Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Jan 27, 2014 | 10:22 AM

#281

Splitime

Miotta FTW!

iTrader: (24)

Joined: Jun 2006

Posts: 4,290

Total Cats: 31

From: Chicagoland, IL

Awesome.

Jan 27, 2014 | 12:04 PM

#282

bikersam717

Senior Member

iTrader: (5)

Joined: Jul 2011

Posts: 618

Total Cats: 74

From: Sonora, Ca

Awesome progress. Love the shade it appears in the inside pics. Can't wait to see this bad boy progress even more.

Jan 27, 2014 | 12:16 PM

#283

Braineack

Boost Czar

iTrader: (62)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 80,552

Total Cats: 4,368

From: Chantilly, VA

Stein for pres.

Jan 27, 2014 | 12:46 PM

#284

greddygalant

Senior Member

iTrader: (3)

Joined: Nov 2011

Posts: 771

Total Cats: 39

From: Beaverton, OR

Interested in seeing this completed, need HD video of big smokey burnouts once its all broken in.

Jan 27, 2014 | 01:11 PM

#285

Sean

Elite Member

iTrader: (12)

Joined: Nov 2009

Posts: 1,516

Total Cats: 20

From: Harpers Ferry WV

Wow this car is awesome!!! I cant wait to see it finish coming together

Jan 27, 2014 | 07:31 PM

#286

turbofan

Supporting Vendor

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Sep 2010

Posts: 8,146

Total Cats: 1,087

From: Lake Forest, CA

Looks absolutely incredible. Props to you.

__________________
Ed@949Racing/Supermiata
www.949racing.com

Jan 27, 2014 | 09:18 PM

#287

y8s

DEI liberal femininity

iTrader: (8)

Joined: Jun 2005

Posts: 19,338

Total Cats: 574

From: Fake Virginia

*boioioioioing*

Jan 28, 2014 | 12:02 PM

#288

bcrx7

Senior Member

iTrader: (5)

Joined: Jul 2005

Posts: 697

Total Cats: 53

Love the colour! Looks great!

Jan 28, 2014 | 03:02 PM

#289

Efini~FC3S

Elite Member

iTrader: (4)

Joined: Sep 2006

Posts: 3,317

Total Cats: 99

From: Charlotte, NC

Sub'd to this awesome shiii....

Looking at the most recent pics vs. the pics of the car when you first picked it up...jeez, mind bleeewwnnnn

Feb 4, 2014 | 12:27 AM

#290

Stein

Thread Starter

Elite Member

iTrader: (46)

Joined: Dec 2007

Posts: 4,729

Total Cats: 166

From: Nebraska

Starting to get it back together. Brakes and fuel back in. Harness is routed. All harness wires will be concealed behind the original SAAB inner fenders except for a couple of little places where it will have to poke through. Makes for a nice wire tuck.

Also built a coolant reroute spacer.

Attached Thumbnails

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140203_230939_resized_zps52405507.jpg

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140203_230639_resized_zps58df6b9a.jpg

Feb 6, 2014 | 11:47 PM

#291

Stein

Thread Starter

Elite Member

iTrader: (46)

Joined: Dec 2007

Posts: 4,729

Total Cats: 166

From: Nebraska

Working on wiring. I hate it. So I stopped.

Finished the coolant reroute. Tapped the oil pan for turbo drain. No reason to not reinstall it and start hooking things up. Passenger side is tight but enough room to fit everything. Plenty of room for the turbo on the driver's side. Going with a TD04 from a WRX.

Attached Thumbnails

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140206_222455_resized_zps948d7cd8.jpg

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140206_222348_resized_zpsac5f2cf6.jpg

Feb 7, 2014 | 03:03 AM

#292

Zaphod

Elite Member

Joined: Mar 2006

Posts: 1,574

Total Cats: 106

From: Schwarzenberg, Germany

God, I love this project! Props given.

Feb 9, 2014 | 11:00 PM

#293

Opti

Senior Member

Joined: Feb 2009

Posts: 625

Total Cats: 22

From: DF-DUB

Saw these and it reminded me of this thread

Attached Thumbnails

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-hrdp-1301-12%252bsalt-101-bonneville-racing-guide%252b1959-saab.jpg

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-tumblr_n0c1otrbrn1qbs9puo1_1280.jpg

Feb 10, 2014 | 07:24 AM

#294

Braineack

Boost Czar

iTrader: (62)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 80,552

Total Cats: 4,368

From: Chantilly, VA

Stein, you're doing this wrong. You need to take pictures of every single part spray painted black.

Feb 10, 2014 | 09:18 AM

#295

sixshooter

Moderator

iTrader: (12)

Joined: Nov 2008

Posts: 22,204

Total Cats: 3,560

From: Tampa, Florida

These guys will be racing this car in the 100 Acre Wood in MO pretty soon. (If any of you remember forum member "modernbeat", that's his car).

Quote:

The Rally America event, Rally in the 100 Acre Wood is coming up in a few weeks. If you are anywhere St Louis you should come out and see rally stars and chumps competing in this event. Billed as "real cars, real roads" it is one of the best rallys in the US.

Rally in the 100 Acre Wood | February 21-22, 2014

Attached Thumbnails

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-150474_10151482406322258_615779831_n.jpg

Last edited by sixshooter; Feb 10, 2014 at 09:29 AM.

Feb 16, 2014 | 11:22 PM

#296

Stein

Thread Starter

Elite Member

iTrader: (46)

Joined: Dec 2007

Posts: 4,729

Total Cats: 166

From: Nebraska

Turbo manifold and downpipe fabricated. Well, the downpipe is just tacked. Ran out of argon for my TIG.

Got the radiator, fans, intercooler mounted.

Attached Thumbnails

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140216_171735_resized_zps7a837d5b.jpg

Miata Drivetrain in a SAAB 96-20140216_212909_resized_zps637516f2.jpg

Feb 16, 2014 | 11:31 PM

#297

turbofan

Supporting Vendor

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Sep 2010

Posts: 8,146

Total Cats: 1,087

From: Lake Forest, CA

Interesting manifold design. Any more pics of the process?

__________________
Ed@949Racing/Supermiata
www.949racing.com

Feb 16, 2014 | 11:41 PM

#298

Stein

Thread Starter

Elite Member

iTrader: (46)

Joined: Dec 2007

Posts: 4,729

Total Cats: 166

From: Nebraska

Quote:

Originally Posted by turbofan

Interesting manifold design. Any more pics of the process?

I'll get some when I pull it back out. It's basically a flowish log like I built for my NB a couple of years ago and like sturovo is building now with one extra el to top mount it. I didn't have room or side mount the turbo with the SAAB inner fender there and I have plenty of hood clearance plus the top feed intercooler it's easy in and easy out.