After selling my restored 740 I was able to pick up this 1983 245 Turbo. At first I didnt want to buy it, but after visiting the car at 2am because of sleeping problems it caught me like a disease. The car had a original Turbo+ kit in it, which means that it has 180hp instead of 155hp because of a Intercooler. Within 1 day I had sold the 740 and bought the Turbo. Me and my dad transported it to our garage, inspected the car a little bit and then we went for a drive.
In the pictures below you can clearly see the Turbos main problem - Rust.... lots of it
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And yes that "L" means that I?m a learner driver, so I learnt to drive stick in a Turbo
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All gauges work, but the speedometer wobbles when driving under 50km/h, so I will replace the drive gear later on
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It is a original sunroof car, but with a electric BMW Glassroof fitted, its so nice and works like it should.
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When inspecting the car we have found loads of rust. Not all was visible right away because of a patch up job with fiberglass by a previous owner. I didnt photograph all of the rust.
Brace yourself!
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Rust bubbling near the sunroof
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A previous owner tried to treat some of the rust
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As a part of my apprenticeship I had to learn to weld all thickness of metal, that comes in handy now. I already repaired some rust holes on my 740, but I guess this is my biggest rust job yet. This is all for now, on Saturday we will clean up all rust spots and decide where to cut for new metal welding.
Btw on the test drive there was a tuned VW Golf GTI mk3 tailgating us and wanting a race and so he got one. Volvo:1, GTI:0
My plans for now are to make it ready for inspection, paint it and then tune it. 0.8 Bar-1 Bar, Group-A Intercooler, B23E intake, 1990+ turbo exhaust manifold and a Group-A Turbo etc.
-Volvo0815
In the pictures below you can clearly see the Turbos main problem - Rust.... lots of it
<a href="https://imgur.com/LF6kofH"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/LF6kofH.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
And yes that "L" means that I?m a learner driver, so I learnt to drive stick in a Turbo
<a href="https://imgur.com/WYMAuWv"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WYMAuWv.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/WVrl1Wf"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WVrl1Wf.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
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<a href="https://imgur.com/NmYjNaN"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/NmYjNaN.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
All gauges work, but the speedometer wobbles when driving under 50km/h, so I will replace the drive gear later on
<a href="https://imgur.com/ZC6ZAZX"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ZC6ZAZX.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
It is a original sunroof car, but with a electric BMW Glassroof fitted, its so nice and works like it should.
<a href="https://imgur.com/yA5OZTr"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/yA5OZTr.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/nZrBVVz"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nZrBVVz.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
When inspecting the car we have found loads of rust. Not all was visible right away because of a patch up job with fiberglass by a previous owner. I didnt photograph all of the rust.
Brace yourself!
<a href="https://imgur.com/jpphhuG"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/jpphhuG.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
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Rust bubbling near the sunroof
<a href="https://imgur.com/POapSuE"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/POapSuE.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
A previous owner tried to treat some of the rust
<a href="https://imgur.com/Ii0xkSX"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Ii0xkSX.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
<a href="https://imgur.com/MEh4hz6"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/MEh4hz6.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>
As a part of my apprenticeship I had to learn to weld all thickness of metal, that comes in handy now. I already repaired some rust holes on my 740, but I guess this is my biggest rust job yet. This is all for now, on Saturday we will clean up all rust spots and decide where to cut for new metal welding.
Btw on the test drive there was a tuned VW Golf GTI mk3 tailgating us and wanting a race and so he got one. Volvo:1, GTI:0
My plans for now are to make it ready for inspection, paint it and then tune it. 0.8 Bar-1 Bar, Group-A Intercooler, B23E intake, 1990+ turbo exhaust manifold and a Group-A Turbo etc.
-Volvo0815
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