i would like to participate. are there any rules pertaining to the number of ground straps you are required to use?
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More pics of the cossie please. Makes me lament selling my xr4ti 
"It's not how ya stand by yo car, it's how ya race yo car. Better learn dat."
Proof that being a ricer has nothing to do with what you drive. In times like these, I'm reminded of some words of wisdom from my spirit guide, Ja Rule:
"It's not how ya stand by yo car, it's how ya race yo car. Better learn dat."
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That IS badass, no question, and considerably ingenious as well, but I've seen even more ingenuity exhibited in the Saab arena, particularly in the field of what had been touted as "can't be done" swaps, such as a V8 into a C900, and yet:![]()
This thing is way more fun then any autotragic c900. 2.3 or not.
But both the Jeep (pretty damn cool mod BTW, but many a Saab aficionado were already aware of the bestial potential of these engines) and these Saabs are cross-platform modifications, hybrids as it were, that have strayed well out of the field of Saab purity and into the realm of the extreme, prompting one to consider whether it's even a Saab any more (much like the now infamous Saabarus, which were nothing more than Subarus masqueraded as Saabs with a simple rebadging by GM after their takeover of the company).
Now here we have a bunch of industry insiders with their certifications and factory training and tricked out garages and job-specific technical gadgets insisting that only they know what they're doing, that only they can come up with something ingenious, that only they can effectively wrench/modify a Saab and that a 'lowly' (in their opinion anyway) weekend wrenching hobbyist and Saab enthusiast hasn't a clue, nor the ability, to perform something as intrinsically simple as an engine swap from one Saab model to another, saying, even, that it is "impossible".
Well, I'm saying that it is possible and that it has been done! Now surely the self-appointed Saab, ASE certified, 25+ year Master mechanics can do something as simply as this basic engine swap...?
Afterall, it's not like anyone is asking you to cram a V8 into one, now is it?!
It is unfortunate that we are bumping heads over this mod (C900 to 2.3 conversion) as I sense a kindred spirit in you, evident by your '70 Charger 500 & '68 Super Bee (are those scoops "stock" or transplanted from a '71 340 Swinger? I can't recall at the moment), the "wheel stander" you previously mentioned?Has it occured to any one else around here that a 2.3NA c900 can not exist? Sure the crank fits in the block but the throw Crashes into the trans case. Sorry Snigel Puss, Your Full of your self and Shit as well. Got any real cars? Like one with a Turbo maybe? You know what saabs are famous for? How about you race that 200mph NG900 you like to brag about?
These are REAL CARS... With Pictures, I even Have videos around here some where..Of REAL CARS. Like these. Not Imaginary ones.
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You see, I happen to have a few Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler/Mopar myself (I use to roll around town in a '68 Satellite as my daily driver, but some sticky fingered punk arse bitches kept swiping my badges, so I parked it...about due for a complete refurbishment at this point), which is part of the reason why I'm reluctant to post any pics as you might well be able to figure out just who it is that I actually am, if you travel in those circles, which it seems you do.
Why, to prove me wrong of course, to one up me, to expose me as the "poser" you think I am. Come on now, if you've been wrenching on the Mopars I know you've the background/skills to do it, so don't sell yourself short.
Why, for the improved torque of course! That and the accompanying HP. Well, that and to prove that it can be done.
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