Harvey - you are awesome! And I never would have found the power steering leak without you!

 

Why is the engine on a table?

 

It's a wheel cart - he took the engine out because it is going to get block and head work done to make way for 90.5mm Wossners.

 

Fastest auto 9-5 soon?

 

Saabeh - I really don't know. I know that I will be at stage 5, and with the Level 10 work the trans should be in good shape... I'm not running over 500hp like some 9-5s have, but they have mostly been manual trans, eh?

 

How do you like those FSD's?

Level 10 in NJ?

 

FSD are worth every penny.

I've put two sets in customer cars. UN-BE-LIEVABLE (sound it out) As soon as TSL starts paying elders for NOOB bashing and internet based diagnostics I'll have a set in mine.

 

srp - I love the FSDs... soft for the highway ride, but stiffer in the corners when you need it.

and yes, Level 10 in NJ. They have experience with the Volvo AW55, same as the Saab - and they will supply the tables for what I want so I can adjust with the tuner for the ECU update.

 

I've been planning on FSDs and SAS sways for awhile. Thanks for confirming everything I've heard.

Level 10 is right around the corner from me. I had one of their level 2 transmissions in my 86 monte carlo with a high stall converter many years back. If they're as good with the computer controlled ones, it should be indestructible.

You should pickup some deka's if you haven't purchased injectors yet.

Curious why your going maptun instead of one of the many experienced tuners around these parts.

 

Because I am already at Maptun stage 4 - why change?

 

Can't wait to see the final result, and, of course, throw in your ol' td04 into my NG900

Harvey and Alex are the dream team of technicians of the Saab world, IMO. They haven't let myself or my father down for years, and this just proves it.

 

Can't wait to see the final result, and, of course, throw in your ol' td04 into my NG900

Harvey and Alex are the dream team of technicians of the Saab world, IMO. They haven't let myself or my father down for years, and this just proves it.

that TD04 breathes a good spirit!

 

It's ready to go away for a few weeks of serious massaging

 

wow... I get a tear in my eye just looking at it! Great work, Harvey!

Crank looks in good shape, and the block, head, pistons...

 

what pistons are going in?

 

Did you read the thread above? LOL... 90.5mm Wossners.

 

Good enough, why not I guess? I don't like messing with the compression on the 2.3, its is perfect the way it was designed and takes some messing to get right at lower compression ( I feel you leave some on the table with any lower compression ratios)

You are thinking 340 Hp with the 19t, I am thinking that will be close to that. You will end up with almost exactly my set-up on my 2000. I have 290+/- WHP 335Wtq ( at 13% loss that's 340hp/390tq or so) with nearly the same set-up except a Big T28 vs the TD04 19t which flow nearly identically... and my Hybrid 234/235 brings compression down as well.

Makes for a great drivable set up for sure. I can hang with SRT8 dodge cars all day on the highway

 

Good enough, why not I guess? I don't like messing with the compression on the 2.3, its is perfect the way it was designed and takes some messing to get right at lower compression ( I feel you leave some on the table with any lower compression ratios)

You are thinking 340 Hp with the 19t, I am thinking that will be close to that. You will end up with almost exactly my set-up on my 2000. I have 290+/- WHP 335Wtq ( at 13% loss that's 340hp/390tq or so) with nearly the same set-up except a Big T28 vs the TD04 19t which flow nearly identically... and my Hybrid 234/235 brings compression down as well.

Makes for a great drivable set up for sure. I can hang with SRT8 dodge cars all day on the highway

I'm interested to see the difference - the machinist and I had a long chat before the work was done and he was going to focus on a few things - a correction to ensure that the condition that typically caused cylinder 3 to run lean, some tweaks to preserve more HP at the crank, and of course the porting and polishing.

Pretty excited to get this thing back on the road and run it on a dyno.

Huge kudos to Harvey for all of the work he's put in, especially during the hot and humid days.

 

:jump: Polished, Balanced & Ported to please. Even the piston pins were matched to infinity.

 

Extrude honed manifold, or just ported?

Everything looks awesome. I'm jealous, for sure.

 

Extrude honed manifold, or just ported?

Everything looks awesome. I'm jealous, for sure.

Just ported about 2" down in.
I kept it little smaller in the width to compensate for the turbo opening not matching the gasket.

 

wow, extreme awesomeness going on here!

 

You guys are completely out of your fucking minds.

And I say that with the utmost admiration....

 

:ahh:

 

wooohooo!!

 

Fixed!









DONE!

 

What a difference it makes! The combination of the engine work, plus the 19t, and the T5 cams... this thing pulls like a beast now!

THANK YOU so much to Harvey and his crew!

 

Thank you sir, So much, I think the most of the new power gains were from the porting of the head, Turbo port match, Tight valve sealing, & polishing of the crank with the balance. And oh Yes What a pleasure it was to work on such a nice car for all of us. Thanks Ross, The whole gang, all 4 of us involved "Alex, Me, Sean, & Bob for support" thoroughly enjoyed working on your SUPER SLEEPER!

 

How did that Audi fare? Did you guys get that axle off?

 

Ultimately what I think is great, is that there were no real HP mods except for a minor step up in cams and the port work!
Yes the better pistons will put up with more abuse and the balance work will help with RPM build up and rod bearing life, but neither drastically improve HP gains. Ultimately the port work maximized the small step up in cams!
I like the fact that nothing was changed other a small step up in cams (re-using spark plugs!) to show the gains in maximizing cyl head potential with port work!!
I'm glad you like the results rarelibra!

 

I absolutely love the results! All this time I have been talking about stepping my tune up from stage 4 (315hp Maptun) to stage 5 (340hp Maptun), however it seems that - as you have mentioned - the engine work has helped maximize the potential of the current tune (in addition to the rest of the components). It is amazing the response... I have to continue to break it in, but the few times I've given it more it is quite an experience to watch how fast the needle moves from 50 to 90!

 

Very Very Nice... Enjoy....