Quest for Stance:1990 Volvo 740

[TheMorningAfter]

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[rice4life]

So square. Very interested to see where this goes.

[fortbrick]

Neat. I've never seen a lower eggcrate grille like that on a 740. Rare spoiler too. (I have one on my '89) What are the side skirts off of?

[TheMorningAfter]

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[fortbrick]

Was curious why I haven't seen too many 740's with the same spoiler (in person or online).

Couldn't tell ya' what the side skirts came off of, will ask previous owner this weekend when we trade the last bit of green and paperwork. $700.00 was the final agreed up price after negotiations and what not.

The spoilers were a part of the add-on kit (just a ground effects package) that was made for the 83-89 cars. The kit is often confused with '91 740 SE's, which uses a completely different kit. Since you have a '90, I think someone added the spoiler later on.

$700 isn't a bad price for it's condition. Mine were a little more than that. I'll have my wagon posted up in a month or two.

What do you have planned for it? It being a '90 model, you have the larger 13mm rods in the engine. You also have the odd one year only grille, hood, and headlight facia.

[TheMorningAfter]

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[244Brick]

First things first! SLAM IT LOL

[fortbrick]

Great to meet someone that is knowledgable about Volvo history. What part of Indiana are you in? Have to go that way for the OR -> MD leg of next year's road trip.

I'm up in Fort Wayne. Not very many older bricks around here. I'd look into Carlisle, too, if you haven't yet.

Regarding performance I haven't fully decided what direction I'd like to take- mild performance upgrades at the very least. Have been using iPd and Kaplhenke as resources to see what can be achieved.

It's definitely smart to start out mild with these cars. Catching up on maintenance will pay off in the end and save you many headaches. Look around a lot on http://forums.turbobricks.com/. You'll see some awesome stuff, you'll see some stupid stuff.

As for the suspension, I wouldn't bother with the iPd suspension bits other than a set of their sway bars and the adjustable panhard bar. The springs improve handling, but you don't get super low with them. The lower chassis brace is alright, but the older style that they don't sell anymore is better. Same thing with their strut tower braces, which are NLA.

Anything from Ben (Kaplhenke Racing) is golden.

If you're going for auto-x or drift, Kaplhenke is the ticket. For a mild street car, the iPd is a healthy upgrade from stock. If you just want to be stupid low, cut three coils front and rear and ride the bumpstops.

One of my cars is a rolling iPd catalog, the other the same with Ben's parts.

[TheMorningAfter]

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[fortbrick]

Had a feeling that's where you were out of. I was pretty familiar with turbobricks from a 240 build- unfortunately it was from the era of mush wires that would fall apart in your hand when gotten into.

Was pleased with iPd's performance exhaust on the 240, didn't see any performance exhaust for our 740's though. *sigh*

Yep, just a few of us running around here. The older wiring harnesses were pretty much biodegradable in both 2/7 series cars. Not too many people go for the iPd systems anymore, even for 240's. For the money there are much better options. OBX makes a nice catback for 7/9 series cars that requires minimal work to fit well, but for the price you're better off having a full 3" system built.

[TheMorningAfter]

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[TheMorningAfter]

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[synth ruiner]

So glad to have several forums and communities to turn to when something has me stumped- so many people are raped by corporate owned repair shops here I.E. $107 for a sway bar link kit!?!? :

don't trivialise rape, man. getting overcharged for car parts is not at all the same thing and that kind of language demeans survivors.

cool 740.

[Okoye]

I have a 25mm ipd rear bar if you're interested for 7xx/9xx.

[TheMorningAfter]

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