Hi. On this channel, you can expect to see mostly Saab videos, but also other brands as I make videos about them. Including; exhaust, turbos, mods, tuning, restorations, and more. I am a self-learned DIY mechanic and love tinkering around with cars of any make. But I'm also an IT guy who loves computers and hardware.
If you like what I post, feel free to support me by subscribing to my channel. My current car collection: 2005 Saab 9-5 2.0t Vector Sport Manual with some custom and bolt-on mods. Stage 3 BioPower tune. 1998 Saab 9000 2.3 Turbo CSE A50 Manual with mostly custom mods. 1997 Saab 9000 2.0 Turbo CSE A50 Manual with a B234R engine swap and some custom mods. 2009 Saab 9-3 1.9 TiD 150Bhp Manual. Stock for now. 1995 Saab 900 S Turbo Stage 2 240Bhp 3" Turboback and custom intake. Bilstein B8 shocks with H&R springs. 1972 Saab 96 V4
I know this a long time after you posted this video, but it might be helpful for others - I was getting the 'Service engine soon' on my 2012 Insignia CDTi. Turns out one of the glow plugs was on the way out. Sadly for me, my engine has the Beru pressure sensor glow plugs, and they are pricey!!!
I just found your channel today, great content. Thanks. I am in the UK. I myself have 3 og 9-3 convertibles, 3 2004 convertibles, and 1 2008 convertible, 3 9-3 saloons, 2 9-5 estates, 1 9-3 estate. 1 2010 9-5 ng saloon. You can never too many SAAB's. Then of course 3 volvos, 2 bmws, a range rover and a triumph stag. lol.
I think people are going crazy for no reason. it`s simple. if you sutututu on throttle it`s bad for the turbo, if you sutututu when your foot comes off the throttle, congratulations! you`re one of the cool kids! everyone needs to relax! when there`s no throttle applied, there is no pressure on the exhaust side to oppose the pressure coming back to the turbine. what you hear is basically chopped air which obviously let`s all your mates know what`s up at your local mackey Ds drive through! but use an air filter! don`t suck birds and old grandmas through your turbos!
I used a ratchet strap to pull the evaporator housing to one side when I replaced the heater core and blower motor on my 9000. Didn't need to empty out the air conditioning.
My dad had 3 900's, you forget how nice they are, i always thought the dash light at night was the best, so easy on the eye with a nice green colour, modern dashes at night are so fussy now with LED overload!
Cheap turbos cost 150 bucks. Who cares? Unless you destroy the engine with no service 😅😂 For short term fun is it cool but on long term maybe do a T51r Mod
Hey, gonna import a 9000 94 2.3t next week from sweden to Norway. Was thinking of switching all dampers to bilstein and 35/35 springs from maptune. Poly for the gearbox, engine and more to stiffen the body. Looked at tune for the car aswell and want to use the stage 6 on maptune if i can dig up all the parts. How has it been for you tuuning the 9000? Great vid
Hi. I would not recommend running to low springs on the 9000. 35mm is the max amount I would lower it as it becomes really uncomfortable over bumps with anything lower than that. Bilsteins are good, but If you can afford it, I would go for Koni instead. They feel way nicer on the 9000. My summer daily green 9000 CSE runs about 280bhp as this is what the stock injectors max out on. I also running a TD04HL-19T. A bit overkill for "only" 280bhp. But I'm looking at getting a GTX2867 Gen2 and fitting the 630cc injectors from the car in this video. Running a bigger turbo would allow me to run lower boost but still make the same amount of power as the bigger turbo moves more air. So no need of replacing the 2.5bar MAP sensor for a 3 bar.. I'm not looking for crazy power, but a more modern ball bearing turbo should run way nicer :)
It’s safe but because he blocked off the pressure relief valve the air pressure get forced back through the turbo charger when the intake closes off.. causing the fluttering sound because the airflow is becoming bottlenecked. This leads to blown bearings and generally excessive amounts of wear and tear. In short unless you want to replace a turbo charger and lose performance don’t do it
@@sage1847 It doesn't hurt the turbo and does not cause any loss of performance, it wouldn't be common place in motorsport not to run any valve in that was the case.
If you put the art.numbers from your receipt...that will be a good help. Because of you caal Auto Doc...they will ask you a lot of Questions which do not help.
Hello there, could I use a fragment of your video for my coldstarting compilation? Of course I will put a link to your original video in the description, increasing the original’s popularity too. Thanks a lot for you answer in advance :)
BOV and Wastegate are different features. Blocking a wastegate will cause the turbine side to build excess pressure in the exhaust manifold and when the turbo is at boost capacity, the stututu is the turbo spinning too much boost and causing the exhaust to back up. Essentially forcing the compressor to slow down while the turbine wants to go faster. This is when a turbo bearing goes into torsion. BOV is the release of pressure from the compressor side/boost pipe when lack of vacuum returns to the BOV. Don't block your wastegate, you might spool faster but at the cost of a turbo over time. BOV releases boost built up behind the throttle body, and the Wastegate release exhaust built up behind the turbo.
It's not the exhaust backing up, the wastegate is not blocked in this video, it's caused by the throttle plate closing and the turbo moving into the surge zone which is low airflow (because the throttle is closed) and high pressure ratio, it does not slow the turbo down.
Yes, but bear in mind that this Saab weighs almost 1.9 tonnes. It takes a lot of torque to get it up to speed. But I would say that 9.6 seconds from 0-100 is not bad for a base model 2.0 single-turbo diesel. Also, the acceleration in this video was done with a slight incline.
I need a driver side (usa) CV shaft for 1993 9000 CSE 5 spd full pressure turbo. I hear the length and tripod size are different.. so hard to find out which one I need! Keep the Saab's alive and thanks for the 9000 videos.
