Scott's '81 242 project

RCArmy434 · 01-19-2011, 03:59 PM

The Background:
About a year ago i was at work, and one of our customers brought his 85 244 turbo in to be worked on, basically long story short my boss told him it needed a fuel dist, and a engine harness to get it to run correctly, on top of that it needed all brakes, and some other odds and ins. The customer decided he didnt want to fix the car, and asked if anyone would want it. I decided that i would get it and fix it up a little, and drive it around some. so i did some work to the car, built a harness for the engine, and did a waterpump and some other stuff to the car. then i got a girlfriend and it was super hot outside so lost all interest in doing anything with the car for awhile. then me and my girl parted ways, and i got accepted to VCU, so once again i couldnt really work on the car. I spend alot of my spare time at school surfing turbobricks and decided its time to start doing work on this thing. Winter break rolls around and i sell off a few things to get Megasquirt and a wideband. i was fed up with the kjet system not wanting to start cold(to find out recently that all it needs is a thermo time switch). So i gather all the parts to do the kjet to MS swap and was about ready start on it when i came across a 242 shell for the right price. I had always wanted a 242 so i picked it up. Unfortunately i got it a week before school started back up and didnt have much time to get to do alot of work on it
The 244

The 244 with the 242 chillin in the background. Will be like this until march when i can get some more work done to it.

The first part of the build:
Unfortunately i forgot to get a camera from my house before we started, so my half decent cell phone pics will have to do.
Car on the trailer about to head to the shop

Engine compartment shot before work

Engine compartment with everything removed and after a nice cleaning

Drivers side and passenger side butt cheeks, removed that heavy rock hard sheet of stuff from most of the trunk. going to cut butt cheeks off and repair what rust has eaten away.

Blew up the Heater Core so this

turned to this

Also did a full A/C delete, and most of the wires are going to be weeded out, only going to have the heat settings to pass inspection, and keep me warm in the winter.

Got engine compartment ready to weld, all seams and holes will be welded

Side shots waiting for trim delete

Back seat making a nice storage area

Pulled the gastank to find out it had a rusty inside. Either going to do the acid and epoxy trick, or going fuel cell

Got a 530 head for P&P, and planning on putting bigger valves, and a better cam in also

One of my many box of goodies

95 C4 Corvette seats that might be mounted in the car

link to more pictures
http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/...cpZZ1QQtppZZ24

RCArmy434 · 01-19-2011, 03:59 PM

To Do List:
Weld up trim holes, seams and holes in the engine compartment
Weld in cage
Install vette seats for the time being, then corbeau seats down the road
Replace brake lines, calipers, rotors and pads
Wrap dash in cloth
Hydro e-brake handle
Paint engine compartment/trunk/inside
Cut out butt cheeks and repair all rust spots
Manual trans swap m46 for the time being, then a t5 swap
Go though the wiring harness and see what is necessary and what isnt
install heaterbox from 244
Flathood and Single rounds
6 panel tail lights
85+bumpers
Remove engine from 244
P&P, bigger valve, and cam up the 530 head
Go thru b21ft make sure everything is decent
strip out 244 for all usable parts
use 244 gas tank
Put engine and trans into the car
3in exhaust
custom equal length header
Ebay Intercooler
Custom piping
holset hx35w turbo
Wire up the megasquirt
Install Plx
Tune
Paint car

RCArmy434 · 01-19-2011, 04:00 PM

mine also

RCArmy434 · 01-19-2011, 04:00 PM

mine incase i need another

doucheNozzle · 01-25-2011, 08:14 PM

In for a cool build.

I'd do a 3" exhaust. No question.

FunkyStankyChicken · 01-25-2011, 08:31 PM

Awesome start, we seem like we are at similar stages of our respective builds.

