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2.3l turbo saab
oadamo - 8/11/09 at 01:19 PM

hi what rwd gearbox will fit and what clutch will i need.
adam

rusty nuts - 8/11/09 at 01:20 PM

IIRC PPC magazine used an Omega box and clutch ?

oadamo - 8/11/09 at 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by rusty nuts
IIRC PPC magazine used an Omega box and clutch ?



did they say what power you can out into the omega box before it breaks.
adam

tomgregory2000 - 8/11/09 at 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by oadamo
quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
IIRC PPC magazine used an Omega box and clutch ?



did they say what power you can out into the omega box before it breaks.
adam


No they called it the 'grenade' gearbox

oadamo - 8/11/09 at 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by tomgregory2000
quote:
Originally posted by oadamo
quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
IIRC PPC magazine used an Omega box and clutch ?



did they say what power you can out into the omega box before it breaks.
adam


No they called it the 'grenade' gearbox



lol i like that
adam

mcerd1 - 8/11/09 at 05:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
IIRC PPC magazine used an Omega box and clutch ?


but the also said that only works with the later engines (the ones with the GM bolt pattern)

cof course you can get vauxhall bellhousings for type 9 boxes etc.....

ss1turbo - 8/11/09 at 08:31 PM

Its not power which kills gearboxes; its torque..

Anyway - any post-94 Saab engine should bolt to a GM gearbox, available in two main flavours - the R25 and R28 (from an Omega). This is the torque rating in Nm/10, so an R28 box will take 280Nm happily. Unfortunately, this box is only found in the 3.0 Omega and manual 3.0's are a little rare. The R25 is much more common, being used in the 2.0 and 2.5 versions. Just keep a supply of them handy?