Jordan
New member
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2005
- Location
- Tacoma, WA
Current status ----
It's not done quite yet but here is the progress so far...
I traded Bergen a set of BBS RS wheels for this car with a hole in the engine.
I took the engine out and painted the engine bay Detroit Diesel Green (one of my favorite colors. A large charter/fishing boat I spent a large part of my youth in/on had a Detroit Diesel painted in this color.)
I bought a whole mess of suspension parts from Ben Weaver off of his old car "Vurbo"
Cleaned up the coilovers and painted them to my liking.
I removed the interior for some FatMat sound deadening. Its really cheap. 100sq ft is $130 shipped. My girlfriend herself how to install the stuff. She cleaned the floor boards and laid down the mat.
For seats I recovered some Recaros from a VW or BMW or something. They were pretty ugly in the blue cloth. I think this suits them better.
I wanted A/C in the car but to make the engine bay look neat and to keep me from blowing my brains out I opted for a much simpler (albeit less effective) A/C option... Its a KoolAir Swamp Cooler. I'll refinish it in silver and modern cooler media inside.
I had a nice electric fan and a good radiator but had no shroud that looked cool. So I had this one custom made.
I bought some pretty rare wheels... Oscam Turbo wheels. They are pretty sweet.
Got the lips polished and the center stripped down. Still not quite sure how I want to do the centers. But I am waiting on o-ring information so I have some time.
Car -
1977 Volvo 242 DL
Engine -
1993 B230FT Oil Squirter Block
RSI Waveguided Pistons
RSI H-Beam rods
38mm stainless exhaust valves
46mm stainless intake valves
530 head with mild porting
RSI ARP Headstud Kit
RSI Stage II Turbo Camshaft
RSI 8V turbo header with external wastegate
ARP exhaust manifold studs
Holset HX35 turbocharger
Nathanmade intake manifold.
ARP intake manifold studs
3" intercooler piping
4" intake with BMC CDA filter
"Ebay" intercooler
Derale remote oil filter and oil cooler with thermostat
Electric fan with custom aluminum fan shroud
42 Draft Designs Ultimate Oil Catch Can
Ignition & Fuel -
MS3X w/MAP Daddy barometric pressure sensor
Sequential ignition using DIYAutotune's RA-1 Race coils
Innovative MTX-L Wideband controller and sensor
Yoshifab DSM CAS adapter
DeatschWerks DW300 intank pump
Bosch 044 inline fuel pump
Skunk2 (Grams) 1000cc injectors
Nathanmade AN-6 billet fuel rail
Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Custom MSD wires
Exhaust -
RSI 3" mandrel bent stainless steel turbo back
Single Magnaflow muffler
No catalytic converter
Suspension-
Short Strut Bilstein HD coil overs
Adjustable rear spring perches with Suburban HD's
Camber plates
Kaplhenke Roll correction/quick steer spacers
Kaplhenke Strut brace
Kaplhenke rear trailing arm spherical bushings
iPd 28mm front sway bar
iPd 25mm rear sway bar
iPd lower chassis braces
iPd adjustable panhard rod
Yoshifab front control arm boxing plates
Yoshifab Adjustable torque rods
Drivetrain-
Getrag 265
RSI Getrag adapter kit
Spec Stage 3+ clutch kit
Hydraulic Clutch Conversion
Modified G80 LSD differential
AKG Stage II short shifter
Interior-
Custom recovered front Recaro bucket seats, and custom recovered rear stock bench seat by Duncan Speed and Custom
FatMat
Sound mat over FatMat
new carpet with floor mats
Wood MOMO steering wheel and OMP hub adapter
BMW E30 dashboard
SpeedHut GPS speedometer and Revolution Series gauges
Kenwood head unit
Kenwood amp
Kenwood front (4") and rear (6"x9")
Kenwood 8" subwoofer
It's not done quite yet but here is the progress so far...
I traded Bergen a set of BBS RS wheels for this car with a hole in the engine.
I took the engine out and painted the engine bay Detroit Diesel Green (one of my favorite colors. A large charter/fishing boat I spent a large part of my youth in/on had a Detroit Diesel painted in this color.)
I bought a whole mess of suspension parts from Ben Weaver off of his old car "Vurbo"
Cleaned up the coilovers and painted them to my liking.
I removed the interior for some FatMat sound deadening. Its really cheap. 100sq ft is $130 shipped. My girlfriend herself how to install the stuff. She cleaned the floor boards and laid down the mat.
For seats I recovered some Recaros from a VW or BMW or something. They were pretty ugly in the blue cloth. I think this suits them better.
I wanted A/C in the car but to make the engine bay look neat and to keep me from blowing my brains out I opted for a much simpler (albeit less effective) A/C option... Its a KoolAir Swamp Cooler. I'll refinish it in silver and modern cooler media inside.
I had a nice electric fan and a good radiator but had no shroud that looked cool. So I had this one custom made.
I bought some pretty rare wheels... Oscam Turbo wheels. They are pretty sweet.
Got the lips polished and the center stripped down. Still not quite sure how I want to do the centers. But I am waiting on o-ring information so I have some time.
Car -
1977 Volvo 242 DL
Engine -
1993 B230FT Oil Squirter Block
RSI Waveguided Pistons
RSI H-Beam rods
38mm stainless exhaust valves
46mm stainless intake valves
530 head with mild porting
RSI ARP Headstud Kit
RSI Stage II Turbo Camshaft
RSI 8V turbo header with external wastegate
ARP exhaust manifold studs
Holset HX35 turbocharger
Nathanmade intake manifold.
ARP intake manifold studs
3" intercooler piping
4" intake with BMC CDA filter
"Ebay" intercooler
Derale remote oil filter and oil cooler with thermostat
Electric fan with custom aluminum fan shroud
42 Draft Designs Ultimate Oil Catch Can
Ignition & Fuel -
MS3X w/MAP Daddy barometric pressure sensor
Sequential ignition using DIYAutotune's RA-1 Race coils
Innovative MTX-L Wideband controller and sensor
Yoshifab DSM CAS adapter
DeatschWerks DW300 intank pump
Bosch 044 inline fuel pump
Skunk2 (Grams) 1000cc injectors
Nathanmade AN-6 billet fuel rail
Aeromotive adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Custom MSD wires
Exhaust -
RSI 3" mandrel bent stainless steel turbo back
Single Magnaflow muffler
No catalytic converter
Suspension-
Short Strut Bilstein HD coil overs
Adjustable rear spring perches with Suburban HD's
Camber plates
Kaplhenke Roll correction/quick steer spacers
Kaplhenke Strut brace
Kaplhenke rear trailing arm spherical bushings
iPd 28mm front sway bar
iPd 25mm rear sway bar
iPd lower chassis braces
iPd adjustable panhard rod
Yoshifab front control arm boxing plates
Yoshifab Adjustable torque rods
Drivetrain-
Getrag 265
RSI Getrag adapter kit
Spec Stage 3+ clutch kit
Hydraulic Clutch Conversion
Modified G80 LSD differential
AKG Stage II short shifter
Interior-
Custom recovered front Recaro bucket seats, and custom recovered rear stock bench seat by Duncan Speed and Custom
FatMat
Sound mat over FatMat
new carpet with floor mats
Wood MOMO steering wheel and OMP hub adapter
BMW E30 dashboard
SpeedHut GPS speedometer and Revolution Series gauges
Kenwood head unit
Kenwood amp
Kenwood front (4") and rear (6"x9")
Kenwood 8" subwoofer
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