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    700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever

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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/05/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    I know it loses, but I really want the black Opel Ascona A at 1:40 #saab
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    11/02/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    That video get's better with each viewing. #saab
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Kurt Vonnegut: “A Saab Could Drag A VW At A Stoplight”
    I heard he always had a problem with Ice-9 gumming up the carburetors. #saab
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    Image of Jono Jono
    10/31/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    The four pumps in the boot look like Bosch 984s which means they have a fuel system capable of around 2000hp... Overkill? Nah just forward planning. #saab
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    Image of SpellingNazi SpellingNazi
    10/31/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever

    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'
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    Image of Old Grimey Old Grimey
    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    As a Saab enthusiast, I can say that I like this car a lot. Although I love the original esthetic of the exterior, I can't say the same for the interior, although racing harnesses and a cage would likely be necessary considering the power increase and modifications to the drivetrain. Bonus points for retaining the original engine and tuning the wee out of it.

    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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    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    Test #saab
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    10/30/09

    @liketheword: icals. #saab
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    10/31/09

    @AustinMiniMan: wha? #saab
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    Alright guys, get out your slide rules. Somebody's gotta find out how many Jalopoints this thing racks up. #saab
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    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    Ok, it has more horsepower, but for being the ultimate Skandinavian sleeper, this Finnish Ford A with an oldish-looking 250 hp Cosworth engine beats it hands down. #saab
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    10/30/09

    @ccc40821: Love this vid, and the car. #saab
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    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    Wow! I'd love to see how they connected the quattro driveline. I didn't look closely, but is the engine properly oriented (Saab 99/900s have the engine output go out the front of the engine via a chain connected to a sprocket driven input on the transmission).

    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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    Image of Hobolicious Hobolicious
    10/30/09

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    By Thor's Hammer! That thing sounds like it's breathing stainless steel bees! #saab
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    Ye Gods, that's amazing. It's so... sleepy...

    It'd be brilliant beside this. #saab
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    Image of eriqdiesel eriqdiesel
    10/30/09

    @MushyHeirloom: I've watched that video so. Many. Times. It always makes me stare at my stock 122s and wish that ipd had some magic bolt-on box that could make performance like this a weekend job. And then I remember that a project like this takes years, so I just go find a cul-de-sack and hoon a couple of donuts to sate myself.

    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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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    I love that they started out with turbos blowing through carbs (pics 10,11, 13,14). Now that's Jalop. I assume the 700hp is from the later fuel injected version (pics 5&8). #saab
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    10/30/09

    @SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R): That's very Biturbo of them! I assume they tired of such nonsense and wanted to actually make multiple passes at the track. #saab
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    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    With all that engine so far up front, I half expect it to pull a stoppie at the end of the 1/4m #saab
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    10/30/09

    In reply to 700 HP Saab 99 Is The Best Sleeper Ever
    I like the second run, the car on the right looks like some accidental motorist on a residential street, just puttering by the strip.
    THIS is a Saab story with a happy ending! #saab
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