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I’m not the only Viggen owner here in Oz looking to get a little bit more out of his car!
Many of you know that I have a mate in Sydney, Richo, who has a Viggen as well. He’s a few steps ahead of me in terms of getting his Viggen up to the desired level, and here’s what he got in the mail today.
That’s a BSR PPC unit to reprogram his ECU and lift his horsepower and torque ratings, as well as a Forge BOV replacement unit and some Powerflex bushes (for the steering rack, I believe). All of which were purchased from Elkparts.
Note, Richo previously tried an atmospheric unit for the BOV on the recommendation of a mechanic at a Saab dealership and it didn’t produce the desired results. Yet another reason why I tend to wonder a little about the technicians that aren’t specifically trained on Saabs – and the big problem is you don’t generally know when you put your car in which ones are and which ones aren’t trained on Saabs.
But I digress.
It’ll be mucho interesting to see how this upgrade turns out. Richo’s planning on shooting some before and after film, so we’ll all get to see the results.
UPDATE:
Little did he know, but the bike had the wrong VIN#
9 responses so far ↓
1 Richo // Jul 9, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Just waiting for Noah to swing by…. it’s dumped 50mm in 12 hours here so I don’t tink i’ll be trying out the extra power in the rain.
2 swade // Jul 9, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Girlie blouse….
3 Saabill // Jul 9, 2007 at 12:28 pm
If either of you want to add a second Viggen to the garage, there is a black 2000 5 door for sale in WA for $15,000.
4 Richo // Jul 9, 2007 at 12:36 pm
yeah, it’s been on there for quite some time now
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5 al aero // Jul 9, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Nice new site layout matey looks good.
Now my question is this, why would either of you not go for a custom ecu from either Nordic or Abbott that will achieve more POWER!!, I dont see the sense in having a unit that can be de-tuned back to factory its not like the cars are under factory warranty anymore.
just my 2cents worth
al
6 Saaboy // Jul 9, 2007 at 3:35 pm
detuned = less wear, and less fuel consumption
. fewer tickets…
that’s a good looking scott
… my road bike is for sale on ebay…
2006 felt f1c. 54cm. BID!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200126641860&rd=1&rd=1
7 Nevitz // Jul 9, 2007 at 3:38 pm
What’s the new dyno on the bike?
I imagine it’s stock rating was 1 manpower, eh?
8 Richo // Jul 10, 2007 at 10:44 am
Well it goes a litte like this…
You plug the PPC in to your car, it reads it, you then plug it in to your PC it sends it and in 5 days they send the programme back to you and you reconnect and upload to the car…
that’s not what i had in mind as i waited for an hour and 20 last night for it to read my car. i thought i was going to drive away with the new programme, but no
So still i wait………
ps – still highly convenient though
9 Richo // Jul 10, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Saaboy, yep and it’s great to ride too. Cost me a bundle so it bloody ought to!
As for the 1 manpower Nevitz, well you’ve obviously never met me. Clearly I prefer horses…..oops