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Hmmmm, it might be too long I havent measured. I finally picked my 505 up the other day so I should look. Anything can fit with a welder and an angle grinder though lol! Honestly I dont have terribly huge plans at the moment other than removing the auto trans ASAP and getting an N9T in there in the next year or two. Once some of my other huge projects are done ill come up with something cool for the Pooj! Either a built N9T or some weird engine nobody has done before lol.

Thats pretty much exactly what I was looking to make with one, the head cracking issue just had me worried! I did recently find out that they used the N9TE in the Citroen BX 4TC and I would love to build a replica someday. So perhaps I'll shelve my big turbo N9 ideas for now and just toss the OM606 I have lying around in the 505 hahaha. Appreciate all the responses here so far. Its very hard to find good info on these cars!

Ahhhh okay thats interesting, thats really good to know! I'm gonna have to look into steam tubes and do some research. I'll be using a Haltech when I do the swap so it will be a nicely controlled setup! Its too bad nobody has found a good 16v head that will line up yet. I wonder if any of the major companies that makes headgaskets have a data list they could search.

Hey all, I've recently picked up a '91 SW8 that will be getting a turbo manual swap in the next year or two. Im a big Volvo guy and really like the looks of the N9T on paper. Ive read a few threads about people building them up with Volvo pistons and Saab rods, they're closed deck, the port shapes in the heads are nice too. This is freakin awesome. But it appears as if they all have issues with the heads cracking... I LOVE making good power on unusual engines and keeping the original drivetrains in cars. But head cracking, to me, is a dead end. I'm not going to build an engine thats going to crack heads, I will swap a better engine in at that point. My question is, it appears as if Politecnic once made heads for these cars? Do these have the same cracking issues? Is the cracking due to a poor design or due to poor castings? Really excited to made this amazing breadbox fast! I appreciate any help!