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Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: fre apr 22, 2016 9:18 pm
av keme
dahla skrev:Mount a transparent scoop too :)
:) Not a bad idea, but I don´t like scoops.

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I was asked by Tampereen Teekkarien Moottorikerho if I would be intrested of taking this beast into Tampereen Hot Rod & Rock show to their stand. Ofcourse I said yes :D This goes just nicely on the stand with Dodge Challenger, Fiat 126 (with motorbike engine) and Volvo 240.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: fre maj 06, 2016 7:38 pm
av keme
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Dropped the pedal box of the temporary stand. With new steering axle the brake pedal was hitting the steering axle and the driving position was hidious. Now the brake pedal clears the steering axle and driving position is almost decent.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Omega

Postat: lör maj 14, 2016 5:38 pm
av keme
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Pffff... Took the Omega back to street use. Thought that I would take it to Alastaro Race track on Sunday on Saab club track day. Today I visited at the garage and plans changed a bit.

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Heard a knocking sound on idle and the sound was louder on higher RPM.

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2nd con rod bearing was totaled.

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Crank shaft has scatches. Propably the crank shaft and 2nd con rod are shit. Otherwise engine is propably ok.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: lör maj 14, 2016 6:07 pm
av Dennis M
Try to polish the crank and measure it, They are Hard!

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Omega

Postat: sön maj 15, 2016 1:23 pm
av keme
Dennis M skrev:Try to polish the crank and measure it, They are Hard!
No, need. 3rd main bearing was stuck to the crank shaft and it had rotated inside the bearing cap.

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Those are from 1st cylinder.

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This is from 4th piston.
Head gasket was in perfect condition.

Odd thing is that those look like detonation marks. Compression ratio has been 10:1, max boost 0.7bar and fuel has been E85. It should not be possible to detonate with those specs.

Bearings have been destroyed by oiling problem. There was dirt in the oil pickup and it resulted the 2nd conrod and 3rd main bearing problems. Have to clean the block better next time. This block I wasn´t able to wash with power washer.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön maj 15, 2016 10:27 pm
av Dennis M
Sad, looking like that the crank is probably bent by heat.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön maj 22, 2016 4:33 pm
av keme
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Second attempt for shorter serpentine belt. This time water pump rotates in the right direction.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: tis maj 24, 2016 9:17 pm
av keme
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Fitted the 30mm Soarer antiroll bar to Rekord. I didn´t want to cut the frame rails (yet) so it is on a bit strange angle and hangs a bit low, but there is still 95mm ground clearance under it. If the ground clearance appears to be some kind of a problem, I´ll cut the frame rails and move the antiroll bar 50mm upwards.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön maj 29, 2016 2:15 pm
av keme
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Rotated the oil cooler 90 degrees. It used to have fittings at the bottom and now they are on the side. It should work better now when the air can get out of there.
The backside shield is missing from the picture :)

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Also got the antiroll bar connected to the wishbones with some Corolla back end antiroll bar links :)

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: mån jun 20, 2016 10:00 pm
av keme
Visited at Gatebil event in Mantorp last weekend to seek some inspiration and motivation to bulding these junk yard specials.
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Removed the front axle once again. Have to make a bit more room for power steering fittings to the frame rail. Target is to get it back in place this week and not to remove it anymore.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön jun 26, 2016 4:55 pm
av keme
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Front axle back in the chassis.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön jun 26, 2016 7:12 pm
av David Herbertsson
Nice to see some progress on this build, it´s cool :thumbright: Soon roadworthy?

/David

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: sön jun 26, 2016 8:36 pm
av keme
David Herbertsson skrev: Soon roadworthy?
Thanks. Target is to get this roadworthy within two weeks.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: tis jul 05, 2016 8:12 pm
av keme
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Took the Rekord to wheel alignment today.

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Rear axle has twisted a bit during four link welding, but not much. Front axle appears to be ok.

I had road legal inspection booked to morrow but it had to be canceled, because clutch just doesn´t release. For fuck sake. Maybe later this month.

Re: Saabel Garage; Saabel Rekord

Postat: tis jul 12, 2016 6:42 pm
av keme
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Got the lights sorted out and test fitted the +50mm fender flairs. They look quite decent and cover the front tires just fine.