Saab 96 V4 Rally 1969 – Tommi's Saab Site

Saab 96 Rally 1969 For Sale

I’m putting the Saab 96 Rallycar up for sale since I simply do not have the room to keep them all and don’t really have time to drive it. If you have followed the blog you pretty much know what I’m selling – check out http://www.saabisti.fi/1969-saab-96-rally/ Saab 96 V4 1969 The car has competition history… Continue reading Saab 96 Rally 1969 For Sale

Saab 96 V4 Rally – Slippery when wet – track day video

I tested the Saab 96 V4 Rally first time on a track yesterday. Rain made the track very slippery and kept the speeds down, but I still managed to get a little action 😀 A short track day video:

Extra driving lights for the Saab 96 Rally

The light units were some old Lucas lights.

I bought some extra driving lights some years ago in a Saab meeting. They were basically in good condition – good reflectors, no bad rust, pretty nice chrome. So as I decided to mount them on the 96 Rally, they needed just a little fixing up. We also made a bracket to hold the extra… Continue reading Extra driving lights for the Saab 96 Rally

Saab 96 V4 Rally – First start!

First (and second) start of the 1969 Saab 96 V4 Rally car. Also a few build photos in the end. After first start we changed the distributor (advance wasn’t working properly) and the freeze plug… It’s running but still needs a full tuneup of the Weber carburetors and the distributor etc. It’s probably running too… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – First start!

Saab 96 V4 Rally – Engine build moving forward

And the intake and carburetors done.

We managed to get the valve mechanisms on the Saab 96 V4 Rally done the past weekend. Also the intake manifold and throttle linkages are now done. A few photos:

Saab 96 V4 Rally – a slight delay and some protection for the carburettors

To make some progress we started to put intake and carburetors together temporarily.

I haven’t written in a while since we hit a little speed bump with the Saab 96 V4 Rally some weeks ago. When I started to put the heads together I found out I had received only seven heavy-duty valve springs! I contacted classicsaabracing about the problem and they promised to sent a new valve… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – a slight delay and some protection for the carburettors

Saab 96 V4 Rally – Fitting the Saab 99 radiator

Fitting a Saab 99 radiator to the V4 isn’t quite as straightforward as one might think. First of all the attachment points are different and you need to cut stuff out of the way, but the radiator needs some modification also. There’s more than one way to do this, the Works cars had a different… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – Fitting the Saab 99 radiator

Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 3.

The ’69 Rally is progressing, although I had to take time remove the fuel tank from the 99 Turbo as it started to smell of fuel. So no more fuel tank in the Turbo. Here’s a little progress report on the V4 Rally: Assembling the clutch Water pump Installing the engine Starting to look like… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 3.

Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 2.

Test fitting the lower half of the intake manifold.

The 1969 Saab 96 Rally is coming along nicely. Last weekend we got as far as installing the crankshaft and pistons. This weekend we got a little more done on the engine. Here’s what we did: Oil pump The first job on the high-flow oil pump was to upgrade the oil pressure. This can be… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 2.

Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 1.

Here we go - that's a nice looking Mahle piston!

We finally got around to beginning the engine build on the 1969 Saab 96 Rally. So – here’s some pretty basic stuff on installing the bearings and pistons: Installing the camshaft bearings Installing camshaft and balance shaft Crankshaft Installing the pistons That’s how far we got today – let’s hope we can continue on the… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally – engine build part 1.