RCArmy434 · 01-25-2011, 08:32 PM

thanks man, i am really excited about the build, i grew up around volvos, and just cant seem to get away. cant wait until spring break to do more work. 3in exhaust is the plan now, cant decide if i want to do a 3in downpipe, then a boost activated cutout type thing, then 2.5in exhaust after that for a stockish look, this will most likely not happen due to police might not like it too much and i would be too tempted to make it open going down the road.
kinda like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gaAuGNk5M

RCArmy434 · 01-25-2011, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkyStankyChicken

Awesome start, we seem like we are at similar stages of our respective builds.

thanks man, i saw your build and thought the exact thing. Your build looks like it is going pretty good also

RCArmy434 · 02-18-2011, 05:57 PM

took a trip to knox motorsports today. picked up a little somethin somethin...

its a HX35W
thanks fellas.

N/Avolvo · 02-18-2011, 06:32 PM

lookin good dude. Im coming up to cville over spring break to visit a girl at UVA and go look at a 940 wagon for sale.

DNAsEqUeNcE · 02-18-2011, 06:53 PM

hx40~!

RCArmy434 · 02-18-2011, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N/Avolvo

lookin good dude. Im coming up to cville over spring break to visit a girl at UVA and go look at a 940 wagon for sale.

nice man, Im hoping ill get the car ready for the engine swap over my spring break, things such as getting the wiring harness straightened out and getting the engine compartment and trim holes all welded up and painted. i got 3 more weeks

i peeled back the rebuild sticker, and it said it was a hx35w. would be pretty sweet if it was a hx40 tho. billy at knox said it has like 250 miles on it since the rebuild which was done by the factory in 2004.

im hoping to order a rsi stage 2 cam while theyre still on sale. i might even spring for the stage 3.

stylngle2003 · 02-19-2011, 08:03 PM

good lookin build. can't wait to see how it turns out

Sir Psycho · 02-19-2011, 08:51 PM

thatta boy!

RCArmy434 · 02-19-2011, 09:08 PM

this turbo sittin in my dormroom makes me want to work on the car so bad. i miss wrenchin on cars while im down here.

RCArmy434 · 03-30-2011, 06:45 PM

Didn't really get what i hoped to accomplish over spring break. I got my RSI stage II cam, and adj. cam gear in the mail, got all my parts for my manual swap, flat hood+single round setup, and picked out the color for the car when it is complete. did a spray out on the valve cover i will be using.

heres a cell phone picture of what it looks like...which does absolutely no justice to the paint. looks beautiful in the sunlight. I'm planning on painting the letters black at some point.

whitebricks · 05-03-2011, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RCArmy434

Didn't really get what i hoped to accomplish over spring break. I got my RSI stage II cam, and adj. cam gear in the mail, got all my parts for my manual swap, flat hood+single round setup, and picked out the color for the car when it is complete. did a spray out on the valve cover i will be using.

heres a cell phone picture of what it looks like...which does absolutely no justice to the paint. looks beautiful in the sunlight. I'm planning on painting the letters black at some point.

thats going te be a nice color. build looks sweet...i know how it goes taking forever to get your car done. ill be back tomorrow and the first thing im doing is working on my car and updating my thread. cheers

RCArmy434 · 05-21-2011, 12:26 AM

Good news, I got a free 94 b230ft that's in pretty good shape, and I got my 530 head pulled all apart for a port and polish job prior to taking it to knox motorsports for 46/38mm valves, and some good valve springs.

Bad news, tomorrows the rapture/doomsday/end of the world, and I haven't really been taking awhole lot of pictures to keep you updated. But if tomorrow is a hoax I will take some pix for good measure

propav8r · 05-21-2011, 09:19 PM

Free motor ftw. Now, since the world didn't end, where's the promised update?

RCArmy434 · 05-21-2011, 09:55 PM

Monday, I will bring my camera to work and snap some pictures. I need to get the car out to work still, that will most likely be this week sometime. Im hoping to get the engine up on a stand also so I can get some really good pics.

The Redeemer · 05-23-2011, 03:41 AM

Nice work so far! Is the tornado yours too?

RCArmy434 · 05-23-2011, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Redeemer

Nice work so far! Is the tornado yours too?

The torando belongs to a friend of a friend, it was waiting to be painted. My best friends father, practically my 2nd dad, is into classic car restoration, so they have quite a few classics floating around.

