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Not the original engine - that's a 95-99 900SE or 9-3 2.0 turbo engine with the plastic DIC cover surround. See my pic of a '78 99 turbo engine bay, then Google up any '95+ Saab 2.0 turbo to see what I'm talking about.
By the way, the 99 engine has always been mounted longitudinally. In fact, when European Car magazine featured a 99 turbo in the early '90s with a 16V engine (same 2.0 displacement, but bigger) from an '80s 900 turbo, the biggest issue was clearance because the 99's engine bay was shorter than the 900's stretched frame. However, the new 2.0 turbo was transversely mounted in the '94-02 900/9-3, I think that's what other commenters meant by making the engine longitudinal to fit the Audi AWD system.
Wait a minute, that doesn't make sense... A1 and A2 GTIs and Jettas had their 1.8 8V & 16V engines longitudinal while my '87 Audi 4000 Quattro and friend'
10/30/09
Although I prefer the early 2-stroke and V4 models, especially the 93, 95 and Sonett III, I also like the very early 99s such as this one. I had a chance at a one-owner, 82,000-mile 1972 looking very much like this, at least on the outside, except in metallic light green, for $700. But I was spending big bucks at the time restoring a Panhard Dyna roadster that had served as a used-car lot sign for 30 years, so I couldn't buy it. Hindsight is always 20/20... #saab
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Wondering about doing a something similar with a junkyard B234R and any of the Seattle ex-hip derelict 99s that litter the north end... #saab
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It'd be brilliant beside this. #saab
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I don't have a stereo in mine either, but it's just to make sure that I can hear things falling off of it. #saab
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THIS is a Saab story with a happy ending! #saab
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That thing is so tweaked out it only idles at 2000 RPM. Awesome! #saab