Vehicle Owner

Member ID: weremountain

Location: Boston, MA

Vehicle Info

1997 Saab 900

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile15.45 sec @ 97 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed155mph
  • HP300
  • Weight3070lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Brembo Brakes 

Exterior Styling

  • Michelin Tires 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Apr 21, 2009

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Jesse’s Saab 900

  • Currently 3.28 /5 Stars.
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  My '97 900 SE Turbo, 5 speed coupe. Picked it up in October '06 for $4k, started modding, and two transmissions and many speeding tickets later here we are. Tuned to SQR stage III for a little while, then replaced the Garrett T25 turbo with a Mitsubishi turbo from an '02 SAAB 9-5 Aero, and had it re-tuned to stage IV. Then had the T25 built into a "big" t28 by GPopShop and had the car tuned to stage V.

Power

JZW Stage V custom tune

GPopShop "Big" T28 turbo, gt28rs wheels in ported t25 housings

Jak Stoll full 3" stainless downpipe and exhaust with race cat.

Bosch "Green Giants" 42# Volvo injectors

3.5 Bar Fuel Pressure Regulator

K&N cone filter

Still on the stock double-pass intercooler for now

Hand ported throttle body elbow pipe

intercooler sprayer

 

Handling
Kilen "reds" lowering springs
Genuine Saab Sport Transmission Mount
Genuine Saab Polyeurothane front anti-roll bar bushings
Brembo Front/Rear Rotors
Michelin Pilot Sport radials 225/45/17 on Viggen wheels

Looks/Misc
Genuine Saab Smoked Side Blinkers
DIY Clear corner housings
New GM Style SAAB hood badge
Sprayed semi-gloss black grill, work in progress
Open lug Viking wheels with hankook snow tires (in Winter)
Removed hood insulation
Removed lower grill for better intercooler exposure
Autometer boost gauge in light-switch hole

Stock, at the dealer, October '06 when I bought it.

weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

 

Most recent pics
weremountain's 1997 Saab 900 weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

 

A shot from Springtime in Sweden '08

weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

Old "Stage 3" Pic (www.tomsandsphotography.com)

weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

A Pic from Saabtoberfest '07

weremountain's 1997 Saab 900 weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

 

 

The Jak Stoll 3" stainless turbo-back exhaust (1 muffler, race cat)

weremountain's 1997 Saab 900

 

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TJx7x  

Posted by: TJx7x

04/21/2009 08:45AM

Yeah thats wheel hp. My current set up was on MAC autosport's dyno in denver. thats where I put down the 260hp.

TJx7x  

Posted by: TJx7x

04/20/2009 01:10PM

you gotta be running faster than 15.45s. I have a 900se with 260hp and 312ft/lbs and I run low 14s. Either way your car is sick

Lrpalo  

Posted by: Lrpalo

03/17/2009 05:29PM

Do you still have the 95 turbo?

Robb65  

Posted by: Robb65

03/10/2009 10:36PM

Hey Jesse, thanks for checkin' my page. In the first pic is where I actally bought the car. Highline Motors, I belive they are in Lowell. I stay in Boston. That's a sweet 900, nice mod list too. Peace Robb

svetlana_900  

Posted by: svetlana_900

03/10/2009 12:01PM

wow. you just laid out almost everything i want to do. how is it driving stage 5?! that is just incomprehensible to me, i hope i make enough money this spring to have massive power upgrades done by summer. that exhaust btw is gorgeous... i dont wanna stop looking at it, it must sound amazing

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: weremountain

Location: Boston, MA