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ShawnColoradoPosted - 26 Jan 2019 : 23:17:33
Hi everyone, this is my first post from here in Erie Colorado USA.
I bought a Saab 96 recently and towed it home not knowing anything about these type of cars. II got it started and drove around a bit... it took forever to warm up and barely goes 50 mph... can barely get up even small hills.

Did a compression test and it was 90 psi on all four cylinders. Decided to pull engine (first time pulling a car engine out).

I ordered new pistons, cam shaft, lifters, a new clutch, and I知 just trying to make the paint look better and clean it up.

I sent the cylinder head to a guy who specializes on these cars in Oregon and it should
come back with bigger valves and cleaned up (I think he shaves the cylinder head also).

I sent him my clutch and flywheel to be lightened.

Well I値l try to post some pictures if I can figure it out.

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James RanaldiPosted - 02 Mar 2019 : 22:22:10
Great stuff, well done.



1968 V4 96 ,LHD
1984 99 GL
1992 C900i Convertible
1993 C900 LPT Convertible
mellePosted - 02 Mar 2019 : 13:58:30
Congrats, having a rebuilt engine running for the first time is always a nice milestone! I think you should be able to get it to idle at a lower rpm, or was the engine still running on (part) choke when you filmed above clip?

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ShawnColoradoPosted - 02 Mar 2019 : 13:53:27
https://youtu.be/X-H4pno_4Zc
Engine running

[url][https://youtu.be/X-H4pno_4Zc/url]
ShawnColoradoPosted - 02 Mar 2019 : 04:16:37
Got the engine going. I need to work out some kinks with the throttle linkage to the weber, and do the strobe light timing, but she's coming along and sounds strong!
Can't wait to drive it.
mellePosted - 25 Feb 2019 : 09:49:29
I like the colour scheme.

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ShawnColoradoPosted - 25 Feb 2019 : 04:21:01
Put the engine back in today. It was kinda hard to do, I couldn't find my clutch alignment tool. Now I need to hook everything up and see if I can get it going. I have a new respect for auto mechanics after gettting into this project :)

This is the new clutch installed, the red tabs are a shim provided by Mark Ashcroft to modify the Sach clutch, not sure what else he does to it but I noticed what looked like shims under the pressure springs.


I had a new Timken throwout bearing but the old one was good and looked to be better made, so I kept it in there after giving it a good clean and grease.

Engine in, I just took it slow.


Getting the splines to connect... Like threading a sewing needle blindfolded.




ShawnColoradoPosted - 24 Feb 2019 : 04:40:22
Some more progress today.

Locked everything down, and torqued, did the valve adjustment. Put on the Weber carb and intake manifold, and installed the distributor.



Got the engine off of the stand and onto the hoist, so I could install the flywheel and clutch.


Little homemade tool for holding the lightened flywheel for install while I torqued it. Looks ugly but worked good, just some scrap I had with the perfect lip on it to grab a tooth and lock the flywheel in place.
ShawnColoradoPosted - 22 Feb 2019 : 22:55:42
Some rally lights added, still need to wire them up, test inside my house and they light up nicely



A Swedish license plate for the back end for looks only, the US plates look alot different so it's cool here.



Another view of the front end with the rally lights added (Hella 500 black)


ShawnColoradoPosted - 22 Feb 2019 : 21:35:53
Putting it together, making some progress. This was a mock up, will take it apart down to the head and torque everything and do valve clearance adjustments.

ShawnColoradoPosted - 21 Feb 2019 : 05:47:26
quote:
Originally posted by James Ranaldi
I am impressed by the stripes and the Sport / Rally logo Shawn .



Thanks James, it was fun to do!
ShawnColoradoPosted - 21 Feb 2019 : 05:44:52
More pics of my engine. Coming along, slowly :)
I was able to get out that stuck seal thankfully. I managed to get a flathead screwdriver behind and edge from the outside then just tapped downward with some firm blows and it finally popped out.


mellePosted - 20 Feb 2019 : 12:43:29
Make sure to check the balance shaft bearings for wear if you haven't done so already, or the fibre balance shaft gear won't last long. If you aim at producing serious power at some point, you may want to upgrade to an all-metal timing gear set.

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James RanaldiPosted - 20 Feb 2019 : 12:29:38
I am impressed by the stripes and the Sport / Rally logo Shawn .

Looking good.


1968 V4 96 ,LHD
1984 99 GL
1992 C900i Convertible
1993 C900 LPT Convertible
DerekPosted - 20 Feb 2019 : 12:17:12
At least, grind/machine out the exhaust adaptor collar to match the head outlet to the downpipe. If going to a Jetex system you will want to match it to that too. Changing to a 34ICH and the Jetex is well worthwhile as an intermediate stage even if your heads and cam combo have the potential for more at a later date.
mellePosted - 20 Feb 2019 : 09:29:09
No sure what Ashcraft bases his 30% claim on, it would be interesting to see what dyno figures you get with your engine set-up.

The number plate is German (S= Stuttgart region), not Swedish, I'm afraid...

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