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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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![]() I have got the various details to this posted in several different places, so i figured i might as well put it all in one place, with some details, and a somewhat coherent timeline...
This is the story of how... I got drafted to the DARK side… Volvos… It starts with my two buddies… Alden and Scott… Alden had a project 744TI that I had the pleasure of not only helping him pick up, and helping him work on, but also helping him find and tear apart a parts car for… Scott had had several Volvo wagons in the past, and he always seemed to enjoy them for reasons that I never understood… Anyways, in January 2009, I stumbled upon a listing on craigslist for an n/a 85 244 with a M46 in was in a small town about 15 miles away, and Alden and I went to look at it twice… and I ended up buying it, figuring I could at least part it and make my money back, or sell it as a lemons car The car had new brakes within the last 10,000 miles, new clutch within the last 15,000 A new cat within the last two years, new cap and rotor, new spark plugs, and a new oxygen sensor and recent tires, and a newer transmission mount The owner was asking $300, with the condition that it was only sold with a bill of sale, as he couldn’t get it to pass smog… he thought that it was an injection computer, we were pretty sure it was something else, something simple, as it had passed smog the previous year without any problems … I ended up paying $250 for it… This is what it looked like, very close to the first week I got it… ![]() So, we dragged it back to my place, and did a few things, we tried a new thermostat, we tried a new computer, we rebuilt the wiring harness, we swapped coolant sensors (both of them), we did an oil change and a seafoam torture regime, and a new timing belt and it was still running pig rich… you could smell the raw fuel… anyways, after screwing around with it for a while, we decided to look at the oxygen sensor… When we pulled it out, the globe was completely gone… it was trying to pump enough fuel to overcome that… Anyways, after swapping oxygen sensors, it passed smog with almost zero emissions… At this point, I had found a guy in town parting out a 76 245… so I snagged a few things Flat hood Grill Light assemblies Mirrors Cam (B) I swapped on the flat hood and lights and did an autocross on a set of borrowed 10 spokes (thanks Alden!)… it wasn’t anything spectacular, just an average 25 year old car, with average worn out suspension…but it was lots of fun… ![]() It did another auto x ![]() Then the B cam went in… Transmission fluid got swapped with some B&M Trickshift Somewhere in here, I bought a set of 25/25 sways from Ken, and the front made its way onto the car, ive still got to shoehorn the rear in… I also bought a set of Nova wheels from Ken, traded them to Alden for the set of 10 spokes that I had borrowed before, and then I cleaned them, and continued on to destroy the tires... I believe that we removed the wear bars completely… ![]() I installed a pioneer cd player and some speakers (stocks up front mazda 6 x9s in the back) ![]() ![]() I painted the turn signal bezels chrome, converted the lights to use both filaments ![]() ![]() I converted the car to the all black turbo trim ![]() Eventually, I swapped back to steelies, cause ive got good tires for them… ![]() I installed a set of yellow driving lights in the front bumper ![]() ![]() I waxed the crap out of it (clay bar, polishing compound stages 1, 2 and wax) and removed the pinstriping... Part way done : ![]() Switched to a set of flat faced h4s, with 90/100 bulbs (with a ricer blue tinge) ![]() ![]() Installed an oil pressure, volt gauge and vacuum gauge ![]() I put some red L.E.D.s in the gauge cluster ![]() I painted and installed a set of stock G.T. braces: ![]() I also threw on a set of NAPA lifetime spark plug wires… cheap, but they will work for now… ![]() We also removed all the exhaust except the catalytic converter and the resonator… made it a bit noisier, but it works for the mean time… Oh, and I love to take pictures, so here are a bunch from assorted photoshoots: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() new-ish alternator in the middle of February (somewhat recently rebuilt 70 amp) Future Plans: Suspension (HDs and an altitude drop) Chassis and Strut Tower - Strut Tower Braces New wiring harness (Engine at least) Better seats (Im not sure what yet, but the stock buckets are starting to bother me…) Short shift kit Powdercoat the 10 spokes -- white Sound deadening Far Future Plans: 16 valve head After market engine management Relocate battery
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-Black on Tan- 225, XXX Miles! -B cam- Single Rounds / Flathood Last edited by 240keith; 03-06-2010 at 10:35 PM.. |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NJ, US
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![]() awesome car dude!
