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[JoaoPRSousa]

2 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

not that painful you could depressurize your suit and loose conciseness in about 15 seconds if there was no hope of recovery. 

 

I thought it could be worse...

 

2 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

I last got a message from Alex a month ago when the last Grand Tour trailer dropped. He seemed fine lol. Just probably not as interested in gaming/car stuff anymore. 

 

Glad to know that.

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5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Omg Free valve is sooooo awesome!!!! 

 

47% increase in torque

45% increase in power

15% less fuel consumption

35% less emissions With only one catalytic converter, no pre cat required

 

the turbo can be can be completely disabled and bypassed for fuel economy. Throttling is done inside the cylinder head so response is as good as it can be, the cylinder head is smaller... Can't wait for this to be implemented IRL, and I really hope it's reliable. 

 

 

i really love where the dude is going with tech

seriously this is just amazing 

[chaozbandit]

7 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

imo the coolest way to go would be to die in a space suit after drifting away from the iss. definitely not the quickest but it would make for a great last view 

Only on the condition that you aren't carrying any rotational momentum, because you'll forever be seeing void earth void sun void earth, on repeat.

[AlwaysFSX]

24 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

But on a serious note, @AlwaysFSX take care of yourself man. Do whatever you have to do, we want you around. 

I'll be fine

18 minutes ago, techswede said:

Sneeze in moderation for the time being. And may you have a speedy and permanent recovery

Lol, thanks.

13 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

On a lighter note, once I get wheels and lowering springs I want to get all of the windows tinted (probably either 5 or 10% on everything other than the windshield of course and then I think I'll finally start to look into trying to squeeze out a little bit more power

Little bit? Nah, go big. Put a train turbo.

8 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Omg Free valve is sooooo awesome!!!! 

 

47% increase in torque

45% increase in power

15% less fuel consumption

35% less emissions With only one catalytic converter, no pre cat required

 

the turbo can be can be completely disabled and bypassed for fuel economy. Throttling is done inside the cylinder head so response is as good as it can be, the cylinder head is smaller.... Direct injection isn't used, port injection is... Can't wait for this to be implemented IRL, and I really hope it's reliable. 

Exciting.

[RevoltTrain]

My want for a rotary project is crazy. But if all I can find are RX8s with about 10 to 20K on the engine I'll have to stay with pistons because I don't want to do an engine rebuild so soon. We all know some basic cheap, really good projects, like the E36, S13,  F Body, any other suggestions? As much as I'd want a NA Miata me being 6'5" that would be more of a pain than need be.

 

Another thing. Are Swedes generally tall people? Because my Saab has such nice headroom, even for me, which I struggle to find in any US or JDM cars. Like I have more headroom in the Saab than either of the bigger SUVs we own here

[AlwaysFSX]

 

[RevoltTrain]

3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'll be fine

Lol, thanks.

Little bit? Nah, go big. Put a train turbo.

Exciting.

By little bit I meant hopefully be able to push about 245HP out somehow and keep it reliable. It only makes 170HP from the factory, granted it's got 200 lb/ft of torque which isn't bad for a little 4 banger

 

That may be a bit much to ask out of it. But at the end of the day this was and always will be a daily. So if it starts getting unreliable because of certain mods than those mods will have to say goodbye

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2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

By little bit I meant hopefully be able to push about 245HP out somehow and keep it reliable. It only makes 170HP from the factory, granted it's got 200 lb/ft of torque which isn't bad for a little 4 banger

turn it into an 2006-2009 Aero (engine wise that is)  

[AlwaysFSX]

5 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

By little bit I meant hopefully be able to push about 245HP out somehow and keep it reliable. It only makes 170HP from the factory, granted it's got 200 lb/ft of torque which isn't bad for a little 4 banger

 

That may be a bit much to ask out of it. But at the end of the day this was and always will be a daily. So if it starts getting unreliable because of certain mods than those mods will have to say goodbye

I'm pretty sure a moderately sized turbo would be enough to achieve that. @MEC-777 You're a turbo person, what do you think?

[JoaoPRSousa]

7 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

By little bit I meant hopefully be able to push about 245HP out somehow and keep it reliable. It only makes 170HP from the factory, granted it's got 200 lb/ft of torque which isn't bad for a little 4 banger

 

That may be a bit much to ask out of it. But at the end of the day this was and always will be a daily. So if it starts getting unreliable because of certain mods than those mods will have to say goodbye

 

TD04 upgrade?

