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New member
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2013
- Location
- Lower Alabama
I just picked this thing up this weekend, and boy is it cool. As far as I can tell it was originally built in the PNW by someone who was using it for hill climbs and autocross, a few years back it was shipped to Kentucky after being bought by someone who wanted to road race it.
Sadly, a lot of info has been lost due to the circumstances that I acquired the car under, but the plan is to use it as a track toy for the time being and hopefully slot it into a NASA class to have some fun down the road. The car has a chromoly cage in it already, completely stripped interior with the emphasis on weight reduction. Supposedly it was at 1900lbs before the cage and fuel cell went in it, I'm not sure I buy it but we shall see.
Hopefully the motor is making ~160whp, it has two 40DCOEs on it, supposedly blueprinted and built right. M40 gearbox.
So far here is the 'list' as it sits...
Engine:
Blueprinted and balanced B20
Aluminum timing set
ISKY max competition cam (the 310 duration one)
Chevy/IPD pushrods/lifters
Dual 40DCOE carbs (not sure what brand manifold)
Canadian head with larger valves and ported
Mahle pistons
Chassis:
Swiss cheesed everything
Lexan windows except for the front
Fiberglass fenders/hood/trunk
Chromoly cage
JAZ fuel cell
Fenders pulled/rolled for clearance
Suspension:
QA1 shocks
Custom watts link
Stock car adjustable upper A arms
Relocated upper A arm attachment points
IPD adjustable sway bars
I'm sure there is a ton more to be said, but I'm still going through the thing and sorting it all out. I'll post more pictures as I take them.
I'm somewhat new to the older (pre-early 80's) Volvos so I'm sure I'm going to have a million questions. Some of the first are...
- What is a typical redline for B20? Anyone running this cam or similar have a good idea of how fast to spin it somewhat safely?
- At what point do you need race fuel? The car currently has some 110 octane in it, I know the compression is bumped to 11.0:1 but as far as I can tell the only ignition mods are a MSD 6AL box, I'll get the base timing numbers some day soon but I doubt it's pushed enough to warrant 110...
Sadly, a lot of info has been lost due to the circumstances that I acquired the car under, but the plan is to use it as a track toy for the time being and hopefully slot it into a NASA class to have some fun down the road. The car has a chromoly cage in it already, completely stripped interior with the emphasis on weight reduction. Supposedly it was at 1900lbs before the cage and fuel cell went in it, I'm not sure I buy it but we shall see.
Hopefully the motor is making ~160whp, it has two 40DCOEs on it, supposedly blueprinted and built right. M40 gearbox.
So far here is the 'list' as it sits...
Engine:
Blueprinted and balanced B20
Aluminum timing set
ISKY max competition cam (the 310 duration one)
Chevy/IPD pushrods/lifters
Dual 40DCOE carbs (not sure what brand manifold)
Canadian head with larger valves and ported
Mahle pistons
Chassis:
Swiss cheesed everything
Lexan windows except for the front
Fiberglass fenders/hood/trunk
Chromoly cage
JAZ fuel cell
Fenders pulled/rolled for clearance
Suspension:
QA1 shocks
Custom watts link
Stock car adjustable upper A arms
Relocated upper A arm attachment points
IPD adjustable sway bars
I'm sure there is a ton more to be said, but I'm still going through the thing and sorting it all out. I'll post more pictures as I take them.
I'm somewhat new to the older (pre-early 80's) Volvos so I'm sure I'm going to have a million questions. Some of the first are...
- What is a typical redline for B20? Anyone running this cam or similar have a good idea of how fast to spin it somewhat safely?
- At what point do you need race fuel? The car currently has some 110 octane in it, I know the compression is bumped to 11.0:1 but as far as I can tell the only ignition mods are a MSD 6AL box, I'll get the base timing numbers some day soon but I doubt it's pushed enough to warrant 110...