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mikepl · #1 03-30-2009, 09:17 PM

I just bought a 95 9000 aero 5-speed. (my first saab ever, i know nothing about them)
The car has 120k miles on it and is in not the best condition. I just bought a rebulid turbo because the original one was leaking oil into the motor.
There are alot of things that I will have to take care of to make it both RUN and LOOK good.

There are alot of parts missing and some are broken.
- No muffler or rezonator (i'm thinkin about doing a magnaflow cutback)
- Headlight whipers are missing the whole blades
-Front bumper is cracked in 2 places (i have to find a used one)
-The interior isnt that bad ( it hink i can manage to get everything in place and restore what i can)
- Rear bumper is broken on the left side and is missing a piece of molding (have to find a used one)
-All new fluids and oils needed (my mechanic will take care of that)
-The paint is not on the best condition (alot of scratches some rusthing already, i will most definetly take care of that)

Does any one know where i can get preformance parts like:
-chip (will i need a bigger fuel pump and injectors?)
-diverter valve
-light weight pulyes
-lught weight fly wheel + maybe a stage clutch
-sport or race springs+ shocks OR coilovers
-short shifter
-intercooler

In addition maybe some clear or smoked blinker lights or some aftermarket headlights? Also some wide 17" wheels, something staggered...(17x8 17x9) I don't even know how many luggs the wheels have. Whats the lug pattern and the center bore of the wheels?

Roto · #2 03-31-2009, 08:47 AM

For performance parts go to www.genuinesaab.com, just don't buy the reflashed ECU just yet because you can tune it yourself. Do you still have the bad turbo? You can send it to turbochargers.com and they rebuild them reasonable cheap. You will than either have a good spare or something you can sell... pretty much everything you listed you will find at GS except for pulleys, I don't think those are made for these cars. Why would you want staggered wheels on a FWD? It's more trouble than it's worth if you asked me.

boostpowered · #3 03-31-2009, 09:57 AM

are you shure the turbo is blown and its not just blowby from the valve cover

mikepl · #4 04-01-2009, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Roto

For performance parts go to www.genuinesaab.com, just don't buy the reflashed ECU just yet because you can tune it yourself. Do you still have the bad turbo? You can send it to turbochargers.com and they rebuild them reasonable cheap. You will than either have a good spare or something you can sell... pretty much everything you listed you will find at GS except for pulleys, I don't think those are made for these cars. Why would you want staggered wheels on a FWD? It's more trouble than it's worth if you asked me.

Yes i still have the bad one, thanks for the web site and info.
Regarding the wheels... I wouldn't know about that. All the cars i've screwed around were RWD... could you explain why it would be a problem?

mikepl · #5 04-01-2009, 02:12 AM

Is there anybody here who has a 2.3t with over 300 HP? (stock internals and turbo) I want to know how much power my engine is gonne be able to handle, b4 i blow something. After checking out that website i kind of want the stg3 set up.... but im probably going to go with 2.

Roto · #6 04-01-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mikepl

Yes i still have the bad one, thanks for the web site and info.
Regarding the wheels... I wouldn't know about that. All the cars i've screwed around were RWD... could you explain why it would be a problem?

There's no problem, it's just pointless.

kokerfoker · #7 04-01-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Roto

There's no problem, it's just pointless.

lol... whata you know?

Roto · #8 04-01-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by kokerfoker

lol... whata you know?

just so you know, another insulting post and you're out.

mikepl · #9 04-02-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mikepl

Is there anybody here who has a 2.3t with over 300 HP? (stock internals and turbo) I want to know how much power my engine is gonne be able to handle, b4 i blow something. After checking out that website i kind of want the stg3 set up.... but im probably going to go with 2.

ANY ONE? INFO?

Roto · #10 04-03-2009, 12:11 AM

with stock turbo and internals 300 is possible, but you will want a wideband and an EGT probe. You're maxing out the turbo at that point. You will need intercooler, exhaust, downpipe and a reflash. What's wonderful is that you can reflash the car yourself and tune it based on your wideband which you could pass through the ECU for logging.