Updates from today/this weekend:
My b230ft had a blown HG, Head is warped, but i believe the block is fine, i need to clean up the gasket surface and use a straight edge to make sure the block isn't warped. Got it just about stripped down to a shortblock and started the block cleaning process, while making a huge mess on the floor at work.

Since finding the b230ft and getting another old parts car, ive decided to keep the 244tic together and im going to sell it to a friend of mine as his first car. Got some work ahead of him

...most likely lh2.4 swap

On another note 242 is being trailered out to the shop on Friday, first on the agenda is getting the engine compartment in check, then getting the brakes working.

got a couple pictures, but id like to get a few more before i start posting them up.

mgcarma · 05-25-2011, 03:26 AM

Build thread looks great! Let me know if you need any parts! K

RCArmy434 · 05-25-2011, 09:37 PM

Did some work yesterday. Pulled pretty much the entire brake system out of a junker, minus the front calipers, they were the solid style rotors. cut the quarter panels out of the same car to use to repair my rusty lower quarters. Got quite a collection of parts, just need to start putting it all together now...

B230FT been working on getting it all cleaned up, I will most likely throw in some new rings while i have it all apart. Not sure what color to paint the block yet...Maybe red

SQUIRTERS

What happens when I get done pulling some quarter panels

Quarters and Fender

90+ Manifold has a few cracks, Will be ported, welded, and milled flat for holset until i can get a tubular header made

530 head valves pulled out

Exhaust side, i was amazed at how much could be ground out till the gasket matches. Will be porting soon

Not so much to be ground out on the intake side

RSI goodies

Fake HKS SSQV, I have a real HKS its at a friends place waiting to pick it all up. and 5 inch coilover sleeves, for the front or rear, haven't decided yet

Busted up knuckle up pretty good. I need to start wearing gloves again and get a tan...

RCArmy434 · 06-01-2011, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RCArmy434

Busted up knuckle up pretty good. I need to start wearing gloves again and get a tan...

Well speaking of a tan, I got a super bad sunburn

and it has been entirely too hot to work on the car. Been about 98*F here the past few days

. I did get the car out to the shop Friday. Next things on the lists are weld up the 90+ manifold cracks, clean the headgasket surface on the b230 to see if it needs to be decked or not, and start putting the brake lines on the car. I need to get my argon tank and welding wire out to the shop so i can start welding the engine compartment and trim holes up.

01-19-2011, 03:59 PM	#1
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	Scott's '81 242 project The Background: About a year ago i was at work, and one of our customers brought his 85 244 turbo in to be worked on, basically long story short my boss told him it needed a fuel dist, and a engine harness to get it to run correctly, on top of that it needed all brakes, and some other odds and ins. The customer decided he didnt want to fix the car, and asked if anyone would want it. I decided that i would get it and fix it up a little, and drive it around some. so i did some work to the car, built a harness for the engine, and did a waterpump and some other stuff to the car. then i got a girlfriend and it was super hot outside so lost all interest in doing anything with the car for awhile. then me and my girl parted ways, and i got accepted to VCU, so once again i couldnt really work on the car. I spend alot of my spare time at school surfing turbobricks and decided its time to start doing work on this thing. Winter break rolls around and i sell off a few things to get Megasquirt and a wideband. i was fed up with the kjet system not wanting to start cold(to find out recently that all it needs is a thermo time switch). So i gather all the parts to do the kjet to MS swap and was about ready start on it when i came across a 242 shell for the right price. I had always wanted a 242 so i picked it up. Unfortunately i got it a week before school started back up and didnt have much time to get to do alot of work on it The 244 The 244 with the 242 chillin in the background. Will be like this until march when i can get some more work done to it. The first part of the build: Unfortunately i forgot to get a camera from my house before we started, so my half decent cell phone pics will have to do. Car on the trailer about to head to the shop Engine compartment shot before work Engine compartment with everything removed and after a nice cleaning Drivers side and passenger side butt cheeks, removed that heavy rock hard sheet of stuff from most of the trunk. going to cut butt cheeks off and repair what rust has eaten away. Blew up the Heater Core so this turned to this Also did a full A/C delete, and most of the wires are going to be weeded out, only going to have the heat settings to pass inspection, and keep me warm in the winter. Got engine compartment ready to weld, all seams and holes will be welded Side shots waiting for trim delete Back seat making a nice storage area Pulled the gastank to find out it had a rusty inside. Either going to do the acid and epoxy trick, or going fuel cell Got a 530 head for P&P, and planning on putting bigger valves, and a better cam in also One of my many box of goodies 95 C4 Corvette seats that might be mounted in the car link to more pictures http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/...cpZZ1QQtppZZ24 Last edited by RCArmy434; 10-08-2011 at 05:26 PM..

