DocterHow
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- Joined
- Sep 25, 2016
- Location
- Davenport, IA
Hello Turbobricks, this is my first post and project on this forum. I have been a lurker for a while now but I have already started on my project. Last year I built up my first car, a Miata into a nice turbo "streetcar". For this year, my dad and I picked up an 82 242 from the bay area, and had it shipped all the way to us in Iowa. This is our third Volvo and for this one, I want to build my dad and I's dream 242. Here are a couple pictures of the car in it's current state.
The car has no major rust, a slightly misaligned driver's door, faded paint, ugly quad headlights/coffin hood, m46 4 speed, a gutless b21, and faded tan interior. But, most of that will change
I started this build already about a month ago, when we picked up a 5.3 locally off craigslist. After degreasing the engine I decided to take the heads off to look at the engine, since it had been sitting for a while. You won't believe what happened next...
After being a little frustrated, I bough a harbor freight bore scope and picked up an even cheaper 5.3 a few days later with all of its accessories.
The engine has been cleaned up and I will be doing a few mods to the engine. For the transmission, I'll be running a Nissan CD009 from a 2007 G35. Furthermore, I will pick up a set of the STS mounts and the associated Holley oil pan and Hooker manifolds.
The car has no major rust, a slightly misaligned driver's door, faded paint, ugly quad headlights/coffin hood, m46 4 speed, a gutless b21, and faded tan interior. But, most of that will change
I started this build already about a month ago, when we picked up a 5.3 locally off craigslist. After degreasing the engine I decided to take the heads off to look at the engine, since it had been sitting for a while. You won't believe what happened next...
After being a little frustrated, I bough a harbor freight bore scope and picked up an even cheaper 5.3 a few days later with all of its accessories.
The engine has been cleaned up and I will be doing a few mods to the engine. For the transmission, I'll be running a Nissan CD009 from a 2007 G35. Furthermore, I will pick up a set of the STS mounts and the associated Holley oil pan and Hooker manifolds.
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