Niklas Enander from www.classicsaabracing.com had a little boutique at the IntSaab2011 event selling various performance parts for the two stroke and V4. I decided to buy the Pertronix breakerless ignition kit for the two stroke just to minimize any ignition problems and improve reliability.
There’s two versions of the kit for two strokes – one for Saabs with the vacuum hose that goes from the firewall to the distributor and one for those without. I don’t know what the difference is but apparently there is a difference since there’s two kits. The kit cost around 180 euros so it’s not exactly cheap.
So, dad decided to install it and here’s a few pics.
The distributor was taken apart, cleaned, lubricated etc. Also, dad went through all the spare distributors we had and sourced better gears.
In dad’s opinion the Pertronix was quite easy to fit and the car also started right up after installation. The car runs pretty nice now, but I still wish new gears for the distributor were availlable.
I asked Niklas if there are any plans for manufacturing new gears for the two stroke distributor but the answer was no since they would be very expensive to have manufactured. Apparently the design is pretty difficult and requires special machining.
I bought a new project. It’s a 1969 Saab 96 V4 Rally car – originally built to Group 1 specs. The body is in a bad shape and the technique is missing, but it has some competition history from 1976 to 1977. My dad is already working on the body and I on finding the suitable parts. I’m not going to do a high level restoration – the goal is to make something closer to Gr2 that I can have some fun with on the Saab Club track days and on ice…
Tikkis already helped me out with the UK spec manifold and dual Webers…
I just stumbled upon the “donneysaab” channel – apparently Tom Donney of Tom Donney Motors – on Youtube. The channel has a few quite interesting Saab videos. Check these out:
Saab two stroke head milling. How to properly relieve the Saab two stroke head for over sized pistons or to restore the correct “crush area” in the combustion chamber.
And a pretty sweet looking 93 GT750 undergoing restoration.
The three day IntSaab2011 event was held in Ellivuori, Finland this weekend. It was great to be part of the organizing team and see so many (400+) Saab-enthusiasts from all over the world here. Thanks to all who attended, it was great to see you and have many interesting discussions about Saabs!
I’ll post an image gallery on the IntSaab2011.fi site soon, and write a more detailed report here also, but here’s a little collection video clips from the event:
