<![CDATA[Awd??]]>Ok as some of you know I have a 88 Saab 900 Turbo. What I wanna end up doing is tuning it up to be a rally/road race car. Now I've watched rally for a little time now and most if not all the WRC cars are AWD. Is there a way to put awd on my car or what. Because I think like the Puegots and the Citroens have the Cosworth engine in them. Just so you know the Saabs are a FWD longetudinally mounted engine.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/3805/awdRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 03:03:28 GMTFri, 26 Aug 2005 17:53:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:18:27 GMT]]>well... there's a difference between being able to do it, and whether or not it will improve the performance. your car likely has a 50-60mm (2-2.4") throttle body, do you really think that a 3" (75mm) intercooler pipe will improve anything?
if you look at many cars that run in auto-x (primarily), they use smaller piping.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64447https://fargostreet.com/post/64447Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:43:13 GMT]]>u mean 3 inch intercooler piping? yes you can do whatever you want. all it takes it money... like what parker said before...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64431https://fargostreet.com/post/64431Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:43:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:58:08 GMT]]>Oh yea I forgot about the 9-2x. Its sweet but it would be better as a sedan than a wagon. First new question, it has a little intercooler on that sits inside the engine bay, if I got a front mount IC would I be able to put 3inch intake piping in?

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Not sure if you can see all the piping there and the amount of room.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64394https://fargostreet.com/post/64394Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:50:28 GMT]]>Saab sells an AWD platform in the states as well...based 100% on the WRX...actually, it is a WRX w/ Saab styling.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64393https://fargostreet.com/post/64393Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:50:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:46:15 GMT]]>Well thats a route that can be crossed off!! Oh yea I did find that Saab makes a race ready production car thats sold in europe with awd. Does anyone mind me just asking other questions in this thread so I don't have to start a million?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64390https://fargostreet.com/post/64390Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:46:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:17:54 GMT]]>you would be better off buying a car with awd then spending five times the value of your car to make it work. I would guess that you could be an owner of a wrx/sti for the price a shop around here would charge you to convert your existing vehicle properly-if they would even attempt such a thing- Even if that is the route you are willing to travel you would still have no more of a rally car then when you started...(stock suspension, odds are poor gearing for such an event, less power then stock trim, and most importantly a large hole in your pocket)

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MrScary wrote:
Well in the end would it even be worth? How much better handling would I get out of it? Any increase in power output, like putting the horses to the ground?

Answers to questions in the order asked:

No
Probably worse understeer (unless your car is FWD...then it might be marginally better).
No, you would likely lose HP due to more moving parts/rotating mass.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64384https://fargostreet.com/post/64384Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:06:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:58:36 GMT]]>Well in the end would it even be worth? How much better handling would I get out of it? Any increase in power output, like putting the horses to the ground?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64383https://fargostreet.com/post/64383Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:58:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:42:45 GMT]]>exactly... you can do anything you want, all it takes is money

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MrScary wrote:
Ok as some of you know I have a 88 Saab 900 Turbo. What I wanna end up doing is tuning it up to be a rally/road race car. Now I've watched rally for a little time now and most if not all the WRC cars are AWD. Is there a way to put awd on my car or what. Because I think like the Puegots and the Citroens have the Cosworth engine in them. Just so you know the Saabs are a FWD longetudinally mounted engine.

The ability to complete this type of project is going to be directly proportionate to the depth of your wallet.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64375https://fargostreet.com/post/64375Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:07:42 GMT]]>I kinda expected that. I wonder if the older saab rally cars were just fwd. Because they were really good back in the 80s and such

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/64374https://fargostreet.com/post/64374Fri, 26 Aug 2005 18:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Awd?? on Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:57:23 GMT]]>prolly not

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