SAAB B204/ 234: The Junkyard Engine That Makes 1,000HP

When SAAB went bankrupt in 2011, European junkyards flooded with engines nobody wanted. But tuners discovered something incredible: SAAB's forgotten four-cylinder was literally indestructible.

The B204 and B234 weren't supposed to be legendary. They were just solid, over-engineered powerplants for quirky Swedish family sedans. But built with thick Swedish steel, forged internals, and paranoid engineering philosophy, these engines became cult legends.
Stock internals? 400+ horsepower.
Forged builds? 800-1,000 horsepower.
Cost? A few hundred euros from the junkyard.

This is the story of how SAAB accidentally created one of the strongest four-cylinder turbo engines ever made, and how it found a second life in BMWs, Nissans, Mazdas, and everything else with an engine bay.
From Swedish engineering excellence to junkyard gold rush to cult status among European tuners, this is the engine that refused to die.

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