SAAB 9000

[@paulatcliffe8905]

I loved my 9000 Aero and my 9000 turbo which I had rechipped. Great cars, fast, luxurious and very roomy.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

I want to get a DeLorean and go back in time and save SAAB, we lost something special 🙂

[@barenekid9695]

Not possible to "rechip' a Saab. Rather.. One flashes a remapped Firmware to the ecu. Unlikely you even owned one.

[@tim1polman]

bought a '94 9000 CSE with a blown headgasket in 2020 for 300 euro's. Only reason I wanted to save it was because it was a 2.3 turbo, manual gearbox with sunroof. Changed crankshaft bearings, timing chain, skimmed the head and put it back together. Added a T7 APC valve (was a 170hp unregulated turbo), loaded the 200hp + stage 1 software, and dailied it. Till it ate the clutch (well, at 304k km, its to be expected.) Removed the small clutch, put in the 240mm clutch the Aero also had, found a TD04 15T turbocharger on the scrapyard,... etc, etc... A few weeks ago, we drove to Trollhattan for the 40 years Saab 9000 Festival. over 2600km in 5 days. Not bad for a car that was supposed to go to the crapyard. after 3.5 years, its still a daily driver. 😄

[@dj_paultuk7052]

That was a quick and fun review. Paul @ The SAAB Clinic.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

Thanks, that means a lot coming from a SAAB specialist like yourself. 🙂 I am currently working on a SAAB NG900 video stay-tuned 😉

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I think a clean Saab from the mid 90's looks so so good in 2022, It's an acquired taste i guess but i love them just for being so cool looking.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

They aged very well 🙂

[@worawatli8952]

I fell in love at first test drive, I never know much about Saab until I got in it. It is my first car I bought for myself, been driving my mother in laws new C class and I love my 9000 more than the new car. It is more relaxing to drive and great sensibilities than most new cars with huge pillars that make them so claustrophobic. I was just looking for something I will enjoy as weekend cars, I don't commute as I am working at home, it is perfect car for me. Extra maintenance and high fuel consumption still is cheaper than buying new for me.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

I have a VERY eclectic car collection and although I admit to loving back-up cameras, electric steering and even CVT transmissions, I love 90's cars the most. The visibility, styling and connection to the road are just absent in new cars. I have had many older than 1990's cars and as I get older, I just don't enjoy them as much. The 90's are a sweet spot where you have fuel injection, 5spd manual transmissions and power steering. Everything you need, nothing that you don't. ;-)

[@rjkStudios]

I've never been a fan of Saab, but I actually like the look of this one. Thanks for teaching me about a car that I didn't know anything about! 😎 👍 I always enjoy the format of your videos, and chuckled at the gapplebee's segment on this one. 😆

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

I had no opinion on them, I have never worked on one or had any dealings with them. They are very interesting cars, the only problem now is I don't know which one I want more the 900 or the 9000. LOL

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

@Mangetout True, now to find a place to park them! 🤔

[@thomasvandonkelaar4659]

Thanks mate! Really helpful.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

Glad you enjoyed it, and found it helpful 🙂

[@einpercy825]

Great video. I learned a lot of new stuff too.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

Glad to hear it! I think I am going to do the SAAB 9-3 soon, it has such a great story.

[@ronlohse1006]

Just a note, at one point you mentioned an air cooled engine, NEVER was there a SAAB 9000 with an air cooled engine.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

You are 100% correct, the script I wrote clearly says "water cooled", but during recording I said "air cooled" for reasons unknown. 😳

[@STOLerant]

I know I love my '94 9000 Aero. #SAABlife

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

You're not alone, my SAAB videos are very popular. Now all I have to do is become a millionaire KZbinr so I can buy a 900 and a 9000 and a garage big enough to keep them and all my other four wheeled children. :-)

[@Haans5010]

do u have any extra parts for a tcs delete?

[@STOLerant]

@@jasonbowmanlovescars6966 you and me both brotha lol

[@STOLerant]

@@Haans5010 mine came without TCS from factory, so unfortunately I do not.

[@TheNismo777]

Not a word about the v8 project that was in the making, I'm suprised.

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

I didn't come across that in my research, Color me intrigued! 🙂

[@TheNismo777]

@@jasonbowmanlovescars6966 There is a factory in Finland where Saabs were produced and some of their engineers were developing a 4 liter v8, I think there is even vids about an actual concept driving in youtube

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

@@TheNismo777 kzbin.info/www/bejne/omPcppJnZqiEfqM

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

www.saabplanet.com/saab-v8-engine-for-saab-9000/

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

Very Cool, thanks 🙂

[@Jonjs99]

I have one. saddly main bearings will go off soon

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

You could always buy a good used engine for it, or replace the bearings?

[@Jonjs99]

@@jasonbowmanlovescars6966 Got that car for 500 euros, odometer read about 500k but its revinded many times. Did joyfull 15k km, floor, front windscreen frame is lost, rear longerones fractured and rusted due to pulling heavy loads like 2axis trailers with saab 9-2 on top of it. That car was used as work horse rescue car

[@brlan13]

this is the worst editing I have ever seen single handedly

[@jasonbowmanlovescars6966]

Thanks for the constructive criticism . I watched one of your videos for editing pointers. What program do you use?