Finally got the drag car thrown together. Two evenings to build the motor, intall it and tune on the dyno. Found lots of interesting things along the way. China Bosch -044, B205 Bottom end, twin disk clutch etc. More on that in another post.
With a little less power than last year and still running that gt3071.64 first run out on the new clutch we ran an 11.26@133.4 Allright! Were on to something there. Track prep was not the greatest. We were slower to the 330 than average. 
The lower compression B205 wants more turbo. For the shakedown figured it best to have a bit lower power and just get it sorted. The target was to get close to previous 11.33 best.
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More on that later. 
Got some time to check valve celarances in the new drag car motor this afternoon as steven was making pulls on the dyno. Just as I thought, there is plenty of valve clearance with this low compression. Running the same 276 enem cams. Knowing we will be overrevving this motor that was important to check. We are also running the b2x5 gasket. Not only is it modern MLS construction but it is a fair bit thinner than the old b2x4 gaskets. The displacement is nothing fancy ~2.0L. Head is std t5 with only a little grinding. We did put a new set of springs in since the last set went two years plus. More on the rest later.
One of the key diagnostic procedures on a t7 saab is checking the MAF sensor.
Huge thanks to all that attended the seminar and set through it. 
Some of the data I gathered from dyno and road development on the 2.3i Shop project car. The B234 non turbo is a strong motor but not tuned to to make any horsepower. It can be fun but just don’t compare the torque output to a turbo car. From Intake pulse tuning to custom header and swapping intake manifold, even as far as converting to trionic to delete the MAF restriction the car still wouldn’t amaze anyone on the street compared to a stock turbo Saab.
Working with koni we can get hard valved single adjust (rebound only) front konis and also double adjustable (rebound and compression) dampers for the 9-3 with my coilovers. These are setup for stiffer springs. With a bit less droop and more compression travel. Leave me a message if you are interested. I am getting a set of the doubles for the red vig but wont be here for the show so I may have a set of low milage single adjust near cost. Will basically be one track day is all.
Ok so as most of you know the biggest problem with aftermarket intakes (k&n, simota etc) is the MAF scaling issues related to airmass cuts or limp home.. BSR solves this by using a factory piece leading to certain success. Others try with not so great results. The test car is 9-3 Aero 2.oT 6 speed. Hardware is Catback, BSR stg1, Large Intercooler and 91 octane gas. 
