Saab Performance 
Wednesday Snippets(16)
In today’s snippets entry:
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The 9-3 Turbo XR from Speedparts gets an award
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Saab actually have a waiting list for the TTiD
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Autoblog need geography lessons and Channel4 need lessons in internet courtesy.
Hirsch officially launch their Saab 9-3 2.8 XWD tuning package
Hirsch have finally lifted the covers of their upgrade package for the Saab 9-3 2.8 XWD. This tuning package will suit the Turbo X as well as Aero models with XWD. This tune is obviously for 2008 models, but I’m told that it will be the same package for 2009 models as well.
Using [...]
Turbo XR at Kinnekulle
We’ve seen this car before, and it’s not to everyone’s tastes. This is Saab at its most extreme in terms of both looks and performance.
This is PA Johansson’s Saab 9-3 Turbo XR. A custom built monster of a Saab 9-3. The full build page and gallery is hosted over at Speedparts. [...]
Exhaust wrapping - hot or not?
This is one for the performance fans out there. I don’t really know much about this, despite the fact that the exhaust on my 900 is wrapped.
The theory here is that once you wrap your exhaust manifold in this heat-absorbant bandage, it retains a lot of heat in your exhaust headers instead of radiating [...]
