Saab engine?

1. Vtralex Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 High wycombe Posts: 435 Mk1 saxo vts

   #1 27th July 2010, 15:38

   Cant remember what saab it was, but i was chatting to a guy today who said he did a relatively simple engine conversion, it was a 2 litre turbo out of a saab of some kind, running 200ish bhp as standard. And it came standard with low comp pistons etc... any ideas what engine it could be?
2. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #2 27th July 2010, 15:43

   prob one of the aero engines ?
3. Vtralex Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 High wycombe Posts: 435 Mk1 saxo vts

   #3 27th July 2010, 16:20

   I seem to remember the word aero, lol. Has anyone on here ever done this kind of conversion before?
4. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #4 27th July 2010, 16:22

   not that ive seen
   
   can get 200bhp out of a turbo vts if you wanted.
5. Vtralex Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 High wycombe Posts: 435 Mk1 saxo vts

   #5 27th July 2010, 16:48

   Yeah, but surely its cheaper to put in an already turbo'd engine than take an engine and fit a turbo to it?
6. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #6 27th July 2010, 16:49

   depends how good at fabricating you are.
   
   you'd have to think about driveshafts, gearchange, clutch, engine mounts, the electronics, cooling, and oil coolers, intercoolers etc
7. Vtralex Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 High wycombe Posts: 435 Mk1 saxo vts

   #7 27th July 2010, 17:01

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by raunchz depends how good at fabricating you are. you'd have to think about driveshafts, gearchange, clutch, engine mounts, the electronics, cooling, and oil coolers, intercoolers etc

   Im awful lol. I would be getting the engine fitted by a mate of mine who can do them kinda things. What sort of price is it normally to turbo a vts engine?
8. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

   #8 27th July 2010, 17:05

   search for prices for turbo'ing.
   
   can vary from £500 all the way to £10k+
9. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

   #9 27th July 2010, 18:54

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Vtralex Cant remember what saab it was, but i was chatting to a guy today who said he did a relatively simple engine conversion, it was a 2 litre turbo out of a saab of some kind, running 200ish bhp as standard. And it came standard with low comp pistons etc... any ideas what engine it could be?

   A lot of people have taken the turbo off a few of the Saab engines and fitted them to the Saxo engine. Though have never seen a full engine swap. I only know a few Saab engine but none of them would fit all that easily in to a Saxo.
10. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

    #10 27th July 2010, 23:33

    same block as the vauxhall c20let, pointless conversion just spend the money on a vts turbo engine
11. minimanspk Frequent Poster Joined: May 2010 stoke on trent Posts: 880 saxo 1.1 forte 2001 poseidon blue

    #11 28th July 2010, 00:34

    [QUOTE=Vtralex;4585429]I seem to remember the word aeroQUOTE]
    
    I remember the word aero but I think thats cause im a fat f**k and I work in a supermarket
12. dannygti Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 dudley United Kingdom (England) Posts: 6790 106 gti/ SEAT LCR

    #12 28th July 2010, 00:55

    if i was going to do an engine conversion into my 106 a saab 2.0/2.3 turbo would be in the top 3 engines id choose. they are cheap, strong, reliable and comapct.
13. JPH Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Welwyn Garden City, Herts Posts: 100 1.6 Fiesta Si, 98 Vtr ,2001 Vtr

    #13 28th July 2010, 07:44

    [QUOTE=minimanspk;4586873]

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Vtralex I seem to remember the word aeroQUOTE] I remember the word aero but I think thats cause im a fat f**k and I work in a supermarket

    Lol
14. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

    #14 28th July 2010, 09:39

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dannygti if i was going to do an engine conversion into my 106 a saab 2.0/2.3 turbo would be in the top 3 engines id choose. they are cheap, strong, reliable and comapct.

    My old man has a 95 Aero, and that 2.3 Turbo engine is superb, pulls like a train - 30-70 is absolutely mental.
    
    Could only imagine the 2.3 engine in a saxo !!
15. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

    #15 28th July 2010, 15:24

    i would think almost all standard turbo engines run low comp pistons, some use forged pistons, others do not.
    
    the aero 2.3 hot (high output turbo) engines are the ones to go for, you can get silly power from them, as you can with most turbo engines, but these seem to be reliable.
    
    to fit one, if it could fit??
    you would need to fabricate new engine mounts and strengthen around those areas.
    
    i would love to fit a 1.8 20v T VAG engine into a saxo , best standard turbo engine going IMO, best bang for your buck with regards to uprating them as well