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Depends....
Posted by mike saun [Email] (more from mike saun) on Fri, 27 Feb 2004 06:28:41
In Reply to: From LPT to FPT. How difficult is it?, Street, Fri, 27 Feb 2004 05:24:08
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Hi Street...the conversion is a bit more involved with the 9-3. That year, they came in three flavors: the 185-hp, the 205 hp SE and the Viggen. You'd know if you had a Viggen ;) so if it's an SE, you already have a high output turbo...
You already have an intercooler, but it's probably the one with inlet and outlet on one side. This arrangement forces the air to take a longer, ineffecient path into the engine. You'll need to think about sourcing a flow-through "Viggen" type intercooler from a junker or a site sponsor. Nick Taliaferro at Genuinesaab.com sells them for about $200, with hoses extra...The unit bolts on in the same place as the old intercooler, but you'll have to buy the hoses ($$$, easy swap) or fabricate replacements with equivalent sized hoses and aluminum tubing ($, big time investment)
The tough part might be the turbo itself. According to this site's tech specs for that model year, you may have the TD04HL 15T that was standard on the 99-02 Viggen and the 00-02 9-3 SE. Do a little dance of joy. (I might be wrong, so you should look at the turbo housing to make sure.)
If you have the smaller Garrett unit, you can still do some ECU tinkering but you won't get the Ooomph of the bigger Mitsu turbo. You can upgrade the turbo for about $700 for new, $400 used. I think the oil and water lines are the same, but again, check...
If this is the SE, you can look at several mods to get as much as 230 whp from this car...
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