Jared's '79 5.3 244 Project: The Qwikbrik - Page 5

propav8r · 01-07-2012, 03:05 AM

Gonna throw a few more pics in for good measure.

Here's what the passenger floorboard looks like at the moment. Everything is...everywhere, but it's functional. I'll take some time and clean it up/shorten up wires next time I'm home from school.

Getting close to done under the hood. I still have to finalize my intercooler piping, paint the rad support, and re-install/bleed my brake system.

There are basically three separate connections in the ECU harness. One is for the ignition, and is a large four-pin GM Weatherpack near the wiper motor. Two smaller weatherpacks, one four-pin for the injector wiring, and the other 3-pin for the DSM CAS are situated here. Makes removing the harness fairly simple if needed, and came out as clean as I could get it with what was available to me.

Here you can see my harness routing. From left to right is the coil pack harness, the main harness, and the harness for the fuel injectors.

N/Avolvo · 01-07-2012, 04:02 AM

Will that be up at western this semester? I demand a ride!

propav8r · 01-07-2012, 06:28 AM

It'll hopefully make it up by semesters end.

propav8r · 01-20-2012, 11:34 AM

IPD Springs and Decarbons installed this past weekend...the boat-esque front end is banished! Pic related...the IPD springs were like half the height of the stockers, and only dropped the car .5". The second pic is how a 240 with fresh stock springs looks...I don't ever want to hear anyone say springs don't wear out ever again. Maybe in a perfect, controlled environment, they don't, but in the real world, oxidation happens.

BoostIt · 01-20-2012, 03:12 PM

pics of the front end drop pretty please!

propav8r · 01-20-2012, 04:41 PM

Don't have any...I'll grab some when I'm home next.

blueinportland · 02-01-2012, 11:21 PM

Your car looks great and I really dig the classic look of the quad round headlights. On a side note, my car, the blue '85 wagon in your second photo, is so high up because it has Bilstein HDs and no lowering springs, they tend to push the car up. It also has rear overload coils in the back, so I think it's higher than it would be when it was brand new from the factory. That being said I'm sure your right, springs do wear out and most old volvos probably ride a fair deal lower than when new.

propav8r · 02-01-2012, 11:45 PM

Haha, thanks for the kind words.

It's a bit of an ongoing argument here as to whether springs wear out or not. I posted your wagon as an example of some of the 240s I've seen with new factory suspension material.

blueinportland · 02-01-2012, 11:48 PM

Well, everything fatigues with stress and age so being that springs have both, it would only make sense that they would wear out.

940guy · 02-02-2012, 08:21 AM

yea i agree my 940 before it was called mine the left rear sagged pretty bad . my mom was pretty big and she drove it all the time also the gas tank is on that side.

02-02-2012, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propav8r

DOH!

Yeah, I have. Buuuut I left them at the shop again

I've been scatterbrained, running all over the city to try and find a custom spark plug wire set with the correct ends for LS1 coils. I'll probably have to end up ordering them from somewhere. Le sigh.

And thanks for the compliments!

Call Kingsbourne . I'll bet they'll make custom GM/LS1 coil/Volvo plug wires

Looking good BTW.

propav8r · 02-02-2012, 12:02 PM

I got a set from Scott Performance Wire in Mooresville. Still waiting on TrickMick to get back to me on a set made by him...

02-02-2012, 01:08 PM

can ya post pics of the Scott Performance wires from Mooresville? Aren't they the NASCAR wires?

propav8r · 02-02-2012, 01:48 PM

He makes them for several teams, yeah. $40 for the set and same-day turnaround...I can't complain.

Check the first post on this page.

FullEnglish · 02-10-2012, 05:38 PM

Love this car. It's Bentley-esque in the first pic. Very tidy install too. As soon as I organise a workshop (next year?) I'll be on the hunt for a late 70s 244 to play with. I mean, I like my 940, but these things have soul, or some crap like that. Dunno, maybe I'm a closet hippy, but who cares...

propav8r · 02-10-2012, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FullEnglish

Love this car. It's Bentley-esque in the first pic. Very tidy install too. As soon as I organise a workshop (next year?) I'll be on the hunt for a late 70s 244 to play with. I mean, I like my 940, but these things have soul, or some crap like that. Dunno, maybe I'm a closet hippy, but who cares...

Thanks very much! And yeah...you can't beat a late-'70s 240.

propav8r · 03-01-2012, 12:43 AM

Props to Derrick and Mark.

The car now has a full 3" exhaust. To the junkyard tomorrow to pull the brake lines I need to fix my screwup, and then hopefully on the road on Friday or Saturday before I go back to school on Sunday.

spe1983 · 03-01-2012, 01:07 PM

Looks good sir. Very impressive work.

03-01-2012, 01:42 PM

Quote:

I don't ever want to hear anyone say springs don't wear out ever again. Maybe in a perfect, controlled environment, they don't, but in the real world, oxidation happens.

Springs do lose their strength over the years. Volvo springs seem to hold up better than the American car springs(back in the 60-70s).

The springs on my 69 Chevelle were shot when I bought it. Replaced with new & made a big differnce. Why I'm not big on lowering with old cut springs.

propav8r · 03-06-2012, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spe1983

Looks good sir. Very impressive work.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Also, I never did get photos of the exhaust...but I will, I swear!

