Jah 240 Plus Turbooo

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I got my hydro finished and i got to do some cageless tandems and ridealongs this past weekend!

The first idea for a handle was a machete but it flexed side to side too much. Next idea seemed solid, using the top of a cymbal stand from an old drum set but that snapped. The final winning idea was my old little league baseball bat. Its strong and really lightweight since its all aluminum. Its also got a really nice handle since its made to grab with your hands haha.





The welds aren't the prettiest but they're strong. My oil return has a little leak and i guess its been spraying down the transmission tunnel so i was part time firefighter the whole time it was being welded in.



The spot its in is great. Its comfortable and at the right height and angle.

Saturday morning was the local cars and coffee and a lot of the local volvo guys were able to make it out...for the first time haha. I went out there and we all squaded up. You may have seen the build thread of green wagon on here before (Sharingan 19). It finally made its first drive in a looooong time haha.



Then i left for Gainesville for an awesome event. They actually allowed careless tandems and ridealongs. They also gave me a windshield banner which works great as a sun visor.



Hydro locks up great!















Looks like my little brother loved the ride alongs haha




My first tandem ever and i was chased down by an LS swapped s13 with angle mods and a really good driver haha...I looked more like a James Bond suspect chase scene stunt driver...








It just so happens that the best picture of my tire smoke was taken with the same camera used to photograph bigfoot...

U make me happy and upset at the same time! Happy for your fun adventures and drifting but upset that my car is not in that shoot at the meet when I was pretty much the first to start on the brick. Everyone has put their cars together in half the time and James even has two wagons done!!!
Freaking BS war on terror.

MrBrown said:

U make me happy and upset at the same time! Happy for your fun adventures and drifting but upset that my car is not in that shoot at the meet when I was pretty much the first to start on the brick. Everyone has put their cars together in half the time and James even has two wagons done!!!
Freaking BS war on terror.

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Haha, yeahhh man, we really missed you there for sure! That spot on the left was open for you in spirit haha

Really entertaining thread, man! Good on you for all the hacks and tricks and dodgy DIY stuff. Very original throughout. Nice work

My favourite picture:

FreeEMSFred said:

Really entertaining thread, man! Good on you for all the hacks and tricks and dodgy DIY stuff. Very original throughout. Nice work

My favourite picture:

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Haha, thank you much man! I like that picture...looks like theres no body roll haha

Maaaaaaaaaan, i had a nice long full update all typed out aerated my computer crashed...typed out again and crashed again, 2 more times! Im just gonna post all the pictures with brief captions.



Thought about doing this...






Ended up going with this...






Traded my friend for this



Found this in my trunk, haven't put it in



My friend got me these for my birthday, they aren't coming off this time






Rack needed to go back on



Made it to Cars and Coffee with all the local Volvo guys, that was awesome! Casons (Mr. Brown) car looks amazing and its driving!

Missed Jacksonville Volvo Owners Dyno Day, got there way too late. Jacksonville has some redblocks putting down solid numbers!


Drift event was a blast and the car held up great

MrBrown said:

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Yesss, thanks! I can't find any of my pictures from Cars and Coffee...i had some nice group shots

Good stuff!

Can't believe I didn't know you had a build thread until now, Glad to read through and finally put some pictures with the stories

I took this thing on vacation to sea world and then decided since i was close, id meet up with some friends a little further south for some drifting. Car felt great, even though i got stuck twice haha.

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Then i finally turned up the boost to 12psi and found a weak link. This past weekend there was another drift event and i blew the same intercooler coupler all night haha. Also since it was a night event, i threw these on...



Wired the stock switch


To a relay i got from another car


Only one had a mounting bracket


So i sacraficed my winshield washer fluid container bracket...already bent at 90 degrees haha


Worked perfect


Met up with some more 240's...6 more to be exact.


I have a solid parts collection waiting to go on! The band is making progress and we're finally heading out to California (taking the 745ti haha) from the 24th to the 7th so progress will be slow until after that. But hopefully i'll have some good updates for y'all soon!

Love this build... wish I could meet up with more of you Fl peeps!

