. That was fixed by the classic TIM gauge.
During the summer we took a trip upto Loch Lomond via. Windermere. We had a great time in Windermere but as we were heading north on a country lane I hit a pothole just over the brow of a hill and it wiped out the front and rear drivers side tyres ripping them half way around
Que a call to the AA to come and help with a low jack and a spare space saver. We limped to a near by garage and I had a set of four decent tyres put on as the current ones were all the same ages and weren't looking so clever.
As the months went on, I noticed the power was lacking more and more as the weeks went on. I checked the silicone pipes, no problems there. DI cassette was still okay. Tried a few other things and the last thing I could think of was the blow off valve. Sometimes oil from a knackered turbo can be pulled through and gum up the BOV. Changed it out for a billet MapTun performance one to no avail It's driving me mad as I want to start heading towards a stage three setup for the car but I want to get this problem nailed first. Since I'm coming up to MOT time I thought I'd get the oil changed, a new RamAir cone filter fitted (the original box was removed and a cone added) and the fuel filter changed.
MOT came back as after the handbrake was adjusted and new sidelight bulbs were added But, the performance was better than ever!!! It was a combination of the air filter being covered in curse word and of dodgy quality and the fuel filter being the original with 135k on the clock.
The car was treated to some new pressed metal numberplates and some surrounds as I was rather happy now.
It's the wrong time of year to be adding the performance parts in my opinion at the minute as in the slightest bit of damp it'll wheelspin upto fourth, so I've started getting the parts together. So far I've got some Aero 'red' injectors to change out the 'green' airated injectors currently fitted and I've got an Aero turbo recently from Compass on here with all of the lines and parts needed
Next on the list was a do80 intercooler kit and a 3" downpipe. But a new problem as arisen that the clutch has started slipping when the turbo kicks in when you are spiritedly driving I guess it would need doing at some point anyway... so that's coming very soon.
It's been a while since I've put a readers rides thread up, or even updated one, so thought I'd stick one up for the daily.
I brought/did a deal for this in January '16 from a member on here. I was in need of an estate for work purposes and I love Saabs.
It was a lovely runner and had just had a new turbo installed by the previous owner. Going from an early 1.6 zetec Focus to this was a major jump in power which was great... for a few weeks. More power was needed!
I have the Saab a check over for the sludgy sump which is a problem for these engines. This was all in good condition, thankfully! To make sure I wouldn't have the problem I treated the Saab to an uprated PCV kit to eradicate future problems, new oil filter and genuine Saab oil. With this done I booked myself in with Noobtune, aka. Karl on the UKSaab forum for a remap
Karl worked his magic on the Saab and it completely changed the 150bhp standard engine upto the current 225bhp! Was a lot of fun coming back on the M42!
To make sure everything was in order I changed all the hoses to silicone ones and added a boost gauge to the grille for the centre speaker on the dashtop.
The performance didn't last long however... This was traced back to a dodgy DI cassette, so a new one was ordered with the correct sparkplugs. Performance was back
Next was the Autogauge boost gauge. I didn't realise when ordering that there was a problem with cheap materials in Autogauge's which meant the needle would drop. That was fixed by the classic TIM gauge.
During the summer we took a trip upto Loch Lomond via. Windermere. We had a great time in Windermere but as we were heading north on a country lane I hit a pothole just over the brow of a hill and it wiped out the front and rear drivers side tyres ripping them half way around
Que a call to the AA to come and help with a low jack and a spare space saver. We limped to a near by garage and I had a set of four decent tyres put on as the current ones were all the same ages and weren't looking so clever.As the months went on, I noticed the power was lacking more and more as the weeks went on. I checked the silicone pipes, no problems there. DI cassette was still okay. Tried a few other things and the last thing I could think of was the blow off valve. Sometimes oil from a knackered turbo can be pulled through and gum up the BOV. Changed it out for a billet MapTun performance one to no avail
It's driving me mad as I want to start heading towards a stage three setup for the car but I want to get this problem nailed first. Since I'm coming up to MOT time I thought I'd get the oil changed, a new RamAir cone filter fitted (the original box was removed and a cone added) and the fuel filter changed.MOT came back as after the handbrake was adjusted and new sidelight bulbs were added
But, the performance was better than ever!!! It was a combination of the air filter being covered in curse word and of dodgy quality and the fuel filter being the original with 135k on the clock.The car was treated to some new pressed metal numberplates and some surrounds as I was rather happy now.
It's the wrong time of year to be adding the performance parts in my opinion at the minute as in the slightest bit of damp it'll wheelspin upto fourth, so I've started getting the parts together. So far I've got some Aero 'red' injectors to change out the 'green' airated injectors currently fitted and I've got an Aero turbo recently from Compass on here with all of the lines and parts needed
Next on the list was a do80 intercooler kit and a 3" downpipe. But a new problem as arisen that the clutch has started slipping when the turbo kicks in when you are spiritedly driving
I guess it would need doing at some point anyway... so that's coming very soon. 
