Sounds like a good idea, I just wish the car was a little prettier

 

Good luck!



Compared to some of the VW's I have to suffer around here, that's hot.

 

That's going to be a PIA project lol but will be cool once it's finished. What are you going to do for a transmission?

 

we would like to be able to use the vw trans but may have to just run
the saab trans with shortned linkage

 

Do it!

 

Sounds like a PITA, but almost certainly cheaper than say...a VR6 turbo swap, or a 1.8t swap. Then again, making the transmission stuff work could be quite a costly enterprise.

 

Getting a transmission to work is definately gonna be a headache. The main plan was to use a mk4 tranny, which is wayyy stronger than a saab tranny but getting it to mount up properly is gonna be something we're gonna have to figure out down the road. The car should be awesome with the motor and a stage 2 tune because power to weight ratio will be much higher than a saab and not to mention how much better vw's chassis and suspension designs are.

 

Getting a transmission to work is definately gonna be a headache. The main plan was to use a mk4 tranny, which is wayyy stronger than a saab tranny but getting it to mount up properly is gonna be something we're gonna have to figure out down the road. The car should be awesome with the motor and a stage 2 tune because power to weight ratio will be much higher than a saab and not to mention how much better vw's chassis and suspension designs are.

All I can think about is the car on 3 wheels as it does it's golf characteristic turn where it cocks that rear wheel up. :lol:

 

especially when the car is slammed to the ground dragging control arms

 

lol, well it probably doesn't cock the wheel up under those circumstances, but it's amusing everytime I have seen a golf autox... They handle great, but seeing that rear wheel come up makes me giggle everytime.

 

That's sick, dropped. the bmx bike is almost taller.
I love that primer or dark flat color.

Good luck with the swap.

 

That would be pretty sweet

 

sound like it could be fun but with so much work, why not just turbo the vr6?

 

turboing a vr cost about 3400 to be able to run 6psi
and its only 220 hp or so

 

umm, that engine should make 180HP anyway,
turbo Vrs are alot meaner then 220hp i promise that...

That being said F^&* VW

 

I'll be impressed if you are:
a) able to make this happen
b) for less than the cost of turboing the existing motor.

Good luck though - would be a cool project!

 

Sounds like a good project, would be good to use the r32 tanny and transfer box and go 4x4, now that would be good

 

In that case why would a person not go with the R32 motor as well?

 

anytime you deal with a r32 swap it ends up being very expensive

 

Saabs can pick up the inside rear wheel on an autox course, too. Just for the record

Sounds like a cool project. I dig bedliner, but those wheels... not so much.

 

They do in RallyX too...FYI.

That car would also do the same going into corners under heavy braking on a road course.

 

i approve! please post progress!!!!

id love to see it happen

 

/threadjack

x2 on progress!

 

have you done any measuring or anything serious yet? or is it just talk at this point?

 

http://www.isuzone.org/forums/showthread.php?p=130390#post130390

FWD engine swaps look like a PITA.....

i think it would be way easier to put a b234 in an S10 or mustang....

 

^^^ that was me on mikes account because he cant log out!

do you really want your engine bay to look like that? check out the motor mount

 

^^^ that was me on mikes account because he cant log out!

do you really want your engine bay to look like that? check out the motor mount

Thats a scary looking conversion! the bracket in the pictures just a stabilzer...i'm scared to think what the proper engine mounts/brackets look like

 

It could look like this one if done properly Granted, a VW and an Opel are nothing alike... but neither is a Storm.

 

It could look like this one if done properly Granted, a VW and an Opel are nothing alike... but neither is a Storm.

I like this converison (as im doing it myself) buts this one nordic done abit ghetto(imo), They've cut the front end of that GM opel corsa off and welded on a saab GM900 front end and modded/extrended the corsa's bonnet and wings to fit. dunno if you'd get away with that in the real world..? dont matter for this car as its only a drag beasts by the looks of it..

looks good though

 

the reason we even thought bout this is because hes pulling the motor anyway to
do a bayshave and wire tuck. he was telling me that we could set up the ecu so that its running like a stand alone set up. the real problem is mating the trans to the motor.
it is doable just have to take our time.

 

indeed Mating the trans is doable but not easy, as an alternative in the UK we use F23's & F28 (which i run) gearboxes in our vauxhalls which are much much stronger than saab boxes and bolt straight up to the saab motor and use the standard saab clutch, You should find these gearboxes in the 2.2 supercharge cobalts...

& with this option the only thing that'll need to be custom are the mounts and drive shafts which are a peace of piss in comparision to mating the vw box to saab engine.

just my 2p

 

a cobalt tranny sounds like a good idea i might have to track one down soon

 

VR6 - Turbo. worked motor and big turbo. tons of fun

 

haha ya I saw mike's plate funny cause I thought that the plate he had would be thick enough oh well I guess if I go with the cobalt tranny I won't have to go down that route.