You can. Just hop in and roll. I want to do a get together for dinner and cruise when my car is back together again from its destructive maiden voyage.

You can stay the night up here at either my place or do like James and sleep in the car lol. Good times.


Adam, look good homie. Now out s real turbo on and make some more power!

VeroDubs said:

Love this build... wish I could meet up with more of you Fl peeps!

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Thanks man! Like Mr. Brown said, just drive on up when his cars rolling again. We'll get a solid group together to cruise!

MrBrown said:

You can. Just hop in and roll. I want to do a get together for dinner and cruise when my car is back together again from its destructive maiden voyage.

You can stay the night up here at either my place or do like James and sleep in the car lol. Good times.


Adam, look good homie. Now out s real turbo on and make some more power!

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Thanks! I have a nice Ford turbo which i found out is a "Super 60" and is the largest t3 garrett made. It was just rebuilt, too!

MrBrown said:

You can. Just hop in and roll. I want to do a get together for dinner and cruise when my car is back together again from its destructive maiden voyage.

You can stay the night up here at either my place or do like James and sleep in the car lol. Good times.


Adam, look good homie. Now out s real turbo on and make some more power!

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Wagonlyfe!

Well.....a somber yet VERY thankful update.....

I am most definitely Volvo for Life.

My band JAHMEN finally made the trip out to the west coast. We prepared the good ol 1990 745 turbo intercooler for what was about to be a true test. After loading the trailer, we estimate it to be around 2400lbs for this little wagon to tow across the country, through the mountains and desert, and all the way back. As we set off, it was looking promising. We were getting some bad mileage and it wasn't running that great but it still pulled and we didnt have much choice, full commitment.




We first went to Visalia, Roseville, Hanford, San Jose, Oakdale, Santa Cruz, Santa Ana, Oceanside, and then to Huntington. When we got to the pier, being surfers as well, we stopped and looked around. When we started the car back up, we had some serious rod knock... Not having much choice, we kept truckin along on up to Santa Monica, back to Santa Ana, drove through Hollywood Hills in the tight winding neighborhoods lookin around, and then down to the final stop in San Diego. That little redblock still puttin in work! Finally we begin our trip back home to Jacksonville, Florida. We didnt stop anywhere except for gas and food, just cruisin along makin good time. As we pass through Tallahassee, Florida at around 4:00AM all excited that we're 2 hours away, everything changes....




Somehow we went off the road, heading straight for a guard rail. Careful not to turn too quick in fear of rolling, I tried to pull the car back on road before we hit. I knew it wasn't quick enough so i said "hold on...." and we hit it with im guessing the front left fender/corner light.









After seeing it, I can not possibly be more thankful to know that all 4 of us got ourselves outta that car. We all walked to the ambulance and were all discharged from the hospital and on our way home that same day.

I suffered a sprained ankle and AC joint, some cuts and scrapes, lower back pain, and most likely a concussion. The front passenger only has some lower back pain. Back right passenger has a larger cut in the top of the foot and needed stitches, and the worst was the back left passenger, behind me. He has a soreness in the shoulder, cuts and scrapes, and a non-displaced fractured C1 vertebrae.

The car and trailer were totaled, along with a lot of the music equipment. Unfortunately, we didn't have collision insurance on the car and no insurance on the trailer. The gear wasn't covered at all either. We are so fortunate to have such good friends and family, they set up a gofundme for us and wont stop helping us get back on our feet.

Unfortunately, this means itll be a little longer until i can make my car better or even get to drift. In normal driving, i found it hard and painful to turn right....cant imagine actually throwing the wheel hahaha.

Until next time...

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I figured maybe ill add the gofundme link if anyone is interested. The money is going first to medical bills, then gear, then transportation and a trailer. Anything is appreciated!

https://www.gofundme.com/2ac9mkus

Oh my god. You, your band mates and that wagon are some tough sons of bitches. I'm donating now. Rock ****ing on man

Holy ****, that is one nasty crash. Glad you folks made it out OK. Can't replace lives.

Glad everyone is OK. Only in a Volvo do you walk away. 4:00 am, no stopping. Nodding and driving?