Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:08:26 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: 99 or 900T header pipe?
in article 2u7kk0F25jkc1U1nospamberlin.de, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net wrote on 26/10/2004 19:50: > Question about exhaust systems for the 99 Turbo. The header pipe is > ... cheesy. As in Swiss. Talked to the Saab dealer, and the header > pipe for '78 to '80 has been discontinued. The catalytic converter > on this car has a 45 degree bend on the front of it, which seems to be > the problem. > > So, the question is this - can I use the header pipe for a later 900, > like 1981 and forward, with a cat from same? I do have the cat from my > '88 and the flanges look the same. Everything from the cat back is > new, MotorSports Service exhaust (which was in the trunk). > > Can I put a '81-ish exhaust system on an older Turbo car? ... Not sure about cats Dave - we don't have to have them here in the UK until a car is as new as a 1993 model! Any older than that and we whip them off in a flash, replaced with straight pipe :) Are you taking about what I would call a downpipe? The pipe from the turbo that drops down under the car to meet the catalytic converter? IIRC, the 99T exhaust manifold meets the charge pressure regulator (which the turbo exhaust side also meets) and the exhaust drops off underneath. I'd be very surprised if a downpipe off a 900 would fit - the turbos were different (no charge pressure regulator, sadly) and the downpipe came out sideways and then dropped down. It is possible that if you took the exhaust manifold, turbo and downpipe off a H type, it'd all fit together. You'd lose that nice walrus sneezing sound though :) Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
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