Lifting is not an option! Amazing hillclimb attack by Swedish hero in a SAAB with engine trouble.

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Lifting is not an option! Amazing hillclimb attack by Swedish hero in a SAAB with engine trouble.

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Swede Ola Strömberg is well known for his balls out driving style in his turbo SAAB 99. In this hillclimb event, his engine blew in practice, and they swapped it over night. For some unknown reason the new engine ran way too rich, and the only way to make it to the top was to not lift. At all. EVER! The contrast between the balls out attack and the ridiculously calm voice of Ola over the intercom is hilarious! What a hero!
From Vårdkasloppet in 1983. Tons of big names on the entry list, such as:
Ola Strömberg
Leif Asterhag
Hasse Hansson
Sten-Erik Eriksson
Stig Blomqvist
Per Eklund
Anders Kulläng
Sören Nilsson
Bror Danielsson
Erik Johansson
Björn "Nalle" Johansson
Ingvar Carlsson
Bengt Ottoson
Lennart Björk
Gunnar Pettersson
Morgan Carlsson
Lars Högström
Göran Andersson
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@FireWaia 3 жыл бұрын

"Anything below 5000RPM and it dies, but it goes when fully on the throttle, so let's do that the entire race!"

@CriticoolHit 3 жыл бұрын

What a legend keeping his composure while flat footing 4th into a hard right. Narrating it the whole way.

@ameraldas3641 3 жыл бұрын

i hope that you realize that you have two feet and a throttle and a brake pedal. connect the dots

@FireWaia 3 жыл бұрын

@@ameraldas3641 Found the one that has to be a dick in any way he can. Yes i do realize that, i have driven everything from mine-enforced military trucks hauling tanks to my own little 2 door Honda Type R over the 20+ years of driving so far. You try to stay flat out on a 500hp+ car on a rally circuit and only control acceleration with clutch and brake then come back and sound smug about it?

@thatdude1435 3 жыл бұрын

@@ameraldas3641 yep, 'that one asshole' strikes again..!

@gabrielvarzaru2360 3 жыл бұрын

@@ameraldas3641 what a stupid thing to say

@forbiddenera 3 жыл бұрын

Man the commentary from the driver is what makes this sick. So fkn awesome

@andreapellegrino4469 3 жыл бұрын

The car can stay glued on the ground thanks to the weight of his massive balls of steel

@TheLtVoss 3 жыл бұрын

More ther gravitational forces

@DreamDosage Жыл бұрын

Great comment!

@PaceWorks 3 жыл бұрын

How am I only finding this now , The man's giving full commentary as he drives 😅💯👌 as if he's on a TV show like Tiff Needel back in the late 80s rally Cross yesrs

@hausmeisterengineering5952 3 жыл бұрын

It's Tiff Needel you dummy!

@sexyfacenation 3 жыл бұрын

Tiff a knee dell

@PaceWorks 3 жыл бұрын

@@hausmeisterengineering5952 oops haha You needa see him in the 6r4 commenting as he drives in a rally Cross race in 89 its on KZfaq Vhsrallies uploaded it .

@PaceWorks 3 жыл бұрын

@@hausmeisterengineering5952 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLCgl9t8ntHXYYU.html Watch the first race its BRILLIANT 🤣

@ameraldas3641 3 жыл бұрын

hes like an 80s jimmy broadbent

@nullcircuit 3 жыл бұрын

In the end he still beat out a fully functioning Celica, that's absolutely incredible driving

@fpvillegas9084 3 жыл бұрын

Flat out during cornering and still being able to talk on the radio. Awesome 👍

@aaronisgrate 7 жыл бұрын

i love saab. will forever hate GM for what they did to that company.

@anton2417 6 жыл бұрын

Retro Spec haha! I have 4 in my garage

@markusantonio4866 6 жыл бұрын

euroaaRON1 Did the Chinese buy them out or take control of them?

