Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 22:59:19 +0200 From: Robert Brown <rxobert.bxrownnospampnet.se> Subject: Re: Adding a Turbo to a 1993 Saab 900 S Convertible
James wrote: > Soon after buying this 1993 Saab convertible, 5-speed, 2.1L 16 valve > with about 116,000 miles (an infant compared to some of the cars I > have been reading about in this group) I brought it to my mechanic to > have him look it over. While handing off the keys, I tell him he was > right and I did find it slow, compared the the 1994 900 S, 5-speed, > 2.3L that I had been driving. He immediately chimes in and notes that > he could add a Turbo to this my newly acquired convertible. Since then > I have been thinking about his way more often that I should be. So > what I am looking for is some idea as too what I could expect if I > went ahead with this. I believe that the Turbo models have a different > transmission and exhaust, so I am curious if I just add the Turbo, > Inter-cooler, plumbing and needed electronics if I am going to find > myself with a substantially faster car, and if I am going to run into > any problems because it wasn't stock? Also what else is there that I > haven't thought of? Not so much what *you* didn't think of - it's the idiotic suggestion from your mechanic that's got me squirming. You can't just bolt on a turbo and ancillaries; the compression ratio needs to be lowered substantially too. Did you mechanic mention this or was he just blowing smoke up your arse? Unfortunately I don't know what would happpen if you tried it anyway - maybe someone else here can say . . . In the meantime, be wary of this mechanic. BRgds, Robert
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