TheRacer02
Member
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2010
- Location
- Glendale,Az
So I had some money burning a hole in my pocket back in 2017 also was really missing my old 245 and found this 242 on offer up for 1200 messaged the owner on offer and got no response from the seller figured it was gone...Then about a month later I got a message back found out that it was not sold! So I went to go look at the car it was in so so shape had a blown head gasket ended up getting it for 700 after going back and forth with the owner.
![](http://i.imgur.com/2Lxo9kBl.jpg)
Now at this time I didn't know my exact plans for this car just fix the head gasket? rip it apart and do a simple +T build or slap some ITBs on the B23 and make it a fun slow car.
So I decided to rip the head off and see what I was dealing with and go from there. After I pulled the head off I discovered that the head gasket has been blown for a very long time and that the cooling system had pure water in it for a long time.
![](http://i.imgur.com/vSRqhtbl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/DmBTl6Nl.jpg)
So then I made the decsion that I was going to pull the engine and transmission out of the car and clean up everything and do a simple rebuild on the engine and slap some ITBS on the car.
![](http://i.imgur.com/5QlDwLdl.jpg)
Once it was out I cleaned up everything after many many MANY cans of oven cleaner and high strength degreaser it became clean...ish
![](http://i.imgur.com/BII5kWDl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/J1j81oRl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/ys2CFw2l.jpg)
now that everything was cleanish I wanted to tuck the engine bay to clean it up more. This is where things get interesting. I started buy pulling the drivers side fender to re run the headlight harness in the fender.
![](http://i.imgur.com/ikLPZyRl.jpg)
during that process I was looking at the battery tray and it was rusted out..so out it came then
I found another small amount of rust that needed to be fixed.
![](http://i.imgur.com/IrsCNXxl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/0vQLxj8l.jpg)
after welding up the small patch I started to attempt to weld some holes I made while removing the battery tray out that became a royal pain in the ass with the thin sheet metal. so I just cut it all out and replaced it with new steel
![](http://i.imgur.com/Ht9f21Hl.jpg)
now after all that we could not just leave all the random holes in the bay to make it smooth so got to welding again
![](http://i.imgur.com/B4WcCrpl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/m2PCnpyl.jpg)
now with all the holes welded up
![](http://i.imgur.com/uDqCAujl.jpg)
I then started some body work
![](http://i.imgur.com/xlDKrBPl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/DvOR9HSl.jpg)
while things started to look smooth and I was loving how the engine bay was turning out. but something was missing. Thats when it clicked time to bring some of my off-road passion into the Volvo.
![](http://i.imgur.com/vc8EExzl.jpg)
after some playing around and making way to many templates. I got the plates made
![](http://i.imgur.com/vvrm5jrl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/IlU0jSfl.jpg)
then welded them in
![](http://i.imgur.com/RgYxv9wl.jpg)
body work them
![](http://i.imgur.com/hm4aSUtl.jpg)
and this is where I am now with the car. I have not figured out what I am doing with the engine just yet I picked up a b230F for the car but....this was the number 2 rod bearing
![](http://i.imgur.com/cF6T6zRl.jpg)
but more action to come...I the engine will the next installment off this build as more money comes in.. still recovering from life issues, exciting things to come lets just hope i have the skills to pull them off
![](http://i.imgur.com/2Lxo9kBl.jpg)
Now at this time I didn't know my exact plans for this car just fix the head gasket? rip it apart and do a simple +T build or slap some ITBs on the B23 and make it a fun slow car.
So I decided to rip the head off and see what I was dealing with and go from there. After I pulled the head off I discovered that the head gasket has been blown for a very long time and that the cooling system had pure water in it for a long time.
![](http://i.imgur.com/vSRqhtbl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/DmBTl6Nl.jpg)
So then I made the decsion that I was going to pull the engine and transmission out of the car and clean up everything and do a simple rebuild on the engine and slap some ITBS on the car.
![](http://i.imgur.com/5QlDwLdl.jpg)
Once it was out I cleaned up everything after many many MANY cans of oven cleaner and high strength degreaser it became clean...ish
![](http://i.imgur.com/BII5kWDl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/J1j81oRl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/ys2CFw2l.jpg)
now that everything was cleanish I wanted to tuck the engine bay to clean it up more. This is where things get interesting. I started buy pulling the drivers side fender to re run the headlight harness in the fender.
![](http://i.imgur.com/ikLPZyRl.jpg)
during that process I was looking at the battery tray and it was rusted out..so out it came then
I found another small amount of rust that needed to be fixed.
![](http://i.imgur.com/IrsCNXxl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/0vQLxj8l.jpg)
after welding up the small patch I started to attempt to weld some holes I made while removing the battery tray out that became a royal pain in the ass with the thin sheet metal. so I just cut it all out and replaced it with new steel
![](http://i.imgur.com/Ht9f21Hl.jpg)
now after all that we could not just leave all the random holes in the bay to make it smooth so got to welding again
![](http://i.imgur.com/B4WcCrpl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/m2PCnpyl.jpg)
now with all the holes welded up
![](http://i.imgur.com/uDqCAujl.jpg)
I then started some body work
![](http://i.imgur.com/xlDKrBPl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/DvOR9HSl.jpg)
while things started to look smooth and I was loving how the engine bay was turning out. but something was missing. Thats when it clicked time to bring some of my off-road passion into the Volvo.
![](http://i.imgur.com/vc8EExzl.jpg)
after some playing around and making way to many templates. I got the plates made
![](http://i.imgur.com/vvrm5jrl.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/IlU0jSfl.jpg)
then welded them in
![](http://i.imgur.com/RgYxv9wl.jpg)
body work them
![](http://i.imgur.com/hm4aSUtl.jpg)
and this is where I am now with the car. I have not figured out what I am doing with the engine just yet I picked up a b230F for the car but....this was the number 2 rod bearing
![](http://i.imgur.com/cF6T6zRl.jpg)
but more action to come...I the engine will the next installment off this build as more money comes in.. still recovering from life issues, exciting things to come lets just hope i have the skills to pull them off