SAAB Tuning

Heavy Tuned Saab 9-5 2.3 (514HP-742Nm) by KCPerformance

Tuned Saab 9-5 turboTuned Saab 9-5 turbo 514hp

Tuner house KCPerformance from Netherlands turned this Saab 9-5 2.3 Turbo into a real road monster. KCPerformance was founded by Pieter Hermans and Kazimir van Hooijdonk, two gentlemen with a passion to tune and improve everything that rolls.

The results of their latest Saab project are fantastic – With one of their custom build B235L engine and turbo kit they raised the output to 514.4 hp & 742.1Nm! Optimizing engine performance has always been their main goal, not just an increase in power, but also a good usability of the power at hand.

Saab 9-5 Sedan 2.3 Turbo KCPerformance Racer
Saab 9-5 Sedan 2.3 Turbo KCPerformance Racer

This team of tuners took a stock Saab 9-5 and fully stripped it to a bare chassis. Then, thez then gave it a custom roll cage with 2 Corbeau seats and Luke harnesses.

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Later, they followed this up with a full engine rebuild with custom pistons, new clutch Sachs Performance/KCPerformance, custom conrods, custom manifold and HTX32561 turbo, wheels 8” OZ Superleggera II… to make sure they get the most out of the engine they gave it a custom engine management with ALS and Launch Control.

 

What comes to driving a race car, your best friend is grip. That’s why tuning team gave this Saab a custom coil over set with custom chassis upgrades. We also upgraded the stopping power with a custom 345mm big brake kit with HiSpec 6 pot calipers. To complete the picture – tuners painted the car in Lethal Blue with black decals and a custom diffuser.

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Fantastic work guys, we hope to see from your Tuning house more such Saab projects. See this project car at Dyno:

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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