[sirbow2]

And we're onto the rear quarter panel damage....

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[turbojohnny]

Looking forward to seeing the two panels bonded together. Nice work so far.

 

[sirbow2]

Yeah me too...! I would've pulled the entire quarter panel from the junk car but the junkyard had it in front of the crusher and told me to get what I wanted asap. So I rushed and used a cutoff wheel but the Saab is still in the yard to this day... I don't like that place much....

But yeah it's just been lots of guess and check to get it right.

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[sirbow2]

Yeah me too...! I would've pulled the entire quarter panel from the junk car but the junkyard had it in front of the crusher and told me to get what I wanted asap. So I rushed and used a cutoff wheel but the Saab is still in the yard to this day... I don't like that place much....

But yeah it's just been lots of guess and check to get it right.

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Crap, that was three weeks ago.... oh well. I finally got the replacement section tacked in place and then promptly ran out of shielding gas because I didn't get any the week before....

Im pretty happy with the fitment, though ill need to round out the tail light holes a bit so it can be slid to the left.

As for the rest of the build, I've had some unexpected funding so I have wossners, abbott forged rods and some other goodies coming!

 

[sirbow2]

Time for an update....

So far I've collected the turbos (stock td04hl-15T and a Holset HX35 7 blade), rebuild kits for them, and wossner pistons. The forged rods are coming once Abbott Saab gets them back in stock.

As for actual work, the quarter panel repair is done and so I moved onto sandblasting the underbody. There was some rust where the subframe mounts to the frame rails that I found earlier but didn't think was a big deal....turns out I had to make some more patches.

 

[turbojohnny]

I have to admit that I've mostly just looked through the pictures of your project.

Two turbos? What's going on with that?

 

[sirbow2]

Isn't that what we all do?

Compound turbo charging. I considered quite a few forced induction methods to obtain the power I wanted while maintaining power in the lower rpm range. Exhaust flows through the small turbo and then the large turbo with a external wastegate on each. Air is compressed by the larger turbo before being fed to the smaller turbo. This setup is essentially like running the single smaller turbo with a higher atmospheric pressure (28psia instead of 14.7 psia for ex).

Also, most importantly, the setup is quite easy to implement... The large turbo is controlled by itself with a manual boost controller and the ECU controls the smaller turbo (or another manual controller, I dunno how the trionic pressure sensor and boost controller will like ~40 lbs of boost).

These setups were originally found on diesels but i found all the gasoline related info from the guys over at dsmtuners.

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[turbojohnny]

I am familiar with the compound turbos. Like you said they're very popular on diesel trucks. I have even seen Triple turbos on a few.

I just haven't ever seen anyone attempt this on a Saab. I will definitely stay tuned (and maybe do a little more reading)

 

[Nocturne]

I am familiar with the compound turbos. Like you said they're very popular on diesel trucks. I have even seen Triple turbos on a few.

I just haven't ever seen anyone attempt this on a Saab. I will definitely stay tuned (and maybe do a little more reading)

My guess is that there will definitely need to be a completely custom tune done to take advantage of that. I don't think Trionic will like it one bit. I guess we'll see!

 

[sirbow2]

Custom tune for sure!

One guy has done it as far as I know but it was on a 900 and I haven't been able to get in contact with him. Check out these links:
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/new-member-introductions-42/because-saab-wasnt-weird-enough-120862/

http://www.dsmtuners.com/threads/new-guy-looking-for-compound-turbo-information.430366/

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[twilson]

Nice work, good luck!

 

[sirbow2]

Well, I was chasing around electrical gremlins in my daily the past few days, but that doesn't mean it was ok to slack off on the Saab the past week! The Corolla had a bad ground point so something was grounding through the light module/lights .... that killed the module and made the engine buck when using turn signals... quite the experience.


Look what came in the mail

$550 for the set!

Today after work I finished preparing the back half of the underbody for blasting. I still need to mask off the trunk and blast some rust and the inner side of the wheel well patch welds. I might as well have it all ready to paint at once.

Once it's blasted, I can weld the patches in for the rear subframe mounts.

After that it'll be time to clean everything and paint... finally... but really it's my own fault for not working on it haha

Oh, also, you can see that I rolled (aka beat nicely with a hammer) the rear fenders and trimmed the lip back to the spot welds. It looks completely normal form the outside. I'm planning on stock wheels for now but ya never know for the future so the space will be nice. The rubber undercoating will replace the rear fender liners (and that stupid wheel well lip trim piece). Not sure about the fronts yet.

 

[turbojohnny]

So technically, You're doing a Frame-off restoration on this thing.

 

[unclemiltie]

yea pretty much looks like it

 

[toxicavenger]

So technically, You're doing a Frame-off restoration on this thing.

Definitely.

 

[sirbow2]

What ever you guys wanna call it! haha. It started with a simple rust repair that ran away from me when I found more.

Just been sandblasting the past two days:

Still got a bit to go...

 

[damontl1235]

Yeah... projects can get away. Especially if you are detail oriented. Love to see these Saab's getting some TLC....;ol;

 

[ajakejyt]

Wow, what a great build. Kudos to you! Heck of a lot better than expanding foam and bondo to fix rust (was horrified to see a YouTuber do that) and fake chrome side vents for speed ;ol;

 

[sirbow2]

Wow, what a great build. Kudos to you! Heck of a lot better than expanding foam and bondo to fix rust (was horrified to see a YouTuber do that) and fake chrome side vents for speed ;ol;

Thanks guys! the support is much needed, haha.

Yeah, that's terrible. It really needs to be cut out, cleaned and patched to be a proper repair. But really depends on how much you care and what you're doing with the car.... My daily has iron cancer all over the rear fenders but the PO hit a deer so the car is already junk.


Also, sandblasting is done for the underside/trunk area so I've begun working on removing all the blasting media and cleaning the metal for paint !!!

 

[damontl1235]

That all sounds great. Can't wait to see it!Metal work is an art and a skill, and I could not do what you are able to do with metal. I once repaired the fenders on a 77 ford truck I had with rivets and silicon, and then painted the truck with a paint brush. :lol: It didn't look half bad for a work truck... Better than the rusty, jagged edges.... :cheesy:

Maybe I will look for an old picture and post it for you to see..... only if you promise to get a good laugh though......:lol:

The guys I worked with started saying...."you know you are a ******* if you paint your truck with a paint brush..."

I did use what I thought was the best of the best of the kinds of materials that I did use however.....:cheesy:

Glad to see you using your talent to repair your Saab!