19,999 posts and no Project thread...so here's 20,000
The car was purchased in 1999 from an independant dealer/shop that dealt mostly with Volvos. It was one of just two 240s on the lot with a manual trans. My 1987 240 DL had 132,548 miles on it at the time of purchase.
The first modifications came three weeks later when the car received a Pioneer DEH-1000 CD player and Kenwood 4" speakers in the front doors. The car came with an old CD player that wasn't hooked up. It also had 5.25" Pioneer speakers carved into the rear shelf.
Here's a picture from fall '99.
I'll add more later and open the thread once I have more content.
Nov 18, 1999 - (134,751) replaced brake master cylinder
Jan 20, 2000 - replaced heater hoses
Feb 7, 2000 - (136,306) replaced motor mounts, trailing arm bushings, torque rod bushings
Feb 22, 2000 - (136,620) replaced engine wiring harness
Aug 16, 2000 - (141,028) installed IPD sway bars, IPD sport exhaust, replaced steering rack
Aug/Sep 2000 - (141,420) Crashed! Replaced right front strut tube, control arm, upper strut mount
Aug 30, 2000 - (141,420) installed an Amsoil air filter in the stock airbox. Cleaned it once over 6 years and never had to buy another filter.
Feb 8, 2001 - (144,250) installed 205/55/15 Bridgestone RE71 on repainted Virgos
May 2001 @ Carlisle:
Jun 5, 2001 - (147,106) installed Jamex springs and Bilstein HD shocks/struts
Fall 2001:
Oct 2001 - installed Cherry Turbos upper strut brace
Oct 23, 2001 - (150,888) installed splash pan from FCP
Nov 2001 - installed 740 Turbo eggcrate grille. I think I was the first to use this grille on a 240
Jan 9, 2002 - (153,150) Rear brake caliper seized, went metal to metal. Installed rebuilt rear calipers, new PBR Deluxe pads, new rotors
Apr 25, 2002 - installed 205/50/15 Kumho 712 on repainted graphite Virgos. Annapolis Volvo gtg:
May 5, 2002 - First autocross. Finished 6/6 in class and 227/232 in PAX.
May 2002 @ Carlisle
Oct 2002 - (~160,000) front cam seal, timing belt, tensioner, water pump, fuel filter
Oct 27 2002. rear decor panel, turn signals and backup lights painted w/Testors #1605 transparent candy apple red. bumpers trimmed with 3M plastic tape (non-reflective). black c-pillar trim from a GT. door handles & side trim blacked w/3M plastic tape
Nov 10, 2002 - ProSolo style "mirrorcross". They matched up cars of similar speeds...except there was no match for either of us, thus slow vs. VERY fast.
Nov 30, 2002 - (167,400) replace brake line junction block, front pads with KVR, front rotors with ATE PowerDisc
Feb 8, 2003 dyno results. VX cam, IPD sport exhaust
May 2003 @ Carlisle:
Jul 2003 - SCCA autocross
Aug 2003 - installed SuperPro front control arm bushings (thanks Dale)
Oct 2003 VCOA East Coast National Meet
Nov 2003
Jan 2004 - Changed steering wheel to a Momo wheel. White gauge faces from Dave Barton
Jan 2004
Mar 9, 2004 - purchased coilover hardware kits from Coleman Racing, installed late '04
Kaplhenke v1.1 camber plates took my alignment from -0.7?/-0.8? camber to -2.2? and caster was increased from ~3? to ~4?.
Mar 2004 - European 244_DL emblem
May 2004 @ Carlisle:
Jul 11, 2004 SCCA Autocross, 9th of 29 in STS:
Jul 13, 2004 - krylon sunrise red
Apr 18, 2004 - SCCA autocross at FedEx Field
The car was purchased in 1999 from an independant dealer/shop that dealt mostly with Volvos. It was one of just two 240s on the lot with a manual trans. My 1987 240 DL had 132,548 miles on it at the time of purchase.
The first modifications came three weeks later when the car received a Pioneer DEH-1000 CD player and Kenwood 4" speakers in the front doors. The car came with an old CD player that wasn't hooked up. It also had 5.25" Pioneer speakers carved into the rear shelf.
Here's a picture from fall '99.
I'll add more later and open the thread once I have more content.
Nov 18, 1999 - (134,751) replaced brake master cylinder
Jan 20, 2000 - replaced heater hoses
Feb 7, 2000 - (136,306) replaced motor mounts, trailing arm bushings, torque rod bushings
Feb 22, 2000 - (136,620) replaced engine wiring harness
Aug 16, 2000 - (141,028) installed IPD sway bars, IPD sport exhaust, replaced steering rack
Aug/Sep 2000 - (141,420) Crashed! Replaced right front strut tube, control arm, upper strut mount
Aug 30, 2000 - (141,420) installed an Amsoil air filter in the stock airbox. Cleaned it once over 6 years and never had to buy another filter.
Feb 8, 2001 - (144,250) installed 205/55/15 Bridgestone RE71 on repainted Virgos
May 2001 @ Carlisle:
Jun 5, 2001 - (147,106) installed Jamex springs and Bilstein HD shocks/struts
Fall 2001:
Oct 2001 - installed Cherry Turbos upper strut brace
Oct 23, 2001 - (150,888) installed splash pan from FCP
Nov 2001 - installed 740 Turbo eggcrate grille. I think I was the first to use this grille on a 240
Jan 9, 2002 - (153,150) Rear brake caliper seized, went metal to metal. Installed rebuilt rear calipers, new PBR Deluxe pads, new rotors
Apr 25, 2002 - installed 205/50/15 Kumho 712 on repainted graphite Virgos. Annapolis Volvo gtg:
May 5, 2002 - First autocross. Finished 6/6 in class and 227/232 in PAX.
May 2002 @ Carlisle
Oct 2002 - (~160,000) front cam seal, timing belt, tensioner, water pump, fuel filter
Oct 27 2002. rear decor panel, turn signals and backup lights painted w/Testors #1605 transparent candy apple red. bumpers trimmed with 3M plastic tape (non-reflective). black c-pillar trim from a GT. door handles & side trim blacked w/3M plastic tape
Nov 10, 2002 - ProSolo style "mirrorcross". They matched up cars of similar speeds...except there was no match for either of us, thus slow vs. VERY fast.
Nov 30, 2002 - (167,400) replace brake line junction block, front pads with KVR, front rotors with ATE PowerDisc
Feb 8, 2003 dyno results. VX cam, IPD sport exhaust
May 2003 @ Carlisle:
Jul 2003 - SCCA autocross
Aug 2003 - installed SuperPro front control arm bushings (thanks Dale)
Oct 2003 VCOA East Coast National Meet
Nov 2003
Jan 2004 - Changed steering wheel to a Momo wheel. White gauge faces from Dave Barton
Jan 2004
Mar 9, 2004 - purchased coilover hardware kits from Coleman Racing, installed late '04
Kaplhenke v1.1 camber plates took my alignment from -0.7?/-0.8? camber to -2.2? and caster was increased from ~3? to ~4?.
Mar 2004 - European 244_DL emblem
May 2004 @ Carlisle:
Jul 11, 2004 SCCA Autocross, 9th of 29 in STS:
Jul 13, 2004 - krylon sunrise red
Apr 18, 2004 - SCCA autocross at FedEx Field