Tossed a different set of wheels on the 240 today...
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haha, just like the Africa Top Gear episodes. sleeping in the cars.
That's because in africa you can get west nile virus is deadly, and there are rhino's and shit. I don't blame them!
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bigger wheels means it's time to drop it down a bit more.
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Thanks TJ. I was just thinking about getting in touch with you about that...
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well, the blue wagon is going away
...and being replaced by this:
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Thanks! The coupe is a much nicer car. This was shipped over to WI from California about 8 years ago, and it has never seen snow. 100% rust free... which is quite the change from the wagon.
I'm excited to get going on this one. I love the 2 doors, and was really lucky to get my hands on this one.
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that coupe is sharp!!!
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progress? oh boy...
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Wow! Looks like one hell of a project. Definitely keep us updated on this one. Looking good so far!
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Wow! Looks like one hell of a project. Definitely keep us updated on this one. Looking good so far!
I'll drop pictures in here from time to time, but here is the dedicated project thread on the volvo forum: http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=284730
Tom are you going to swap the motor out of the wagon into the coupe?
Yep! It'll get pretty much everything from the wagon. In a couple years I'd really like to put a worked over m50/52 in it and cram some air in it. Volvo redblocks are pretty capable little tractor motors that can provide a lot of fun at minimal expense, but I really love pretty much everything about the bmw inline 6s.
Here are a few pictures:
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Stock removable core support? Jelly! I need to design one for the front end damage prone E28s
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Yep! Some of the different years have a few spot welds to drill out, but on this car I just unbolted everything.
More pictures. 50ft2 roll of Fat Mat Rattle Trap, and 100ft2 roll of Mass Loaded Vinyl showed up.
Got started on the passenger door.
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More progress this weekend. Copied and pasted from my project thread.
Measured and cut out the strut tower opening to make room for camber plate adjustment.
Finally wrapped up the prep and sprayed the engine bay with Spray Max 2K epoxy primer. For an aerosol can, this stuff is pretty great.
Then I pulled the dash out of the wagon. This is in way worse condition than I realized. Not sure what I'll end up doing with this.
I'll be using some of the blue interior trim from the wagon for this car, so I tried out Duplicolor interior paint. Seems to be pretty good.
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Been working quite a bit on this, but not much to show for it.
The engine bay is finally done, save for a little wax.
Steering rack cleaned up
Dash stuff. I repaired the dash cover; just need to refinish it now.
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Just realized I haven't update this in a while. Here's a slew of pictures.
The bay.
Front control arms boxed, painted and undercoated.
17x8 BBS RC (<17lbs each)
Masking for paint after a lot of prep time.
Block freshly painted.
Flocked dash installed along with alllllllll the wiring and heater control stuff.
More stuff tossed in.
Someday, it'll be a real car. At least it has front suspension bolted up now.
Unintentionally blinged-up alternator.
Getrag 265 swap parts: Bellhousing adapter plate, centering ring, shifter cage and linkage to fit 240 shifter location, driveshaft support bearing relocation bracket.
Getting more things together. Meticulously prepped the exhaust manifold and turbine housing, then painted them with 'Stove-Brite' (Old man trick for good HIGH heat paint. Volvo guys use this on turbine housings and say it holds up remarkably well. One guy has been using it for 30 years...)
Phenolic intake manifold spacers to help abate some amount of heat transfer when I'm asking for all that the little baby TD04HL-16T turbo is worth.
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