thorne Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Does anyone have anything bad to say ? I'm looking at getting my wife a convertible 900SE. She likes the looks atleast on pictures. I'm reading about them to make sure there atleast semi moddable for her. Has anyone here had much experiance with saab turbos? SHOPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mseebs Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 i had a buddy with a 9-3 Turbo and he did some decent work on it. ended up upgrading the turbo and rebuilding the engine. was pretty quick. seemed to be pretty pricey to work with though. i knew another guy with a 900se turbo but he didnt really do anything with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Man i figured someone on here would have known more about these things. It looks like they can easly get to 300whp. Not a bad little toy for the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossle Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Drives the wrong wheels lol. The 4 cylinder 2.3t seems to be a pretty solid motor, I've maintained one for a customer since 40K it is now at 156K and still strong. We have one customer with a 9-5 that has gone through 2 factory turbos, but I think it has the V6. Lot of people stray away from Saab's b/c they don't know much about them and they are "weird" they really aren't that bad. GM had a lot of say motor wise with the newer Saabs and you can see that. And the V6 motors are just about identical to the Saturn V6's. We actually ordered parts for a 9-3 Arc Wagon from Saturn North b/c Saab didn't have the stuff, but I think that may be irrelevant b/c the 900se's have the 4 banger. Please by all means correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64084&highlight=saab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grease monkey Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 it can be tough to find parts for them, and the parts are usually expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 900's all I remember were tranny problems and turbo problems. Not saying all 900s, just the more frequent issue i remember hearing about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 junk...and they dont sound like a muscle car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 thanks for feed back guys we will keep lookin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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