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Team Recycle Racing Finland - JuHaU's Garage

JuHaU

JuHaU

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Team Recycle Racing Finland - JuHaU's Garage (new pictures 11/26/2012)

Here is some stories about my Volvos.

I have now four Volvos in my garage. Two Amazons, P1800 and T-5R.

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Volvo Amazon -66

Friend of mine has originally built this car. I bought it few years ago. These days I was rebuilding my 240 Turbo and I had all the parts to build 16v Turbo engine to it. Someday my friend call me and offered that car to me without engine. I accepted the offer and two month after that Amazon was in my carage with new 2.3 litres Turbo engine.

The car is DD at summer times. I use it quite usually and it's very common also at race tracks. 1/4 mile and sometimes also at track. In the future front brakes must updated to make car more comfortable at track. There is now ventilated disc's and caliber's from Volvo 164 and after few hard braking there is problems with heat and brakes start to disappear.

Best ET with old 2.3 Turbo engine 13.84@171.84.

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Leather seats - Carrelli

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Steel Flywheel with SRE HD -618

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Wiseco pistons 96.5 mm
Eagle knife edge crank 94.5 mm stroke
Sten Parner beams 147 mm
B234F head (ported)
16V cams
BMW double spring's
Holset HX40 14#
DTA engine management system
8 x 440 cc injectors
Getrag 260-5 5 speed gearbox
steel flywheel
BMW M3 SRE HD cluth M3 disk
 
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Volvo Amazon racecar - under progress

I bought that car without engine. It was in that condition that it is at the trailer. I get Jerico gearbox with it and huge wheels.
Safety chassis was also installed with old owner. It was total project when it arrivered to my carage.

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Turbo Holset HX55

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Gearbox - Jerico

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Clutc - Tilton with steel flywheel

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Wilwood brakes

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Rear axle Ford 9"

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Engine room

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Volvo P1800R-Sport

P1800 was found from Sweden at 2011. This summer I registered it to Finnish register. I used car about 1 000 km during the summer. Few times at local Volvo meetings and sometimes at super market trips. P1800 is now at winter rest at locat shed.

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New disk brakes 302 mm disk from V50. Calibers are from Volvo 940 Turbo.

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Shok's are updated to SPAX adjustable. Spings are still original. Next summer's project to chance new ones.

Engine

Season 2012 original B20B with two SU carburettors.

Coming in the future.

New engine with 86 mm Penta crank and Volvo R-sport 16 head.

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Gearbox will change to M410 with overdrive and original B20 bellhousing.

Rear axle will change to Volvo / Toyota hybrid with locker.
 
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Some of the past Volvos.

240 Turbo 348 hp @ 534 nm
13.41@166.36

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240 Turbo -81 B21ET + intercooler 200 hp

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244 L -75 B20, M40

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940 2.3 Turbo 278 hp@ 430 nm
14.8@150

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Super1800GTR said:
Nice collection!!
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Thanks..

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Interesting brake setup. What modifications did you have to make in order to fit these? Any more pictures?
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Here is some of the pictures.

New bracket for the caliber. 10 mm aluminium - watercut.

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Here it's installed.

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In the picture there is wrong side's caliber.

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We had to lathe disk brake at inside little bit to fit the disk and make sure that both of the surfaces was absolutely straight. We also drilled new holes for the bolts to the new brake disk. Only some of the spacer's had to put between calibers and bracket to get the caliber in the middle of the disk.

Steering arm that connect wheel and streering bar had to little fix to get the wheel angle at right position.

This caliber is there only for test. I bought new one's from local store. Price was amazing low. It was almost same amount that repair kit that consist of new seals.
 
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Here is picture of street Amazon's spare gearbox. It's Getrag 265 from BMW 635csi. Bellhousing is quite rare. It's original Group A part. It's manufactured from magnesium.

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That one is M400 from Volvo 164. Bellhousin is B20 -> M400/M410. Used only 6 monts at P1800 and also at Volvo bandwagen. I don't have that gearbox anymore. I sold it away and bought 5 gear M410 to my P1800.

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Now there is Getrag 260-5 from 7 series BMW. Bellhousin is modified to fit red block.

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This is quite common way to clean engine blocks. First I made mechanic cleaning and after that used window cleaning spray from W?rth.

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Street Amazons Pistons before drilling valve spaces.

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Very cool!! I'm looking for a way to upgrade the brakes in my '71 p1800 in favor of something more modern (and cheaper). I also have a m410 that came with my 1970. Very solid transmissions!! Looking forward to seeing more.
 
Amazon's new engine and transmission are now at right place. There is still few hour's to do before start up. Fitment to engine bay is quite narrow. There is not any free space between head and firewall. Flywheels trigger sensor (Volvo original LH 2.4) is almost towards to firewall.

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MadDog_945 said:
How you are gonna fix that? redo the Trannymount?


That turbo rocks... out of a FH12?
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I was trying to say that there is not any extra space. There is just enough to fit the packet to its place.

Turbo is Holset HX40 and it's coming from truck. 60 mm (2,36") coldside and 65 mm (2,56") hotside.
 
Old Iron said:
I'm drooling right now, where's the love for the 240's these days!?
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All of them are sold.

There is one story about that blue 240 Turbo. I was at my carage with my friend. We had some challenges with LH 2.4. Engine was running at very lean about AFR 18 (ecu was broken). Suddenly my wife came to garage and shout "sell it and buy a real old Volvo". Few weeks after that I bought white Amazon.

I sold blue one without engine and tranmission. But one year after that I built new 8v Turbo engine to that car. It's still at the same condition without the engine. I think so that someday it will be running again.

Red 240 Turbo is still in use. Friend of mine bought it and has kept it at good condition.

Green 240 was few year at shed and nowadays it is going to be museum registy with original B20 engine and M40 gearbox.

I think so that I have enough experiences of 240 Volvos. Some else can continue after that.
 
New engine is now ready. Test drive is passed and feelings are very happy. Torque of the new engine is amazing. I will use Amazon until this month and collect some miles before winter rest.
 
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