[RevoltTrain]

1 minute ago, Mister2010 said:

turn it into an 2006-2009 Aero (engine wise that is)  

Was thinking of doing at least an intake, turbo back exhaust, ECU swap from a 2000 Aero model and then seeing where that would leave me. 

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2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'm pretty sure a moderately sized turbo would be enough to achieve that. @MEC-777 You're a turbo person, what do you think?

from what i know the B235E and B235L (2.3T) is the same engine as B235R (Aero) ... but only smaller turbo and different ECU map

 

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

Was thinking of doing at least an intake, turbo back exhaust, ECU swap from a 2000 Aero model and then seeing where that would leave me. 

 

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, Mister2010 said:

from what i know the B235E (2.3T) is the same engine as B235R (Aero) ... but only smaller turbo and different ECU map

Should be easier putting a turbo on then.

[RevoltTrain]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I'm pretty sure a moderately sized turbo would be enough to achieve that. @MEC-777 You're a turbo person, what do you think?

Something I really like about the car as is is that for a turbo car it has a fairly even power curve, as much as I love when turbos ridiculously kick in I wouldn't want that on a daily

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

Something I really like about the car as is is that for a turbo car it has a fairly even power curve, as much as I love when turbos ridiculously kick in I wouldn't want that on a daily

Yeah smooth power delivery is always nicer imho.

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1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Should be easier putting a turbo on then.

basically swapping from the GT1752 to a TD04-15hl you need the turbo, water lines and banjo bolts ...  

[RevoltTrain]

The thing is, the Saab will mechanically stay the same as now at least until I have a project or maybe if my mom would let me daily the mountaineer, because I expect for some things to go wrong and the car to be undriveable for some reason. (I'm pretty unlucky)

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, Mister2010 said:

basically swapping from the GT1752 to a TD04-15hl you need the turbo, water lines and banjo bolts ...  

easy peasy lemon squeezy?

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1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

easy peasy lemon squeezy?

from my research ... yes 

only it may be a pain up the bum to get to all that stuff on the car  .... saab problems 

[RevoltTrain]

5 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Yeah smooth power delivery is always nicer imho.

I love the kick you get with a built turbo car (Joey's Integra was a great example of that) but he also had Vtec so you got a double kick basically, when boost came on then when VTEC hit, it's a pretty noticeable kick when you add boost. But I wouldn't want that on a daily. 

 

Linear power is so nice, I didn't like superchargers at all until I rode in my buddy James' car for the first time, then he actually got on it and I fell in love with it, the whine they make grew on me too as time went on

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, Mister2010 said:

from my research ... yes 

only it may be a pain up the bum to get to all that stuff on the car  .... saab problems 

That's my worry when I want to add power. Euros are known for their engineering for stuff to go certain ways. Adding a little over 70HP to a FWD wagon, may cause issues I can't see already

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Just now, RevoltTrain said:

That's my worry when I want to add power. Euros are known for their engineering for stuff to go certain ways. Adding a little over 70HP to a FWD wagon, may cause issues I can't see already

well ... saab engines are tough ... i think you can  squeeze more than 300hp out of a B235E ....

soo.... i think it should be just fine to get to Aero (B235R) power levels  

 

jesus christ ... im turning into the forums saab guy  

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, Mister2010 said:

well ... saab engines are tough ... i think you can  squeeze more than 300hp out of a B235E ....

soo.... i think it should be just fine to get to Aero (B235R) power levels  

 

jesus christ ... im turning into the forums saab guy  

Yeah I think I should be fine, but with how rare they are in the midwest, no local places know much about them. Before I even look at ordering parts I'll call all the tuners within about 4 or 5 hours and see if they'd be okay with tuning my car. I'm sure they would have no issues if I did a basic plug and play ECU of some nature (Haltech, Megasquirt) something like that. But you can never be too sure

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Just now, RevoltTrain said:

Yeah I think I should be fine, but with how rare they are in the midwest, no local places know much about them. Before I even look at ordering parts I'll call all the tuners within about 4 or 5 hours and see if they'd be okay with tuning my car. I'm sure they would have no issues if I did a basic plug and play ECU of some nature (Haltech, Megasquirt) something like that. But you can never be too sure

i think you could swap the ECU to an Aero ECU and should get quite a power boost .... if you do the TD04 swap 

but yeah .. better safe than sorry 

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, Mister2010 said:

i think you could swap the ECU to an Aero ECU and should get quite a power boost .... if you do the TD04 swap 

but yeah .. better safe than sorry 

I think that would do pretty nicely, but an excuse to play with new goodies is always fun. But I want to do a fully custom dyno tune for the car anyway so a plug and play will of course make it easier