Saab Viggen Pikes Peak. nostalgia time.

"SantaRita" (SantaRita) 12/15/2014 at 15:39 • Filed to: None

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2000lbs, 750Hp, 4wd. wings like redbull. Oh Saab, how i miss you.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 15:43

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Ya, eet verry safe!

Tareim - V8 powered > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 15:46

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some footage of the beast

ACESandEIGHTS > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 15:51

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Nobody beats Michele Mouton on Pike's Peak. Though that car makes me want to bust out RalliSport Challenge 2. Epic battles between the Viggen and the Celica GT. Don't even get me started on the 240 derbies.

SantaRita > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/15/2014 at 15:52

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The last four miles of the treacherous course were particularly attention-grabbing for Eklund as his car's brake fluid boiled and the pedal went to the floor. "I guess we paid so much attention to gaining improved downforce by adding the front wings to the car this year that we took away needed airflow to cool the front brakes. It's tough enough driving this mountain with brakes." Eklund said. "I'd rather not have to drive up here again without them, but everything worked out fantastic."

and a favorite:

"If you happen to get one skid too many," notes Eklund, "you're not in the way to obstruct the guys coming up behind you."

SantaRita > ACESandEIGHTS 12/15/2014 at 16:00

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so 80's and so awesome. I still think i'd be this guy in either of their passenger seats.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 16:04

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I've never heard of this guy before, but now I know who I'm looking up tonight!

SantaRita > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/15/2014 at 16:08

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Quick recap, won his first rally in 1969 in a saab 96. still racing and setting records today AFAIK.

GhostZ > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 16:10

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Were this AWD or FWD? Or even RWD?

Tareim - V8 powered > GhostZ 12/15/2014 at 16:18

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AWD

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (USA): In 2000 Per Eklund achieved the still valid record time of 11:21.58 in his Saab 9-3 Viggen 4x4 while racing the Pikes Peak Open category.

SantaRita > GhostZ 12/15/2014 at 16:19

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Engine - Original Saab engine block and cylinder head. Engine tuned by

Trollspeed of Trollhattan. Longitudinally mounted , four-cylinder,

1 6-valve with twin overhead camshafts

- Garrett turbocharger with intercooler (3.0 bar or 42.8 psi)

- Displacement: 2.0 liters

- Bore/stroke: 92/77 mm

- Compression ratio: 9.0:1

HP Rating 750 HP at 8,000 rpm

Peak torque 518 Ib.-ft. at 6,500 rpm

Transmission Four-wheel drive with programmable active differentials and

six-speed Prodrive gearbox

Weight 2,090 Ibs.

O - 60 mph 2.3 seconds

Top speed 155 mph

SantaRita > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/15/2014 at 16:20

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from saabnet:

Per Eklund competed in his first rally race in 1964 in his father's driving school car, three weeks after receiving his driver's license. Before that, he rode as a co-driver/navigator for his father, Torsten, and his brother, Lars. He began competing in a Saab two-stroke in 1966 and started driving a factory-sponsored Saab in 1970.

Throughout the 1 970s, Eklund was one of Saab's most successful factory drivers and won the 1976 Swedish Rally in a Saab 96. Eklund has exceptional breadth as a driver and has won Swedish championships in rallying, hill climbing and rallycross. He has started more than 100 World Championship events.

When Saab stopped its participation in the World Championships in rally in 1979, Eklund was immediately offered a place on many of Europe's rally teams. His first assignment was to develop and compete in a Fiat Ritmo for the Italian car producer. Eklund had similar assignments with Volkswagen, which launched Golf GTI at that time, Triumph, Datsun/Nissan and Toyota.

Eklund is still extremely successfully, having won the Swedish Rallycross Championship in 1997 in a Saab 900 and the European Rallycross Championship in 1999 in a Saab 9-3.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 16:31

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Saab Viggen that could fly up Pikes Peak in about seven minutes.

21 000 lbs, 28 110 lbf, 0WD. Wings like a badass plane.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 16:37

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Trollspeed of Trollhattan

EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE NOW!

(3.0 bar or 42.8 psi)

If there was ever someone worthy of rolling up to someone and saying "do you even boost, bro?" it's this cat.

GhostZ > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 12/15/2014 at 16:41

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*42.8psi for 20 minutes, followed by an engine rebuild

NJAnon > SantaRita 12/15/2014 at 20:03

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What Saab was.... v_v *moment of silence*