Volvo 242 - The frog
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Very cool...I've had more than a few volvos...infact.that's all I've played with till recently..selling the last brick in the fleet. I loved my 242 though, I built a 2.5 stroker, the penta motor with a t3/t4 on the side...such a fun car...but the only one I miss is the 245 truck I built. I'll do another one some day..but I'm torn on volvo power vs. An ls
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Staging Lane
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Will make some kind of cutouts in the front though
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Staging Lane
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First update in a very long time. Haven´t worked on the car due to some health issues and will not be working on it so much in the near future. But i had to do something on it so i made some exhaust:
And then it was time for the first time on the two-step(in my imagination)
And then it was time for the first time on the two-step(in my imagination)
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Staging Lane
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The job for today was to get these to fit
Hade to cut a little here and there but i got them to fit, and with a lot of room for the stock hood latch. But i think i will have to make some better and lighter brackets than the red ones on the picture...
The front exhausts are on some v-band flanges so they can be easily removed and i will make a twin 3" exhaust that will exit by the rear bumper. So the plug on the picture can be moved if i want front or rear exhaust
Hade to cut a little here and there but i got them to fit, and with a lot of room for the stock hood latch. But i think i will have to make some better and lighter brackets than the red ones on the picture...
The front exhausts are on some v-band flanges so they can be easily removed and i will make a twin 3" exhaust that will exit by the rear bumper. So the plug on the picture can be moved if i want front or rear exhaust
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Staging Lane
Joined: Apr 2015
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Been making some progress on it the last week.
Cut the inner fenders to make room for the air filters and welded them together
Had a friend weld the intercoolers to eachother
Had to make some room in for the IC, it is big!
Transmission oil cooler with fan
Bought a Th400(turned out to be a Th375
) and had to make some room for it. The engine is very far back in so the transmission tunnel had to go
New transmission tunnel in the making
The 2 BOV´s made it look alot faster
Now it´s time to take it apart to make some last adjustments
Cut the inner fenders to make room for the air filters and welded them together
Had a friend weld the intercoolers to eachother
Had to make some room in for the IC, it is big!
Transmission oil cooler with fan
Bought a Th400(turned out to be a Th375
) and had to make some room for it. The engine is very far back in so the transmission tunnel had to goNew transmission tunnel in the making
The 2 BOV´s made it look alot faster
Now it´s time to take it apart to make some last adjustments
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Staging Lane
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Finished welding on the body, just hours and hours of grinding before i can slap some paint on it
Three header bolts was broken but i got them all out without any problems so i guess i have used up all of my luck for the rest of the year
Made some modifications to the oil pan and the oil pump but its very sunny and hot in Sweden so i am dancing some rain dances and killing all the spiders i can find so i can get someone to stop enjoying the sun and weld for me instead
Three header bolts was broken but i got them all out without any problems so i guess i have used up all of my luck for the rest of the year
Made some modifications to the oil pan and the oil pump but its very sunny and hot in Sweden so i am dancing some rain dances and killing all the spiders i can find so i can get someone to stop enjoying the sun and weld for me instead
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Staging Lane
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Its some kind of superstition
I think its because swedish police have to many rules to follow. Nobody in Sweden is afraid of the police like you seem to be in the US. Your cops is way more badass than ours
Started with the engine harness for my VEMS today. The ball of yarn is leftovers from the stock harness
Moved the ignition coils under the manifolds
So you need to explain how these people are not in jail. In the USA they would send the SWAT team out for something like this...
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Started with the engine harness for my VEMS today. The ball of yarn is leftovers from the stock harness
Moved the ignition coils under the manifolds