@aaronisgrate 6 жыл бұрын

Markus Antonio the chinese bought what was left of saab after gm let it go to shit. but spyker bought saab from gm in attempt to resuscitate the company then chinese took over after spyker failed and is making NEVS ev's out of the 9-3 platform. gm used saab to gain engineering knowledge. thats pretty much it.

@markusantonio4866 6 жыл бұрын

euroaaRON1 Are you Swede? Anyways, Tak yah(thank you in English) for the information.

@K1lostream 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah - my Saab experience is pretty limited, I've only been in two, but both times they blew my mind! First was as a kid, I rode passenger in, I think, a 99? (I do remember being told it had water injection for cooling, and it had a curved windscreen) which was the first time I went in a car that felt like being hit in the back by a freight train when it accelerated, and then a few years later, I got to drive my uncle's 2.3 Carlsson, which was just obscenely quick! Definitely something a little bit special about that marque before they got turned into Vectras-in-disguise.

@Spac8 3 жыл бұрын

He ain't lying. That thing is so rich it's black smoking like a diesel.

@petterbw 7 жыл бұрын

When in doubt, flat out :)

@DiegoMartinezCoria 3 жыл бұрын

It might not make things any better, but at least it'll end the suspense.

@skullofserpent5727 3 жыл бұрын

Torque below 5500rpm was inefficient to move sheer weight of balls of the pilot

@incubusga 3 жыл бұрын

He adds a pre- thank you to all the folks that helped him during the night... just in case he was not able to later 😧

@derp195 3 жыл бұрын

Oh don't be ridiculous, this was a low-speed hillclimb. Getting yourself killed in a crash here would have taken some serious skill.

@TimlerFX 2 жыл бұрын

@@derp195 lmao imagine watching this video and thinking it's "low speed". Your username is fitting

@derp195 2 жыл бұрын

@@TimlerFX in terms of car crash speeds, it is low speed. I always get a kick out of people who use my username to insult me. Really tells me which people are so unintelligent that they think that low hanging fruit is worth going for.

@TimlerFX 2 жыл бұрын

@@derp195 you can still die in a low speed car crash. I knew someone who died while only going 40mph. These guys are most definitely going at least that fast. Motorsports and racing are dangerous professions and pretending otherwise doesn't make you cool.

@derp195 2 жыл бұрын

@@TimlerFX Jesus christ, KZfaq comment people are intolerable. I'm just saying he wasn't fucking thanking people during the race because he thought he was going to die, because the odds of a serious crash while going relatively slow on a relatively safe course with all of the rally safety gear was extremely unlikely. I'm not looking to argue, so there is my point explicitly laid out, and if you want to argue any further, kindly take it somewhere else.

@peterrobinson7803 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, I had one. Bought it from my dad who bought it new in '76. Could not stop that car. Took it out in a snowstorm (13") and l had to drive around all the other stuck cars and trucks. Went through 2 feet of standing water no problem. One of my friends wanted it so l sold it to him for three times what l paid for it and he drove it for ten more years!

@vgannon-7303 7 жыл бұрын

Wow , his car control is incredible !

@Farlig69 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, straight into the ditch hahaha :)

@Thelifeofzeus471 3 жыл бұрын

@@Farlig69 because it died, you lose steering and breaking if the car is dead 😂

@mamiisthebestgirl5267 3 жыл бұрын

@@Farlig69 i bet you cant even keep that car alive 😂

@c2h6-e 3 жыл бұрын

The guy in the celica didn't have engine troubles and only beat him by just more than a second

@vintageshed965 3 жыл бұрын

The Celica was actually slower at 41.86, while the Saab ran it in 41.23

@DiViNiTY1337 3 жыл бұрын

Som svar på att det var en hyfsad tid i alla fall: "i den här trampbilen var det skitbra!" Helt otroligt. Tack för den här guldklimpen Fredrik!

@perlandstrom5023 3 жыл бұрын

jag älskar hur lugn han är man kan missta honom för att sitta och fika

@randreas69 3 жыл бұрын

Han søler litt i hårnålen der.