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1989 Volvo 245-GO FAST DRIFT CAR! 1988 Volvo 245/ B230FT, 16T @ 13PSI, G80, M46+Craving boost short shifter, Battery relocation, 15x7 ARES, Ecodes, Euro front end, 25/21 sways, too much to list Sold ![]() 1971 Volvo 144/ project CoconutLeah:~Hes not afraid to hang out the window with a camera while passing you on the right at 70mph
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Jackstand lifestyle
Join Date: Aug 2004
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![]() I love it! Why no love for the coffin hood though? I bet it would look good on there with the suspension a tad lower.
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kludgemeister
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: ןɟ 'ʎʇunoɔ ɥɔɐǝq ɯןɐd
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![]() Beautiful car, I like the plug wires, I have the same set
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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![]() thanks! im enjoying it... its a fun little car...
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yea, they were on sale when i got them, and the last set separated when i tried to remove them, but it sounds like as long as i take them back in there they will keep exchanging them... lifetime warranty ftw |
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yea, I'm THAT guy
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Southeastern PA
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![]() Nice ride! I like everything, except for this....
IMO, your car is screaming for a set of Hella 500 rounds mounted on top of the bumper. They'll blend right in with the dual rounds/flathood grill and won't get smashed by some soccer mom trying to park her Ford Expedition in front of you. ![]()
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Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: The Pitt, 15147
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![]() Looks good Keith! I think I want to see if we can hit your hood a bit better. Flat black still, then wet sand, then some clear to make it fit a little bit better. We also need to get you a sub amp!
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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and yea, the sub needs an amp, but first the car needs to run again... i think its time to try and rebuild an alternator... keith |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Nomi, MN
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![]() That car is screaming so loud for a B230ft that I can hear it here in Minnesota.
Nice work!
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1985 760 Jurbo- 80k miles, finally running. Build thread HERE 2011 Acura TSX- The DadWagon 2012 Honda Civic LX- Reliable. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Receiving Transmission from David Bowie nipple antenna
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![]() Needs low so badly.
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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yes, this thing is at full tilt 4x status, and its real bad... but hopefully getting suspension soon... fender gap is over-rated, and there is a plan to eliminate a good portion of it... |
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Below, is a photo of Clay
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Claremore Oklahoma
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![]() Looks good dude! With good paint like yours, why not go ahead and have the hood color matched with the rest of the car? That'll make it look super clean!
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Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: The Pitt, 15147
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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flat black is kind of a band-aid... it will get color matched at some point, but probably not for a while... thanks for the complement about the paint... keith |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Receiving Transmission from David Bowie nipple antenna
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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#17 |
240 addict
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Canada
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![]() Nice clean car!
Me like! |
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#18 |
Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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![]() well, somebody took some pictures of my pile at a few auto xs, so i thought i would toss them up here...
![]() this one, was after enjoying a nice breakfast of cones... popped the airdamn off the passenger side corner... ![]() ![]() all the above were courtesy of Mary Pozzi (if you ever read this, thanks Mary!) Last edited by 240keith; 03-06-2010 at 02:11 AM.. |
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Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: The Pitt, 15147
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![]() Haha that's me driving it in the last 2.
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Board Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Aberystwyth, Wales
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![]() haha love that air dam siting at the same level as the ground. looks like you have a lot of fun with the car, nice one
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Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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![]() yep
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my only reaction was, " hah, its a volvo, ive got zip ties, it will be all good..." yea, i have a lot of fun with the car... its cheap thrills, and a good way to learn / experiment with stuff Last edited by 240keith; 03-06-2010 at 04:34 PM.. |
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k-jet groupie
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Brooksville/Tampa, FL
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![]() Awesome beige. I love it! Now slam it more
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#23 |
Newbie
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: The Pitt, 15147
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![]() We're working on it. Hopefully at the western meet.
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#24 |
Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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#25 |
Floats your Boat
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: S.B. CA
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![]() so we did another Autox... and i stole some more of Mary's photos...
![]() ![]() in case anybody is looking for Mary's photo collection, it can be found here : http://marypozzi.zenfolio.com/ thanks for taking pictures Mary... and for my sake... newer knock sensor installed a mismatched front arm-rest, like so : ![]() repainted my drivers and passengers side black window trim, and bottom door moldings and the buttcheeks too Last edited by 240keith; 03-31-2010 at 11:56 PM.. |
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