"Berang" (berang)
02/19/2020 at 20:26 • Filed to: None
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"Berang" (berang)
02/19/2020 at 20:26 • Filed to: None | 5
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Today I started the Saab on gasoline. It actually started up almost right away. New fuel pump, hoses, filter, new carb gaskets and blew all the passages out. New oil, new oil filter. Ran a hose from the pump to a 1 gallon plastic gas can. I haven’t pulled the fuel tank yet so don’t place any trust in it.
The bad news is the auto-choke on the carb doesn’t work properly. I adjusted it to all the settings to open as quickly as possible, but even on a not very cold day like today, it pretty much just closes entirely. So that’s what the screwdriver is jammed into the carb for, to keep the choke open. I think I’m going to just wire it open. It didn’t really need the choke to start, and ran better without any choke at all.
After I got it warm up for a couple minutes, it settled into a mesmerizingly slow idle. I haven’t touched the carb settings yet. I set them how the rebuild sheet told me to set them when I cleaned out the carb. Obviously, it will need to idle faster than this when I go to drive it. But it sounds pretty cool ticking over at what sounds like maybe 400 or so rpm.
That’s amazing isn’t it? It’s probably got to have decent compression to maintain an idle like that.
Speed
> Berang
02/19/2020 at 20:43 |
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Laying here with my wife and hearing that little V4 fire up actually made me giggle. Fine work!
Nibby
> Berang
02/19/2020 at 21:05 |
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Berang
> Nibby
02/19/2020 at 21:57 |
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I think that purring noise is caused by the timing gears on the front of the engine:
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> Berang
02/20/2020 at 00:23 |
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Good work! Those 96s make the best sounds all round. Two stroke V4s just sound so unique.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Berang
02/20/2020 at 02:15 |
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Stef posted that on twitter and i replied Berang bait, then she replied it was you
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Berang
02/20/2020 at 18:17 |
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This is awesome news! I do love me classic Saabs. That idle is hilariously slow...is that the factory idle setting...?
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Berang
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
02/21/2020 at 05:44 |
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I’ll have to check the manual, I think the spec is for around 800rpm, so about twice this kick over. This is just how it idled with the screws set to the default settings on the rebuild sheet.
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Berang
02/22/2020 at 16:51 |
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I’m surprised it stayed running with an idle that low, hilariously tractor-
like though! :P