@ashtonworth6288 3 жыл бұрын

I used to thing saabs were uncool as a kid, now I appreciate those old skool cars.

@sneugler 7 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! SAABs are my favorite, especially the 900 turbo from the 80's.

@ETA555 3 жыл бұрын

Han höll så snygg linje genom loppet utan möjligheten att reglera gasen. Helt otroligt.

@MrTille 5 жыл бұрын

Tack! Jag älskade det här klippet när jag var liten, och när jag nu är vuxen förstår jag vidden av hur professionellt det var.

@marmalaterjones4526 3 жыл бұрын

Love the styling of those old Saabs.

@theoo382 3 жыл бұрын

"håller stumt hela tiden" hahaha vilken legend han e, hade vela sett han i en modern rallybil

@ESPirits87 3 жыл бұрын

då hade han somnat.

@user-ig7uk3gf2p 38 секунд бұрын

Han har kört lite nu på senare år men i en mindre klass har jag för mig

@a64738 3 жыл бұрын

Same method I had to use with my old 1,6l Diesel. The throttle had a bad habit of getting stuck at full throttle, just lucky that it only had 60hp so I just let it run and made record time going to school lol.

@t1mpetti 5 жыл бұрын

Oh the times when cam chains were meant to last.. Double row ftw!

@tntfreddan3138 3 жыл бұрын

My colleague wondered why there was a faint rattle/clicking from my 9-5 Aero (2002). "Your car has a timing belt that connects the crank shaft to the cam shaft, which, in turn, drives the cam shaft that opens and closes the valves the valves. My car has a timing chain, which gives off a sound for every revolution."

@True_Rarity 3 жыл бұрын

Just a guess from being a mechanic only a couple years, but that age of SAAB most likely had a "vein" air flow sensor instead of a mass air flow sensor. These older sensors usually weren't potentiometers. As a flap opened by the air coming through the intake, it would just land on a different resistor. Usually there's three. Idle, mid throttle, and wide open throttle. If the middle resistor had corrosion on it due to the replacement engine sitting for a period of time, it would make the fuel injection system think its wide open throttle, making it run extremely rich.

@FredrikSoerlie 3 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall having read that they found the issue. Iirc the timing belt had skipped a cog or something along those lines.

@FukU2222 2 жыл бұрын

@@FredrikSoerlie someone in another thread above said they spoke with the driver and claims they discovered a hole in the intercooler to be cause of issue..

@WhyForWhatNow 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot the calm man giving commentary is the same maniac that's driving

@TheBjorkhaga 7 жыл бұрын

The was a hole in the intercooler from a stone,thats the problem whit the engine,

@adamhlali8106 3 жыл бұрын

So basically it lost manifold pressure...

@CardboardSliver 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the 8V 99 was intercooled. I could be wrong though.

@jesperviktorsson8027 3 жыл бұрын

@@CardboardSliver its not a stock car either...

@vihreelinja4743 3 жыл бұрын

Weird not to have boost pressure gauge :)

@CriticoolHit 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamhlali8106 So what you're saying is.... DANGER TO MANIFOLD?

@stoopydh4878 3 жыл бұрын

0:52 Full gas de är de enda han går på de vet jag! xD

@endograft 7 жыл бұрын

balls of steel! amazing driving by Ola! thank you for sharing, sir (by the way your driving skills are over the top)

@Reaperman4711 3 жыл бұрын

I miss my SAAB, but it just got too hard to keep it serviced around here. Eventually, it became almost fun to explain to every oil change place that they had to park it in reverse or the key wouldn't come out. Oldschool turbo too, lag all the way up until rocketship-mode.

@pedalen 6 жыл бұрын

"...If we could turn back time, to the good old daaays..."

@Marvo.96 6 жыл бұрын

pedalen that was stupid

@pedalen 6 жыл бұрын

masterpoop678 yeah, you are right, Sweden is a fucking utopia these days..

