ICantDrift
New member
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2016
- Location
- Morrisville, NY/ Middleofnowhere, NY
So this is the beginning of my project/build thread for my 1988 Volvo 245 DL. I bought it for $600 and have big plans, I'm aiming to turn it into a sleeper drift car kinda thing, we'll see where it goes. I'm doing things one at a time as I can afford them, so my apologies if updates are slow. I am currently a freshman attending Morrisville State College and pursuing my bachelor's degree in automotive technology. The auto program here is incredible, I'm able to use equipment and get help from professors that I wouldn't otherwise be able to and this is where I'll be doing a lot of the work on the 245.
Got plates! (10/27/16)
I got to the seller's house and we tried but failed (bolts wouldn't back out) to remove the alternator out of one of his extra 244's to get the voltage reg so I could put it in my 245. The one in there now isn't working and the lights flicker/don't work.
Heading home for the weekend before driving it up to college. (10/29/16)
After convincing the chief of police to allow me to have two vehicles on campus, it's finally here. Parked next to my daily driven 1983 BMW 533i. (10/30/16)
Got my shipment of brake parts today. Pads and rotors all around. It's pretty bad, metal on metal action and the pedal feels like a marshmallow.
I decided to bring my floor jack and stands for when I can't get it into the auto building and use a lift. It turned out to be a good decision as I had the idea to tighten the clutch cable on my m47 so that it doesn't engage at the veeeery top of the pedal travel.
Out measuring the dimensions of the M30B32 (3.2 liter) I6 in my E28 and the dimensions of the 240's engine bay, I hope to swap a twin turbo M30B35 (3.5 liter) into the 240. Nothing set in stone just yet, but it hasn't been done before and unique is exactly what I'm aiming for with this project. Plus they're engines I know my way around with my eyes closed. I may have to cut and shorten the oil pan by a few inches but either way, I'll make it work. (Yes, I'm measuring my engine and engine bay in the cold at 11:00pm on Halloween but I wouldn't have it any other way.)(10/31/16)
More to come, thanks for looking!
Got plates! (10/27/16)
I got to the seller's house and we tried but failed (bolts wouldn't back out) to remove the alternator out of one of his extra 244's to get the voltage reg so I could put it in my 245. The one in there now isn't working and the lights flicker/don't work.
Heading home for the weekend before driving it up to college. (10/29/16)
After convincing the chief of police to allow me to have two vehicles on campus, it's finally here. Parked next to my daily driven 1983 BMW 533i. (10/30/16)
Got my shipment of brake parts today. Pads and rotors all around. It's pretty bad, metal on metal action and the pedal feels like a marshmallow.
I decided to bring my floor jack and stands for when I can't get it into the auto building and use a lift. It turned out to be a good decision as I had the idea to tighten the clutch cable on my m47 so that it doesn't engage at the veeeery top of the pedal travel.
Out measuring the dimensions of the M30B32 (3.2 liter) I6 in my E28 and the dimensions of the 240's engine bay, I hope to swap a twin turbo M30B35 (3.5 liter) into the 240. Nothing set in stone just yet, but it hasn't been done before and unique is exactly what I'm aiming for with this project. Plus they're engines I know my way around with my eyes closed. I may have to cut and shorten the oil pan by a few inches but either way, I'll make it work. (Yes, I'm measuring my engine and engine bay in the cold at 11:00pm on Halloween but I wouldn't have it any other way.)(10/31/16)
More to come, thanks for looking!