This Legend Will Die Hard- A Sad Story

[alejandrodavila22]

Dude I'm stoked to see another 9-3.and you should definitely go with fortune they ride great and look awesome, I can still go down another 2-4 inches all around.

[alejandrodavila22]

Hey brother long time no hear hope you are still around

[Hashbrows]

Lets ignore the fact he has 22 PSI boost in the winter?

[walkbyfaith]

I am a big fan of Saabs, and I have been wanting to get one to mod up, but funds are not quite where they should be to afford driving a high end car like that. Sticking with my suby for right now, keep it simple. But I will definitely be getting one in the future.
I am dying to see this thing put together with those wheels. Gonna look amazing!

[SnazzyQ]

Bumping for updates son.

[dubs&boost]

if the car is warmed up, running 22 psi doesn't matter if its summer or winter. go with the master craft torque wrench. love mine. i also agree on the thumbs up for mishimoto! amazing company to deal with

[alejandrodavila22]

Any updates on installing the wheels

[loekaaz]

I thought the title used to say "This legend will never die - a Saab story"

Seems like one of the mods already fixed it for ya

[SnazzyQ]

I thought the title used to say "This legend will never die - a Saab story"

Seems like one of the mods already fixed it for ya

OMG I just noticed that lol. Whatever mod did that wins +5 internets.

also bump

[brechnar100]

So here is an update after disappearing for over a year now. But this sad Saab story now has a plot twist.

With my first school year that was coming up the government would not let me have a student loan based on my parents old finances. So i was in a tight bind and needed to find 2100.00 in less then two weeks. Then i had to switch my insurance from company to personal and that had sky rocketed from 115.00 a month to 490.00 a month. So i decided to sell my car and use the money to fund my education.

Now i know what youre thinking, great a unique build totally out of the window. But to be quite honest i had fallen out of love with the car and in order for me to sell the vehicle i needed to provide a safety inspection slip. Getting the slip proved difficult. I had a cracked front subframe, bad CV axles, the wheel hubs were noisy and the car wasnt in the shape it needed to be.

So heres the break down, a buyer was interested in the car and after the extensive repairs i was able to sell the car for: $8000.00
Tuition for school: $2100.00
Buying a Mazda RX7 FC3S in mint condition: $3000.00
BC racing coilovers for the FC3S: $800.00 (BNIB from a guy who had to part his car out)
Money Left Over: $2900.00

Oh, also bought an 1997 infiniti Q45 Lowered on s14 suspension for 600.00....But thats later.

So This is where the direction takes fold and as you can see i found a rx7 FC in markham ontario for 3000.00. Car had 120,000 Km on it and has absolutely no rust what so ever. It had a upgraded momo steering wheel and a momo shift knob with upgraded sound system and stereo Deck.

First things first, installing the coilovers.


Stock height of the rear


Stock height of the front


The coilovers


First was the Rear, one bolt in the knuckle at the bottom, two up top after you remove the rear speaker, super easy. Car came with KYB Adjustable shocks, selling the whole set for 100.00 btw


Comparison of the old shocks to the new coilovers.


The rear coilover Installed.




Put the wheels back on. 5Zigen racing 17x7.5.


Gotta let the springs settle.


Front shocks are just as straight forward. 2 bolts in the knuckles. 4 up top.


Now whoever installed the old shocks put it so that i had to remove the front brake caliper in order to slide the bolt out. No big deal but a inconvenience none the less.


But once the new coilover was installed slapped the wheel back on and this is the front fitment.




While i was done with the coilovers i also took out the interior seats to vacuum and do a full detail.




How she sits now, yes could use more low, but once i order a VIS Body kit itll make it look lower, plus in city driving, driving over speed bumps u can hear the pinch welds scrape.


Pic of the rear, also forgot to mention the car has cross drilled and slotted brake rotors with new pads. Also came with a Racing Beat Cat back exhaust.


Another Side shot

[brechnar100]

While doing this ive been doing some side jobs fender rolling. Did a type r Swapped track integra. Has a wild paint job, and done up interior with proper suspension modifications.




Mounting the roller to the hub


That was an easy job none the less. Also did my friends civic to clear his wheels, his car sat really low and the rear fenders were on the tire, before he even sat in the car.