@SgfGustafsson 3 жыл бұрын

@@pedalen hahaha Kanske kan det bli bättre någon dag om vi har lite tur, annars fick man bo ensam i skogen

@JoshRiolu 3 жыл бұрын

When our momma drove us to sleep, but now we're flat out

@SgfGustafsson 3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshRiolu No it's "When our momma sang us to sleep But now we're stressed out"

@tonytiger943 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible. So matter of fact. Balls of steel. 🥇 🚗 💨 🇸🇪

@Rena152 3 жыл бұрын

The engine wasn't wrong, it knew what the driver was capable of and pushed him to his limits!

@paulrawlins5878 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know how, i havent watched this yet. The driver is amazing, just adapts without hesitation, and gets it done. Last shop I worked at, (closed now sadly) I worked on the earlier fuel injection systems for SAAB, Mercedes, Volvo, I suspect the Air Mass Meter , or the throttle position sender, contacts are burned between the idle switch, and the max position switch if its the electronic bosch LH, or the k-jet air metering valve

@moconnell663 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking maybe they used low impedence injectors with a high impedence (no ballast resistor) injection computer, and they never fully shut off, or the computer had a bad voltage supply and was drawing current through the injectors themselves keeping them open?

@cryaesthetic3603 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently there was an issue with the rad screwing up the sensors and throwing the afr out of whack somehow

@grossteilfahrer 2 жыл бұрын

Hole in the intercooler, means the air mass meter lies to the ECU, and runs rich enough to sputter and die until the turbo builds full pressure to lean it out on high revs.

@fortune300 7 жыл бұрын

Wery impressive with that over fueld Engine! 8v Engine with std crank and rod´s. and body, the way rally was for many yers ago..

@tntfreddan3138 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't the 99 have a DOHC engine? wasn't it 16 valves?

@fortune300 3 жыл бұрын

@@tntfreddan3138 The Official rally car before turbo was NA 16v, maybe 1976-1978.

@CardboardSliver 3 жыл бұрын

Most Saab 99s were am 8v. The Finns even installed a hotter cam on the turbos, and played with the APC on them.

@epjetta 3 жыл бұрын

The 900 has one of the strangest drivetrain layouts ever. Very weird but it worked. I had a friend many years ago who owned a 900 turbo. It was a really nice driver.

@Cosigner22 3 жыл бұрын

He races like I played Gran Turismo as a kid

@TimlerFX 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best rally videos I've seen

@AndyWoohoo666 3 жыл бұрын

What an legend!

@TheMats47 3 ай бұрын

Thank`s for the good Video. I have like Ola Strömberg then i was a young boy!🙂💖💖💖💗💗💗💯🏁

@daw7563 3 жыл бұрын

To explain: the car was only working at full throttle, so he was forced to never lift the gas pedal from the floor to even make a laptime.

@PatHaskell 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what he kept saying.

@daw7563 3 жыл бұрын

@@PatHaskell yes, agreed, but not in English 😉

@KILLD0ZER 3 жыл бұрын

It has subtitles in english if you turn on the CC

@AngryPostmanStockholm 3 жыл бұрын

Asterhag :) En gammal Huddingebo från Åvägen

@alphamaledriveshard 7 жыл бұрын

Thank God that Saab was a FF. Can't imagine what would have happened if it was RWD. Or maybe I have no imagination xD. I wonder what went wrong.

@MrRichard57000 3 жыл бұрын

Think his fuelsystem was a k jetronic system... It has a big aluminium disk which float on the air, it regulates the fuel flow to the injectors.... Could also be the pressure regulator in the fuel distributor... Not sure just saying

@miralemnermina142 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRichard57000 intercooler was damaged

@combativeThinker 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRichard57000 A stone got kicked up and punched a hole in the intercooler. He lost manifold pressure.

@MrRichard57000 3 жыл бұрын

@@combativeThinker yes oke that makes sense to but you should hear it i guess???had a seal broken from the intake once,sounded like a wistle!!!haha

@K4g4m1 3 жыл бұрын

When you realize the movie speed is based on a true story

@Jonas_Aa 3 жыл бұрын

He said that it works in idle and full throttle. I think they maybe went into the digital era to early and forgot that it needs more than one bit.

