Volvo 242 Turbo, 16v turbo, widebody, Rota wheels++

[volvo242]

Finished for the day! 12 hours of work

done lots of stuff. but as ususal, i work and forget to take pics...

Custom coil cover in carbon, with carbon rods over the coils to push them down. in other words, that cover is STIFF ;P



Painted the Intercooler, dont want that shiny thing behinde the grill ;P
Also made a carbon cover to give it a better look, and to stopp the fan from drawing air around the intercooler.


Dash, and wiring is staring to come together

[volvo242]

more pics!

made more parts for the trottle pedal



Stock vs Nascar brakes ;P





Made the brackets, and re-drilled to correct bolt pattern etc





Started making AN hoses










35 cm of cooling, hope its enough ;P







with a flex-a-lite Fan that blows quite a lot!!



Thats all for today!

[volvo242]

got my stuff from Summit today!



AN couplings and hoses for the drysump and fuel

also this





also the NOS bottle got the hot red color (powderpaint)





damn i like that color...

we also made a trottle pedal today! didnt figure out a good way to make a pedal so we ended up copying the clutch pedal from the tilton pedalbox



going to fix it up and paint it matte black tomorrow

[volvo242]

volvo242....is there anything you CAN'T do?

finish the damn car it seems ;P

nah, lots i cant do.. but i have a few good friends to cover that part

[AdreView]

volvo242....is there anything you CAN'T do?

[volvo242]

[nsfwaldo]

sweet jesus.. this is amazing. Im in

[volvo242]

got most of the parts back from powderpaint today getting the last few tomorrow!

very hard color to get good pics of o.O they look so flat!







started cutting out the dash to the rollcage etc. more pics tomorrow!



hadd help of a friend that cut out the carbon plates just one left to do and its rollcage-time

[drifte]

Sub'd. so many things

[volvo242]

a little bit of an update

bunch of pics and a little text ;P









so, when i started to adjust the cams i noticed the cam picked up and launched the shim right out of the bucket!! So i guess there is enough lift on these cams then ;P

had to buy new valvebuckets, solid ones and shim the valvs with lashcaps..



btw, that was a lot of work o.O grinded the lashcaps to the correct clearing!

back on the cams



and on with the timing belt etc



also, the timing belt kit from yoshifab didnt line up with the cranckshaft gear.. had to make a 2,5mm spacer for the cranck so the timingbelt runs straight and free ;P











exhoust temp







aaaand carbon plates for the interior

[BakerScott]

[QUOTE=volvo242;1323279]heh, well, i cant take the credit for programing the cnc mill ;P i have a friend that knows stuff like that! but the planing etc i do myself, i also do the welding.. not the best looking welds but i think im getting better ;P
oh yea, its neither, im just an electritian and plays with stuff like this in the evenings




hahah so modest! Great work. Inspiring.

[volvo242]

so i was gonna change the head gasket on a boat engine this weekend! (not mine)

didnt get that far before i found the real fault ;P




we made a spacer to bolt the audi driveshaft onto the volvo rear axle

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[volvo242]

had a friend make a plug for the distibutor hole on the head



an other friend started on the fuel and brake lines




i messed around with the wiring harness, intercooler / radiator, mounted the head cover etc...

[volvo242]

came in today

[volvo242]

To gain all this epic knowledge you have of machining/ welding etc, did you start as an apprentice or go to university or neither? Just interested. Top quality work. Cant wait to see it finished!

heh, well, i cant take the credit for programing the cnc mill ;P i have a friend that knows stuff like that! but the planing etc i do myself, i also do the welding.. not the best looking welds but i think im getting better ;P
oh yea, its neither, im just an electritian and plays with stuff like this in the evenings





in other news:
engine is back in the car! with the new dry sump mounted, re-tourqed head studs and i also mounted the cams etc.. pics later