1990 240 Turbo

[Finnish240]

New battery, fuel- and oil filter with fresh oil are in. Car starts like it should and works fine. Fuel filter change was such a pain in the ass because banjo fittings started to leak, and leak wouldn't stop until I did put old copper rings back. New copper rings from my 50 piece sortment were too wide from touching surface. Next task was to install new wideband Bosch lsu 4.9 sensor. Old sensor stopped working last fall and Innovate showed only E8 fault code. Some times 22.4 was shown but it couldn't read any afr's right. Common issue with Innovate mtx-l.

Works and shows afr's how it should

[Finnish240]

So now there is some boost added, -18t makes 0.95 bars with additional spring and bleed. Needs +0.25bars more. It feels quicker of course, but it ain't a rocket. It needs more spring/new WG actuator.

We had some issues with my IC piping, one hose popped off three times during tune up and once when I was coming back to home. Piping is made of steel, so I will weld shoulders to joints.

I had odd lean running issue at idle and while test drive before tuneup. I used this topic -> http://www.turbobricks.org/forums/sh...d.php?t=272004
and my "tuner guy" but we didn't find anything. Car gets fuel, alot of it from fuel line, and FPR seems to work, injectors work, samw temps on each cylinder, working AMM, working harness, no leaks, only thing/parts that is changed are in last posts. After all the searching I unplugged resistor pack, since it has hi resistance injectors, and boom! 14.7 afr's. Year ago we tuned engine with bad battery, maybe the new one changed currents or voltages in critical points?

[Finnish240]

Not much have been changed since last post, now I have 1bar on clock and few odd spots on chip, but nothing majure to stop me driving the car. Car feels how it should have been from the beginning. I am not a photographer, but took some pics while enjoying how clean car feels.

[adomz]

Love this!! Great looking 240!! ;)

ADam

[Finnish240]

Originally Posted by adomz

Love this!! Great looking 240!! ;)

ADam

Thanks, appreciate your words!

[Finnish240]

M90 is working well, and feels good and fast enough for me. Last week I changed oils to it, and tranny feels bit smoother now. Car has changed a bit with new front splitter, it is made of poly ethane if I remember correct. Car feels more stable at 120km/h when cross winds blow.

Pic under the car


New wheels arrived


They are 59° North wheels D-004. 17*8.5 front/17*9.5 rear. Monday I will get some tyre on them.

[Finnish240]

Got the wheels wrapped and installed

[Finnish240]

Double post

[R-Pow3R3d]

Wow, that's pretty!

[JCol91]

Love the new wheels!!

[Finnish240]

Originally Posted by R-Pow3R3d

Wow, that's pretty!

Thank you, I like it too very much now

Originally Posted by JCol91

Love the new wheels!!

Thanks

[Finnish240]

Gave a good wash and waxed whole car. Next I took it for a drive and took some photos

[Pete.M]

I'm more of a 740 guy but there's something about a white 240. Especially this one.

[Finnish240]

Originally Posted by Pete.M

I'm more of a 740 guy but there's something about a white 240. Especially this one.

Nice to hear, I was really close to get 16V 740 ten years ago, but dad bought this for me.

[Finnish240]

This project is a slowly moving one, but progress is coming in future with new engine. I am going to rebuild it with H-conrods etc. Redblock of course, b230fk squirter block. I am still making decisions with turbo that it will have, maybe s200 borq warner, that need a rebuilt kit, or something with ball bearing.

Took some rolling shots with friends.

[GTJordan]

Looks good! What are the wheels?

[Finnish240]

Originally Posted by GTJordan

Looks good! What are the wheels?

Thanks, they are 59° North wheels D-004 17*8.5"/9.5".

[Finnish240]

Few weeks till this goes to garage. plan is to make new exhaust, not sure tho will it be RST or regular exhaust pipe, size will be 3''.

[LC4CARL]

First class.

[whatshouldido]

Great build , amazing looking 244 really looks so good! Do you have more info on the Bross Body kit stuff? Thanks looking forward to more!

[Finnish240]

Originally Posted by LC4CARL

First class.

Thanks

Originally Posted by whatshouldido

Great build , amazing looking 244 really looks so good! Do you have more info on the Bross Body kit stuff? Thanks looking forward to more!

Thank you! Bross kits were originally made from sort of plastic, but these copies that are sold nowdays are made of fiberglass. Mine has fiberglass copy parts in front that are made in Finland, skirts are genuine plastic pieces and rear part is made of broken Bross and original Volvo 240's rear valance. Front parts reguire two or few holes drilled on front fenders, but rest is bolt on.

[Finnish240]

Car sat few weeks outside because I had a friend's Saab 9-3 at turborebuild and we had few icy mornings here in central Finland. I drove two weeks my 850 winter car. My neighbour used it as a second car at summer time, and annouced late summer that he needs car for winter time too, I asked him to buy 850 and he liked the idea.

I started looking for new winterbeater and after long search I saw old coworker who told that he had put his trusty 1991 B230FB/M47 940 to "storage". He had driven it to grassfield an year ago. I went to see it, and car didn't like to start. It had old and minimal amount of fuel, and ignition cables looked bad. We put some gas to tank, and changed cables and it fired up right away. No leaks, additional smoke, as excpected. Next day I drove the car with three set of tires and low price. Knock sensor lost it's signal so car was really slow and under powered. Speedo started dying and left front brake caliber was jamming.

Very next day and same evening I started working with the car and started to get it back on road. After quick brake service and changing some bulbs, speedo repair, and few new exhaust parts, and MOT check, it is ready to go! Will it be stock? No! Plan is to make it +T and give some love and update to it's look.

Drove the 240 to garage, it was hard to get it started, injector relay was dead. Let's see what I can do during winter. New exhaust and alternator relocation are my top two on the list.

Sorry for no pics. All image uploaders didn't like to work, but i will post some photos later.

[Finnish240]

Started the exhaust rebuild at new year. Progress was slow because I had million things to do. One of the reasons was that 940 started to act weird during winter, so I changed all of the ignition parts and told it to act nicer. It is still under powered, I think that fuel pump or two is bad. I bought a "Simons turbo 3" muffler to 240's only silencer, and did the pipe clamping with v-clamps. I love the easyness of those clamps! If the sound of the exhaust starts to piss me off, I may buy a resonator. I welded an exhaust tip to 90 degree bend. Tip is for 2,5 inch pipes so pipe had to go over.

Few pics during doing exhaust things





Next on the list was alternator and PS pump relocation because I wanted the oilfilter to be at easyer place. I have had some lil leaks in the past, and too many oil sources at one place don't help if you are searcing the leak source. First i drained oil out, and removed all the things that are on the way. Next I put a new timing belt and put everything back that I need to find out how to modify things.

New oilfilter place will be nice. OEM oilfilter leg and sandwich plate.



I cut a 10*100 mild steel adaptor plate and started to drill some holes for Volvo OEM brackets.



PS pump moved to lower location and alternator over it.





Alternator uses one long belt with waterpump and PS uses one short belt.

All black and back





Same time I had to relocate washer fluid bottle, because I had it on "turbo location". I moved it close to N/A car place but bit higher that air filter has some room.

After 5 months roads were close to be at test drive conditions so I took it for a spin, weather had its issues but car felt quite good







Front bumper trimming are waiting for motivation to paint them again, and exhaust tip needs more clearance to be more straight but it seems that I can drive it more soon

[whatshouldido]

Great read, great build ! Thanks for keepin them clean!

[Jussi Alanko]

Very clean looking car.
I like it very much!

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