@crawfordwice 3 жыл бұрын

Your grammar exposes your intelligence.

@Jonas_Aa 3 жыл бұрын

@@crawfordwice There are 10 kinds of people and I know which one you are.

@operator8886 3 жыл бұрын

That's like a racing game, no throttle, just button

@whyjnot420 3 жыл бұрын

The thing that struck me the most was seeing the rear wheels of the Celica toss out dirt with me going "wait, wtf, rwd on a celica??" Then I went and looked at the different models and realized that I was only 5 when they shifted to fwd. (though for a 1985 model year, that means 1984 in the world that everyone except auto makers live in, and my birthday is in December, so more like 3.5 years old) (Ill stick to my 4wd pickups ((not full size)) personally tyvm)

@rubenbraekman4515 3 жыл бұрын

Mans giving a full detailed commentary while driving the balls off this car... legend

@TheDuckumz 3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't joking about it running rich, when he restarted it and went to reverse out of the ditch i damn near thought it was a diesel with the amount of black smoke it shot out...

@JohnAnderson4242 3 жыл бұрын

"Totally Lifted" - new title fixed it for you.

@bennyguatavaaon55 3 жыл бұрын

Ola han är ju för skön.

@qanononabong8491 3 жыл бұрын

That musta been one of those GM built SNAABS!

@cassandrademetridi8261 3 жыл бұрын

Wwow... "SAAB-99" is beautifulll... ;)

@andyxox4168 3 жыл бұрын

The engine broke yesterday, have you been able to fix it? No we fitted bicycle pedals and I’m pedalling now .... 😂😂😂😂

@stevencoyne4971 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Sir !!💪💪💪👍👍👍👍

@Spheredalai 2 жыл бұрын

this is like the opposite of the brake failure action movies

@SgfGustafsson 3 жыл бұрын

5:15 “For this pedal car it was fucking good” lol

@FukU2222 2 жыл бұрын

strage, google ommits part of that translation in the CC//subtitles, lol

@johnchristopher5075 3 жыл бұрын

You haven’t lived as a driver until you’ve driven a Saab 99 Turbo. I’m one of the lucky ones....

@magnusblomqvist966 4 ай бұрын

For everyone that's been curious about the problem it was later discovered a hole in the intercooler 👍

@oblongfizoblong-derkleined8801 6 жыл бұрын

SAAB......♥

@Kiyoone 3 жыл бұрын

yes. this man was very much insane.

@MassiveTrackHunter 3 жыл бұрын

Now thats a racer!

@danieljohananderssonortega3280 3 жыл бұрын

I miss SAAB!!!

@icemax7 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the injection sequence. Someone messed it up while putting it back together

@tjalvehund82 2 жыл бұрын

It later showed that a rock had smashed a hole in the intercooler.

@onlyonewhyphy 3 жыл бұрын

Like when Hixxy did the Rezerection with no headphones or crossfader. Heroes.

@Saabspeedmaniac2k6 11 ай бұрын

The Saab chassis, full off the throttle if you want high rear rotation. You can modulate the rear under braking, turn in, purpose understeer with the gas pedal. I know I sound crazy. But if I time it right it will give me over, neutral steer, and oversteer when I want. The double wishbone front suspension is good. Today's standards it's not fast but I guarantee I am having more fun in this car than something that is computer ridden and still trying to kill me just so I can brag about a higher HP.

@FredrikSoerlie 11 ай бұрын

It makes sense to me. Having driven a few, as well as many other FWD cars, you basically have to set them up to kill you t be fast. I remember running massive toe out in the rear and 50-60psi in the rear when we raced the Chrysler Neon Cup, simply to make it rotate as soon as you were off throttle. It is tricky, but fast.

