No, I loved my Saabs but I can't beat the combination I have with the 8 and Lexus. The drive to and from work is comfortable and reliable with the Lexus and on the weekends I get to have fun with the 8.

Do you still plan on having fun when the weight distribution is all screwed up from the heavy saab engine?

I'm not sure I understand, I'm not swapping the renesis out of my car, the OP is the one considering it. Also, The B204 is a four cylinder engine, its dry weight is somewhere between 250-300 pounds. I don't think the renesis weighs much less.

Oh I didnt notice you werent the OP.

This guy is not the op. He was just saying his lexus is reliable and he used to drive saab cars. T4 is the 1 swapping his rotary for a saab.
^^**edit** beat me to it.


Tiger, I think my 97 accord rivals your lexus. 250k still going strong! not 1 break down either during my ownership. drove the **** out of it in college.

in general this thread demonstrates how few people understand what it takes to swap in another engine from a different brand/model and integrate the current electronic systems

why spend a fortune and make the effort to end up with a crossbred bastard child that nobody in their right mind would ever want to have anything to do with?

just search on "starion" on this forum to get an idea why this idea is destined to be a total clusterf-ck

Precisely could not agree more with Team, all you end up with apart from an empty wallet is a Frankenstein POS.....one might as well burn your cash or sanity.

BTW: This applies to any brand of car.....gone are the days of 'easy' swap outs-ins.

I guess 50% of the people on here would disagree with that, as there are over 50% on here with engine problems, you telling me nobody looks after they're engines then, why have they made changes to try stop them dying after 50k miles.
I purchased this 2005 one cheap as it already had starting/running issues but had full service history by mazda including all new mazda plug, leads, coils, new oil pipes, recalls etc..
:D:

Yeah i plan to, well its for the mrs. I see lots of chaps seem to be putting v8's in rx7's 8s over there so can't be all that bad ..
;)

Fix it then, and make it run right.

And i think theres only about 2 rotory engine building experts in the UK and they're 8 to 9 hours drive from me.. engine swap is simple, cost is way cheaper than a rotory rebuild.
I can only try it and see what it drives like..
easy to put it back as original or keep for spares for my other one..

rofl, where did the 50% came from? your ass?

you do know that no one gonna yell out "OMG MY CAR IS TROUBLE FREE!" , right ?

LMMAAAAAAAAOOOOO ! way cheaper than a rebuild? LOOOOLOLOL !!!!!

I sense a HUGE fail coming REAL soon ...

It'll be nose heavy and probably eat front tyres for breakfast. Don't forget to factor in the cost of uprated front suspension as well.

Yeah I know it will be a bit heavier up front and have coilovers if required,
battery etc will be moved to rear.

I've had the HUGE fail.. the rotory..
never had a B204 fail..
If i could rebuild this and garantee it would last more than 50k miles i would.. but i know it won't,

FOR SALE.......1990 SAAB 900..........nearly 600.000 mls (947.000 kms)............ :dubs:

http://i.marktplaats.com/00/s/NzY4WD...P7g~~60_85.JPG
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Marktplaats.nl - Opknapper, Saab 900 classic 2.0 I 16 HB U9 1990 Blauw, Forty - Saab

Lol, so many people here have way more than 50k trouble free miles, yea i wonder what/who is the problem :lol:

Peter Gilbert's car

A 1989 Saab 900 SPG with ..........................1,001,385 miles.


http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4813/saab120506.jpg

This Saab story is one in a million

sad that he has to stuck with some piece of shit for a million miles ?

:boink:

Saab is known for a piece of shit for a reason :)

:boink::boink:

what are you doing again ?

:wiggle::wiggle::wiggle:

The actual number is substantially lower, and that was among the early model years. Still a lot more than one would like.

If you pull the swap off, please take pictures and post them here. You're getting a rude reception because this site gets a fair number of posts from people who don't have a clue and announce they're going to swap something in to get better gas mileage. Every now and then someone who does have a clue comes back with pictures of their final result.

No getting around that it won't make economic sense. But not every project has to.

Ken