Turbosteen
I was born at a young age
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2008
- Location
- The Netherlands, Europe
So, as the title suggests, this is a shared project.
Since we (my brother JW240 and I) have our cars up and running good enough we decided to take a look in the shed if there's something else to start with. Behold, an Amazon (121) from 1970.
The story starts in the summer of 2007. We bought the car on Ebay Germany and picked it up.
Some pictures from when we got it:
B20A engine
Nice seats btw
Extra stuff we got with the car like doors etc.
After some rallying around the house with it we started to realize that it wouldn't be a simple job to restore this car. We decided to ditch the body and keep all the mechanical bits when we found a body that had been restored a few years back but had been involved in a crash.
This was again an Ebay auction where we acquired it and hauled it back home.
We fitted the axles and gave it to a local guy who has good skills to fix it up (engine had rammed the firewall, front beam under radiator needed replacing etc.) With some bodypanels of the old green Amazon we then had a good starting point to work with.
That's where the project grinded to a halt. So we now have a rust free, very good, multi-colored Amazon body. And tons of mechanical bits as well off course.
In the last months I decided we just needed to start somewhere, and since tearing stuff apart doesn't cost money I opted for the engine... and then you discover it's going to cost even more money
On the stand
A few surprises on the way:
- 8 bolt crank (so engine must have been replaced)
- modern type seal was already in
- 1st oversize pistons
- Remarkable new looking valve guides
Now for the bad surprise.. damaged cylinder walls.
This is on all 4 cylinders I think. At least on three of them, and it's pretty deep.
So we now move onto the build plans for this car, I can say this: it won't be finished next year
So far we've opted for the ''how Volvo should have build it'' option. Meaning we are going towards old skool performance.
Engine wise this gives something like:
- Keep the B20
- Carbs
- Porting the head
- Header
- Make use of the 8 bolt crank > 2.2L B20 already acquired a set of new B21 flat tops (92.48mm)
etc.
Chassis/transmission:
- Keep the M40, or maybe opt for a M46/M47
- Keep stock back axle unless we can do a 240 axle conversion (5x108)
- Weld the body in critical places for strengthening
- Lower it, all the normal bits like Bilstein etc.
- 164 vented brakes up front, or something else that is an easy improvement over the current setup
etc.
Body:
- We don't know what color it's gonna be
- Big and wide steelies
So we'll be looking closely to the Pushrod performance thread for tips and tricks and to the picture threads. It's all in the beginning stages now. If you have an awesome idea for this car, don't hesitate to post it!
Since we (my brother JW240 and I) have our cars up and running good enough we decided to take a look in the shed if there's something else to start with. Behold, an Amazon (121) from 1970.
The story starts in the summer of 2007. We bought the car on Ebay Germany and picked it up.
Some pictures from when we got it:
B20A engine
Nice seats btw
Extra stuff we got with the car like doors etc.
After some rallying around the house with it we started to realize that it wouldn't be a simple job to restore this car. We decided to ditch the body and keep all the mechanical bits when we found a body that had been restored a few years back but had been involved in a crash.
This was again an Ebay auction where we acquired it and hauled it back home.
We fitted the axles and gave it to a local guy who has good skills to fix it up (engine had rammed the firewall, front beam under radiator needed replacing etc.) With some bodypanels of the old green Amazon we then had a good starting point to work with.
That's where the project grinded to a halt. So we now have a rust free, very good, multi-colored Amazon body. And tons of mechanical bits as well off course.
In the last months I decided we just needed to start somewhere, and since tearing stuff apart doesn't cost money I opted for the engine... and then you discover it's going to cost even more money
On the stand
A few surprises on the way:
- 8 bolt crank (so engine must have been replaced)
- modern type seal was already in
- 1st oversize pistons
- Remarkable new looking valve guides
Now for the bad surprise.. damaged cylinder walls.
This is on all 4 cylinders I think. At least on three of them, and it's pretty deep.
So we now move onto the build plans for this car, I can say this: it won't be finished next year
So far we've opted for the ''how Volvo should have build it'' option. Meaning we are going towards old skool performance.
Engine wise this gives something like:
- Keep the B20
- Carbs
- Porting the head
- Header
- Make use of the 8 bolt crank > 2.2L B20 already acquired a set of new B21 flat tops (92.48mm)
etc.
Chassis/transmission:
- Keep the M40, or maybe opt for a M46/M47
- Keep stock back axle unless we can do a 240 axle conversion (5x108)
- Weld the body in critical places for strengthening
- Lower it, all the normal bits like Bilstein etc.
- 164 vented brakes up front, or something else that is an easy improvement over the current setup
etc.
Body:
- We don't know what color it's gonna be
- Big and wide steelies
So we'll be looking closely to the Pushrod performance thread for tips and tricks and to the picture threads. It's all in the beginning stages now. If you have an awesome idea for this car, don't hesitate to post it!
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