1999 Saab 9-3 Viggen

1999 Saab 9-3 Viggen
1 of 420 sent to the US.
Upgrades include
Genuine Saab rescue kit (helps with the torque steer)
3” GS down pipe & Custom exhaust
Upgraded sway bars
Cobra pipe (Krona)
Stage 3 Brew City Boost tune Good for 300hp brewcityboost.com
T5 Cams
Eibach lowering springs
Koni adjustable shocks
Built trans with Quaife LSD and 4.45 final drive
19” Miro 112 series wheels
Bigger Intercooler
Completely reubilt the front end steering and suspension components
Few stereo upgrades
Currently doing a HID retrofit
**Future upgrades 19T turbo upgrade - have spare turbo just waiting on shop to slow down and send it out. (should be in by mid summer)
Forged Pistons

Info on the Viggen
A high-powered version of the Saab 9-3 was the “Viggen” (English: Thunderbolt). It was named after the Saab 37 Viggen aircraft. Production ended in 2002.

It came with a turbocharged 2.3 L engine, (B235R) giving 225 bhp (168 kW; 228 PS) later 230 bhp (172 kW; 233 PS) on 1.4 bar (20 psi) of boost from its Mitsubishi TD04-HL15-5 turbocharger. Other changes included higher capacity intercooler, performance tuned ECU, flow through muffler and tip, heavy duty clutch and pressure plate, stiffened and lowered springs, firmer dampers, and stronger CV joints and driveshafts.

In 1999, the Viggen was the first 9-3 to use Saab’s Trionic 7 engine management system. In addition, the 2001 model year introduced a Traction Control System (TCS) to the Viggen.

The car featured a special rear wing requiring relocation of the radio antenna, aerodynamically designed bumpers and side skirts, special bolstered and colored leather seats (available in four colors: black with black inserts (charcoal), black with blue inserts (deep blue), black with orange inserts (flame ochre), and tan with tan inserts), sportier suspension, bigger wheels and upgraded brakes.

The Viggen was only available with a five-speed manual transmission, CD player, power moonroof, and (what were initially) Viggen-specific motorised and heated leather seats with the Viggen delta logo embossed in the backrest; these were later also available in the Aero model (U.S. market ‘SE’ model) without the embossed Viggen logo. Some colors featured carbon-fibre interior trim from its introduction to the middle of the 2001 model year, when Saab substituted a less expensive printed gray pattern for the dash and standard trim.

New Viggen buyers in the U.S. were offered two days of advanced driving instruction at Road Atlanta and dined with Saab USA executives from nearby Norcross, Georgia.

Some motoring journalists were critical of untamed torque steer in low gears. — Article from Wikipedia—