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by GaryFromWirral - 9th Jan 2024 6:30pm
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YeeeeHarrrr! My donor car will be here in about an hour  Pics up later. Saab 95 aero hot 2.3 turbo with 5 speed box, 250BHP standard
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Good news. Great engine, shame they put it in the dull as dish water Saab. Hope you can do something decent with it!
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Nice conversion Ste, but the 250bhp lump only came about at the end of the production run, late 2001 until the finish. May be a 220 or 230bhp motor depending on its acutal production date though 
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Nice conversion Ste, but the 250bhp lump only came about at the end of the production run, late 2001 until the finish. May be a 220 or 230bhp motor depending on its acutal production date though It has a 2003 engine in but the turbo has been replaced with the original engines turbo (hence the spare turbo apparently), if i put this turbo on it the car will need remapping as its the original ECU still on the car????
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No idea what made the power difference. May be map on the ECU and more boost. May be a bigger turbo? Bigger intercooler? Different inlet / exhaust designs.... There is bound to be a Saab owners club out there that will know 
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No idea what made the power difference. May be map on the ECU and more boost. May be a bigger turbo? Bigger intercooler? Different inlet / exhaust designs.... There is bound to be a Saab owners club out there that will know The turbo is bigger. Think ive fooked up and bought the wrong car, lol, there is no reference to anybody using a saab 9-5 engine even though they look the same. i`ll have to have a word with this nigel pumford guy, he has done the 2.0 litre turbo conversion.
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You should have the B235e engine in your Saab, whilst I also can't find anyone slapping it in a GSI, there is possibly some good news.
A Saab that has a B235E seems to accept a B234 engine, implying they are interchangeable.
B234 engines have definitely been fitted in Astras.
The B234 is the preferred engine because it is stronger than the B235.
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You should have the B235e engine in your Saab, whilst I also can't find anyone slapping it in a GSI, there is possibly some good news.
A Saab that has a B235E seems to accept a B234 engine, implying they are interchangeable.
B234 engines have definitely been fitted in Astras.
The B234 is the preferred engine because it is stronger than the B235.  just messaged Nigel pumford, he's confirmed I've bought the wrong car so this one is up for sale or swop for a 2.0litre turbo Saab 900 or early 9-3, this Saab has Mot until December and every available extra. Your right dd, he said I could fit this engine but it would be a pain to do and it isn't as strong as the older 2.0litre engine.  My fault for rushing into it lol, I want to start doing it as soon as 
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Yes, probably better to change your mind now, the B235E ecu has torque sensing (trionic?), even more sensors to go wrong.
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This is the engine I need (note the same layout as the mk3 Astra)... ![[Linked Image]](http://i52.tinypic.com/285jig.jpg) Astra GSi engine bay.... ![[Linked Image]](http://www.akirwan.freeserve.co.uk/engbay1.jpg)
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Hmmm, seems as i bought the wrong model of saab for the engine i`m keeping the saab i bought because it`s fast as f**k and i`ll be taxing this GSi in the next couple of weeks. Bit slow on the modding side of things now as i`m supposed to be getting an E30 2.5iS for the volvo so i have 3 cars to mod. Saab will be getting a custom exhaust by peco with removeable de-cat like this but it will be built for power insterad of noise. Does anyone else on here actually bother modding anymore or is it just me??? Remember how wikiwirral started eh?
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Used to love it Mr Ste. Now I'm all about modding my house!
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Does anyone else on here actually bother modding anymore or is it just me??? Remember how wikiwirral started eh? Oh No Ste, there are a few of us still at it Ive just moved house so thats taken up a bit of my time recently, and I need to update my race car thread as she has had a few things done recently, inc new cams, mappable ECU and has all been setup on the rolling road
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