Carlsson project...

[Jezzadee]

Very nice. I think the Super Aeros look really good on them. What's wrong with the centre caps? Look fine.

[eric900spg]

that car is gorgeous! I really like the carlson look, and the 16" rims set it off great. looks funny to see the front sit so high without a motor lol!

[craigdeluxe]

just put my 16's on too ejenner, identical to yours. I think its must be really hard to get the colour to match on the plastic caps. Mine have been done in the same paint as the wheels with the same result as yourself.

Ps you really dont want to drop the engine trust me, not telling you how I know though ops:

[cdaly]

We had to buy a new alternator for a customer once...

[ejenner]

This is the oldest thread in the project forum. So how about an update!

Car is still off the road but getting pretty close to finishing now.

The final spec going on to the road will be:

- Respray in original colour with door locks removed and silly vent in front of the wheel
- Engine rebuilt
- Stainless equal length manifold
- Old turbo to begin with, new turbo bought and ready to fit but not from the start
- 16-inch aeros painted in Saab Iridium Blue with pearl clear coat
- 9000 Aero seats
- Undersealed + rust repair = one of the major things stopping the progress of this project in about 2005
- Many new parts
- Aluminum flywheel
- Trionic 5 Engine management
- New Saab Sports springs
- Powerflex polly-bushings
- Reasonably new Koni shocks
- Saab 9000 brakes
- Very basic gearbox rebuild (might not be good enough in the end)
- Steering rack rebuild

For the current project thread you have to go to: http://www.saabsforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=307

At the moment I am rebuilding the steering rack and adapting the lower part of the rear engine mount to clear the exhaust manifold which was made a bit too big by someone who did not have any guidelines to work to.

Most recent picture showing the sort of stage I'm getting to with the rear end completed.




Front end now completely stripped for chassis coating and engine bay paint.












Just reading the begining of this thread and seeing some of the things I found difficult back then really proves to me how much I've learnt since 2004! I can remove a ball-joint from a 900 in about 5 minutes these days. I've also got my own workshop which I didn't have at the begining. So a lot has changed. I've also got 3 more Saabs than I had back then and bought countless others in between.

[milos]

link is broken...

[ejenner]

Changed the links to saabforum.com - the board URL changed today.