Little Low Red Wagon - The other Volvo wagon

[carter]

Thanks guys!

Few updates so far. Been out of town working lots (glories of being a crane technician)

Installed a new coolant bottle and mounted the air compressor on a temp bracket that works (not pretty yet). My dad bought himself a brand new compressor and plasma cutter last week and I can't wait to get my hands on it.



New master cylinder install. Also tucked the wire harness up behind the booster so it's out of the way. Not the very limited space between the booster and valve cover. These are taller to accommodate the roller rockers and barely fit. Luckily when I start the engine and rev it it'll kick over to the other side.





Autometer makes some nice easy gauges that match the Volvo interior. There is nothing I **** more than seeing engine related gauges that do not suit the interior (5" + tach's with giant yellow and red lights, blue, purple bright lit gauges etc). These are part of the "Z" series IIRC.



The rad: Well...I hear a lot of guys use the Volvo rad but that wasn't sitting well with me for 3 reasons. Price, availability and cooling capabilities. I went with a thicker Griffin Thermo products rad and paid around $160 for it from Summit.

This was the only rad I could find that would fit perfectly width wise and height wise. I believe it was part # "1-25201-X" or XS. Everything is perfect except the fact that the lower coolant fitting was angled and wouldn't work. It points directly into the power steering pump.




So! Time to get custom. I had a local guy cut it off and tig it back on and a different angle.



It clears but still no way of running power steering with the engine bracketry I have (Crown Vic, mustang is different). Eventually I'll move the accessories around but right now I need this thing to run and drive with or without power steering. The season is almost over. I located a manual rack locally that I'll pick up soon.



I have a 14" 2350 cfm electric fan I'll use to push air through it and see how that works. I'm in Canada so it doesn't get too hot here really. 30C* is about as hot as it ever gets and the car was not equipped with A/C so on those days I'll just use my DD wrx if I have an issue with sweating too much lol.

Now I'm looking for a thermo switch with 1/4" pipe threads to control the fan via relay. Then a Mustang upper rad hose, custom lower rad hose and I'll be almost ready to take it for a drive around the block...

[volvo_dave]

congrats on the win. this will be/is the ultimate 245. keep it forever!

[CraigSnedeker]

Beautiful car!!! Sheesh

[244Brick]

You never CLICKED! ^^ lol

[keeton]

Awesome. How did I miss this?!

[xDirtye30]

Holy shit dude, what a build.

Subbed <3

[carter]

I hope you plan to do a shoot with her and the wagon when you're done.




bitchin build man, love wagons

Unfortunately we are no longer friends.

However my gf is way cuter and she would be more than happy to stand next to the car

[IncorpoRatedX]

I hope you plan to do a shoot with her and the wagon when you're done.




bitchin build man, love wagons

[Tadas]

This thing is just epic!You did an awesome job here.

[carter]

Here's a video of it running. So. Damn. Loud. I love it.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i72/carter240/14B2D652-83BC-4124-BBE4-CA87E88848EF-7338-0000042A73AF4498_zps8e8ae981.mp4

[andybob]

This is so awesome!

[carter]

Hey guys, things got crazy and I haven't been on here much. Here's a sneak peak of what I've been up to...

I had to modify the transmission cross member a bit because of how far back I had the engine sitting. A little nub on the tranny kept hitting.







Tied up some wiring and put my new found wire loom to use and completed the harness I made.





Installed a custom throttle cable I found at Mopac for a universal application





New coil for the MSD and polished the old Volvo bracket that holds it.



Fuel pressure regulator, I'm using a GM TBI fuel pump that spits out about 9-12 psi max so it should be perfect for what I need.







I went with a Quick Fuel 580cfm carb off a recommendation from Matt at the Mustang Shop (those guys are great btw)



The starter solenoid was hidden behind the grill. Easy access to replace it if anything goes wrong and you can't tell it's really there unless you look. As of now it's all wired up and cranks over. I've hidden as much of the wiring as I could to keep things clean and tidy. I **** messy engine bays/work, I believe it takes a lot away from what's actually there sometimes.



Anyways more to come, I am the slowest build on here garunteed but its the only way I can make sure I'm happy with the results. There's been a ton of learning going on and I am by no means an expert on this yet.

[DinanDave]

Congrats man!

[andybob]

Well then, isn't this just the bees knees.

Motor work looks fricken great. Excited to see this wrapped up smoking some tires.

[Daviticus]

'Grats on the iPd sweeps, it'll be put to good use I see.