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Day 6

Tonight we spent out time disassembling all of the doors. We took out all of the windows, power locks, window motors, and the wiring harnesses to the doors. We also had to take off all of the window frames, rubber seals on the bottom of the doors, and the door handles. The two passenger doors are ready for painting now, but I still need to find a good rear driver side door.

I have purchased an LC-1 Wideband unit that I need for tuning with NIRA.

Keep tuning! (tuning Saab's that is)  ;)

Kaylan Marie

Day 5

Today was productive. I caught up on my sleep! Im working 56+ hours this week so I am spent. My husband did the dirty work today and started to repair the body damage on the rear quarter panel. It wasn't wrecked but dented bad enough in some inconvenient places to warrant doing this:

You can see the slight bending on the inner fender too, so that will be cut out tomorrow and these panels will be replaced with good ones from the 94 Aero parts car.

Keep reading! Dont miss out on the fun!

Kaylan Marie

Learning from past mistakes

Out with the old and in with the new! Its official everything is out of the car except the pedal assembly. My husband starting taping the car up tonight to prevent welding splatter getting outside of the car while we do the cage.

Keep on Saabin' and pray for an AeroX. :)

Kaylan Marie

Hidden Damage

When we pulled the 94 Aero apart we found some major damage. We parted it out and its going to the junk yard. The new car is a 1997 9000. It was a one owner car and has only 120k on the clock. We towed it home on Saturday and have made some excellent progress. Its only day 3. :)

 

Merry Christmas to me!

When I bought my black leather status seat on ebay (brand new) I didn't know what type of back it had. When I talked to the seller on the phone she told me it was fiberglass. When I picked it up from her brothers home I got a little suprise! I was so excited and I can't wait to bolt this baby into my new Aero.

Carbon Kevlar is so hot!! This seat retails at $2495.00

Keep lovin' the brand!

Kaylan Marie
 

New ATL fuel cell

My new fuel cell is dimensionally identical to the one that was in my old Aero. I went with the stainless container this time instead of aluminum because #1 it was cheaper and #2 it was red and will match the color theme of my new build. This may be a race car but I am still a girl and color coordination is a must! I went with a dip stick instead of a electrical gauge this time, and also upgraded the fill plate to an aluminum style because the plastic one on my old cell felt to cheap. It has two -6 outlets, one -6 return, and one -6 vent.

Keep Saabin'!

-Kaylan Marie

2000 degree coating

My header is back from Performance Coatings in Auburn Washington where it was cleaned and coated with their velvet black 2000 degree coating. It looks as good as new, if not better. Now its time to bolt on the Synapse Engineering racing wastegate!

 

-Kaylan Marie

Status Racing seat

The new Status Racing Seat. My old ones were red cloth with fiberglass backs. This one is black leather with a fiberglass back. I would like to get a set custom made but this will do for this stage of the project. This seat is what the roll cage will be built around. I think it looks great!

-Kaylan Marie

Harnesses Arrived

I bought black instead of red. They are stunning. :)

The padding is to prevent the camlocks from putting tiny holes in my tank tops like the Takatas did. Just kidding, but that is an added bonus.

TeamTech Harnesses

For my new build I am going with TeamTech harnesses. I bought this one today to make sure I like them. Its a 5pt camlock with pelvic padding. I am going with red TeamTech harnesses and black Status Racing seats this time, both FIA approved.

On another note, I got a substantial raise at work today. It will help out with buying some of my new parts, buying our new house, and paying our lawyer bills in our custody case! Its nice to feel appreciated.

Keep Saabin'!

Kaylan Marie