@pasmomoonde6077 3 жыл бұрын

Spirit of a f$cking winner here

@tarynrose6146 7 жыл бұрын

legend

@mndayman 7 жыл бұрын

fucking legend!!!!

@pchwang 7 жыл бұрын

What does he mean by never lift? I'm taking a wild guess but never taking his foot off the pedal?

@user-vk1sq4eo4p 7 жыл бұрын

full throttle all the way, yes

@eriksimca9409 7 жыл бұрын

Pierre, the car didnt run right so he was forced to go full throttle

@cryaesthetic3603 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, basically using the clutch to slow down before corners

@psoyf 3 жыл бұрын

”det här va ju tråkigt.. heh.. minst sagt” ”full gas hela tiden”

@siouex 3 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like this anymore...drivers aswell...

@jothain 3 жыл бұрын

Marcus Grönholm 2006 at Ouninpohja. Flatout for 46 seconds with average speed of 171km/h.

@slutkiller 3 жыл бұрын

How does he slide around a FWD car like that? Incredible

@TheLongefan 3 жыл бұрын

Just keep it pinned and aim for glory!

@RayleighCriterion 3 жыл бұрын

By losing the grip of the rear tires

@thatdude1435 3 жыл бұрын

@@RayleighCriterion no no, this has nothing to do with 'actual psychics', this is pure swedish glory!

@johanengqvist4333 3 жыл бұрын

By breaking and full throttle same time

@BustaHymen 3 жыл бұрын

Legend!

@Polmansol 3 жыл бұрын

When in panic, go full throttle.

@blueridgemountainprepper2166 3 жыл бұрын

I remember my 1st day driving as well 😂, spin out in turn 1

@OfDaSouth 3 жыл бұрын

@FukU2222 2 жыл бұрын

@@OfDaSouth buddy thinks he's funny, that's all...

@OkieDokieSmokie 3 жыл бұрын

When that Norwegian AI driver keeps beating your times...

@ionceateapinecone 3 жыл бұрын

Literally full send

@martincoufalik9101 3 жыл бұрын

I think i have pretty good picture abou how his previous engine died

@altoticket 3 жыл бұрын

When in doubt, go flat out.

@kenxiong6830 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a typical SAAB engine lol

@kramnam4716 3 жыл бұрын

What do you do when you come to a humpback bridge? I put my foot down in case it’s straight!

@Bennyjet89 5 жыл бұрын

When the top work but the bottom dont... Altanator! - Buford #wassupGee

@3xx0clan 3 жыл бұрын

a true swedish hero

@calbackk 5 жыл бұрын

Fan va coolt. 👍

@andyxox4168 3 жыл бұрын

If you never lift you’re not going fast enough!

@andrewcalebgorospe2754 3 жыл бұрын

this literally 12y/o me playing gran turismo lol

@paulgreen2416 3 жыл бұрын

Lifting is an option otherwise you'll slow down considerably. When you crash 😜

@cryaesthetic3603 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to do when the engine kills itself under 5500 rpm and when you shift. My guy had to flatshift it through the entire course lol

@Tuga2460 3 жыл бұрын

Was it ignition coil problem?

@LordGryllwotth 3 жыл бұрын

Did they change the ECU?

@TheSingaporeSlayer 3 жыл бұрын

Full send

@Memes-XD 3 жыл бұрын

that it?

@Bob46374 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the battery?

@GingerNingerGames 3 жыл бұрын

I'm still trying to work out how you flat shift from 4th down to 3rd

@venumus1 3 жыл бұрын

Hard on the breaks and just keep pushing till it drops in? I don't think these were sequential transmissions

@GingerNingerGames 3 жыл бұрын

Takes some talent, we know that much

@zevinneve 3 жыл бұрын

Mostly be going hard on the brakes to lose enough speed to not blow the gearbox. It’s not good for the transmission and the clutch will take damage as it slams into the flywheel at full speed, but the wheels will quickly catch up and you can keep going.

@thatdude1435 3 жыл бұрын

Not exactly healthy for your trans, but if you know your engine its possible