DNAsEqUeNcE · 03-06-2012, 08:44 PM

That bay is nice. Clean up the IC/Rad area with a shroud or something!

propav8r · 03-08-2012, 11:18 AM

Oh yeah. I need to snag a little bit of aluminum sheet to throw down there.

BoostIt · 03-08-2012, 02:13 PM

pics of the exhaust? vids of it driving/running?

propav8r · 03-08-2012, 03:09 PM

Hopefully heading home this weekend. I chickened out and registered TS, so I'm just going to click a button and watch VE Analyze Live work it's magic.

If it doesn't rain (and soak the ground behind the garage) I'll try and get it on the road. I just have to get it out of a low area and up a muddy hill lol.

propav8r · 04-01-2012, 12:19 AM

Made it home, and did some stuff. Promise.

01-07-2012, 04:02 AM	#102
N/Avolvo Board Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Richmond ,VA	Will that be up at western this semester? I demand a ride! __________________ Nathan -79 242 197K -97 Nissan Hardbody 311k DD beater -98 v70 190k-Sold -81 K5 Blazer 4"lift suspension/3" body lift, 37" TSLs, 8000lb winch,bed lined interior....Sold

02-02-2012, 08:21 AM	#110
940guy Board Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waxhaw, NC	yea i agree my 940 before it was called mine the left rear sagged pretty bad . my mom was pretty big and she drove it all the time also the gas tank is on that side. __________________ 93 944t b230+16v+holset hx35 16cm hot side +75shot CRUSHED 01 v70 boring DD 88 745 racewagon lots of around cones goodies

03-01-2012, 01:07 PM	#118
spe1983 Board Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tulsa, OK	Looks good sir. Very impressive work. __________________ 1972 142 w/ 130K, in progress. 1992 944T w/ 195K, DD 2004 XC90 2.5T AWD w/ 124k 1984 242T - gone, now brettmobile 1994 855T - gone

03-06-2012, 08:44 PM	#121
DNAsEqUeNcE †John3:16 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas	That bay is nice. Clean up the IC/Rad area with a shroud or something! __________________

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01-07-2012, 06:28 AM	#103
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	It'll hopefully make it up by semesters end.

01-20-2012, 11:34 AM	#104
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	IPD Springs and Decarbons installed this past weekend...the boat-esque front end is banished! Pic related...the IPD springs were like half the height of the stockers, and only dropped the car .5". The second pic is how a 240 with fresh stock springs looks...I don't ever want to hear anyone say springs don't wear out ever again. Maybe in a perfect, controlled environment, they don't, but in the real world, oxidation happens.

01-20-2012, 04:41 PM	#106
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Don't have any...I'll grab some when I'm home next.

02-01-2012, 11:21 PM	#107
blueinportland Board Member Join Date: Jan 2012	Your car looks great and I really dig the classic look of the quad round headlights. On a side note, my car, the blue '85 wagon in your second photo, is so high up because it has Bilstein HDs and no lowering springs, they tend to push the car up. It also has rear overload coils in the back, so I think it's higher than it would be when it was brand new from the factory. That being said I'm sure your right, springs do wear out and most old volvos probably ride a fair deal lower than when new.

02-01-2012, 11:45 PM	#108
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Haha, thanks for the kind words. It's a bit of an ongoing argument here as to whether springs wear out or not. I posted your wagon as an example of some of the 240s I've seen with new factory suspension material.

02-01-2012, 11:48 PM	#109
blueinportland Board Member Join Date: Jan 2012	Well, everything fatigues with stress and age so being that springs have both, it would only make sense that they would wear out.

02-02-2012, 12:02 PM	#112
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	I got a set from Scott Performance Wire in Mooresville. Still waiting on TrickMick to get back to me on a set made by him...

02-02-2012, 01:08 PM	#113
smokeyfan1000 Guest	can ya post pics of the Scott Performance wires from Mooresville? Aren't they the NASCAR wires?

02-02-2012, 01:48 PM	#114
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	He makes them for several teams, yeah. $40 for the set and same-day turnaround...I can't complain. Check the first post on this page.

02-10-2012, 05:38 PM	#115
FullEnglish Board Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sweden	Love this car. It's Bentley-esque in the first pic. Very tidy install too. As soon as I organise a workshop (next year?) I'll be on the hunt for a late 70s 244 to play with. I mean, I like my 940, but these things have soul, or some crap like that. Dunno, maybe I'm a closet hippy, but who cares...

03-01-2012, 12:43 AM	#117
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Props to Derrick and Mark. The car now has a full 3" exhaust. To the junkyard tomorrow to pull the brake lines I need to fix my screwup, and then hopefully on the road on Friday or Saturday before I go back to school on Sunday.

03-08-2012, 11:18 AM	#122
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Oh yeah. I need to snag a little bit of aluminum sheet to throw down there.

03-08-2012, 02:13 PM	#123
BoostIt Board Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Little Rock, AR	pics of the exhaust? vids of it driving/running?

03-08-2012, 03:09 PM	#124
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Hopefully heading home this weekend. I chickened out and registered TS, so I'm just going to click a button and watch VE Analyze Live work it's magic. If it doesn't rain (and soak the ground behind the garage) I'll try and get it on the road. I just have to get it out of a low area and up a muddy hill lol.

04-01-2012, 12:19 AM	#125
propav8r F*ck Edgar Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Franklin, NC	Made it home, and did some stuff. Promise.