[Jared at Pelican Parts]

I'm a big fan of Saabs. In my mind, they come pretty close to being the do-it-all in one package car.

Things to look out for on these cars is oil sludging. I would go so far as to remove the oil pan and clean it out fully before doing anything else. There's also a retrofit kit for the PCV to help reduce oil sludging.

The other big thing are ignition cassettes. They tend to fail without warning and are kinda pricey.

The torque limiting is to prevent wear on the gearbox. And yes, they have stupid fast acceleration.

These cars really benefit from bigger sway bars and stiffer springs. Stock, they have non-existing steering feel. Changing all the front bushings to polyurethane transforms the feel of the car.

The torque steer problem is fixed by re-inforcing the steering rack where it bolts to the firewall. You can install a pre-made brace to fix this. I welded gussets into mine. Really made a big difference.

The earlier cars had Trionic 5 engine management (red ignition cassette) which can be easily tweaked for higher boost pressure. Do this with a port and polish, open up the intake and exhaust, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, bigger injectors and you have a stupid fast car.

The later cars use Trionic 7 (black ignition cassette) which really doesnt give you much options for tuning except re-programming the ECU.