The initial start of the roll



Gettting there


Practically done, i flattened it more afterwards.


How the rears sat before the roll


How it was after the roll.


Then one day i was bored and did a thing.

[brechnar100]

Also did a fender roll on a buddies mazda 3. He bought 18x9.75 inch wheels and they were way wide. Rubbed on everything, did a fender roll and aggressive pull.






Did a roll on my best friends Infiniti M45 that hes over hauling.


How it started.


Setup


Started rolling and began the process of a mild pull.

Before:


After:


Shit and giggles


Because this is a saab titled thread ill throw this 9-5 in. 420 WHP and 450 torque.
Uses a Holset HX35

[brechnar100]

So to clarify the mazda RX7 is my project car, aiming for the future to do one of two swaps. Its NA so i wanna do a turbo swap first, get myself familiar with the 13B Turbo engines, and then eventually do a v8 swap since they are so abundant. So i purchased a Turbo 2 Transmission, Turbo Rear end subframe, LSD and housing, and rear axles. All for 300 bucks .
Heres a throwback of when i first got her. Litterally bought her on the spot before even turning the motor on.



The LSd and rear subframe


The transmission and axles.


Mandatory pop up headlight gas station photo


The PBM bushings. Got all of them and some more on back order, gonna get the angle kit next from them.


Then one day leaving work i saw this for the first time. Dude is a regular at my work

[2.oTAWD]

You must put the wheels on the FC!

[brechnar100]

Now on to the daily. So the gentleman who built the work equips has a infiniti Q45 himself. But his is mint, low and wide on its own. I never thought i would own one myself but after parousing the local classifieds i saw this one pop up for 600.00. I had some extra cash laying around and needed something more practical then the rx7 because my girlfriend and i like to go downtown with friends and family and a four door is a great solution. Any problems with the infiniti i would take upon myself on fixing. First thing on the list to fix was the battery, it was dead. Then replace the head light lamps, another easy fix.

Here on her first day


Fluid service, oil changes on both cars, as long as a transmission fluid change in the Q.


Also have some daily wheels, theyre 18x8 and 18x9 Rays Victrix Brainer wheels.


the car also definitely needed a trunk liner as well.


The trunk latch also doesnt work, needed to source a new one from another parts car. Unfortunately these cars are so rare in Canada that i needed to order this from a salvaged car all the way in Florida.


Some pics of the wheels.



Ride height, Car is also missing an exhaust from the cat back.


How the front sits.


Keep in mind this car has Nissan 240sx Struts and springs. Gotta do more research as to what parts are swapable but for the time being this is her.


Mocked up a quick trunk bed liner from home depot. Cost me 30 bucks




Engine was knocking in cylinder one and two. Swapped out the spark plugs and changed a bad ignition coil.


Also ordered some Weds Kranze Bazreia. Gonna rebuild and powder coat these wheels.



Heres a funny story, car started and drove for the first 4 days. After some dailying and scraping alot in certain places i got to work and parked up. After a long 12 hour shift i hop into my car and try to start her........Nothing.

So i thought it was the starter, u can hear the fuel pump, car is getting battery voltage and u can hear the ignition switch activate, but no motion from the starter. Call CAA and get the car towed home. Once the car was towed home and the tow truck driver dropped the car back out i noticed a wiring harness drop down. Its the wiring harness for the starter system.


So out comes the soldering kit and picked up the proper gauge wire as well as heat shrink, electrical tape and a sleeve to protect the wiring. As you can tell, this hasnt happened before, the first two blue wires have butt connectors attached to different color wires and it was wrapped in electrical tape as protection. So i took it upon myself to fix the problem.


After all the wiring was soldered, heat shrinked i wrapped it.


Added the sleeve for more protection


Re routed it around the oil pan and let it sit above the sub frame.



Then voila she was fixed and started again, saved myself 250.00 on a new starter.
Also a picture of the old plugs.




The girlfriend likes to help out every now and then and swapped in the air filter. She knows best.



So thats it for now and what ive been up to recently. Been doing alot of brake jobs and small stuff like that but no need to really post it. Slowly but surely cool things will keep happening.