01-19-2011, 03:59 PM	#2
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	To Do List: Weld up trim holes, seams and holes in the engine compartment Weld in cage Install vette seats for the time being, then corbeau seats down the road Replace brake lines, calipers, rotors and pads Wrap dash in cloth Hydro e-brake handle Paint engine compartment/trunk/inside Cut out butt cheeks and repair all rust spots Manual trans swap m46 for the time being, then a t5 swap Go though the wiring harness and see what is necessary and what isnt install heaterbox from 244 Flathood and Single rounds 6 panel tail lights 85+bumpers Remove engine from 244 P&P, bigger valve, and cam up the 530 head Go thru b21ft make sure everything is decent strip out 244 for all usable parts use 244 gas tank Put engine and trans into the car 3in exhaust custom equal length header Ebay Intercooler Custom piping holset hx35w turbo Wire up the megasquirt Install Plx Tune Paint car Last edited by RCArmy434; 10-08-2011 at 05:26 PM..

01-25-2011, 08:14 PM	#5
doucheNozzle Emerged as Ugly Butterfly Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cub Scout Camp, CA 93405	In for a cool build. I'd do a 3" exhaust. No question. __________________ '97 GMC K2500 Suburban 6.5TD - FailBus '84 245GLT - FailWagon '92 245DL - The iFixit.com Lemons Car '95 850T5R - ButterCup Cheap 2/7/9 Camber Plates! Now w/Weld-In Steel! BrickSpeed - For Making your car fast. Not low.

01-25-2011, 08:31 PM	#6
FunkyStankyChicken Rad Panda Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ithaca NY	Awesome start, we seem like we are at similar stages of our respective builds. __________________ '79 242 GT - Project '91 SR5 Pickup - Work Beater '84 BMW 533i - Summer Daily

02-18-2011, 06:32 PM	#10
N/Avolvo has gone to the dark side Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Richmond ,VA -home, Cullowhee, NC-school	lookin good dude. Im coming up to cville over spring break to visit a girl at UVA and go look at a 940 wagon for sale. __________________ Nathan -98 v70 163k -93 240 207K -81 K5 Blazer 4"lift suspension/3" body lift, 37" super swampers, 8000lb winch,bed lined interior....Sold

01-19-2011, 04:00 PM	#3
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	mine also

01-25-2011, 08:32 PM	#7
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	thanks man, i am really excited about the build, i grew up around volvos, and just cant seem to get away. cant wait until spring break to do more work. 3in exhaust is the plan now, cant decide if i want to do a 3in downpipe, then a boost activated cutout type thing, then 2.5in exhaust after that for a stockish look, this will most likely not happen due to police might not like it too much and i would be too tempted to make it open going down the road. kinda like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5gaAuGNk5M

02-18-2011, 05:57 PM	#9
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	took a trip to knox motorsports today. picked up a little somethin somethin... its a HX35W thanks fellas.

02-19-2011, 08:03 PM	#13
stylngle2003 Board Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Two Up, Two Down	good lookin build. can't wait to see how it turns out __________________ -Billy 1993 945ti "titebox" (DD) 1985 744GLE (perpetual +t project) 1996 Chevrolet Tahoe Vortec 2WD 1990 Mazda Miata track toy

02-19-2011, 08:51 PM	#14
Sir Psycho holstrich 2.0 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NC State University	thatta boy! __________________ Isaac 1995 940 Turbo: Holset HE351 @ 20 psi, Emusa External Wastegate w/screamer, Mild Steel Header, 4" Downpipe, Ostrich Emulator, IPD Turbo Cam, TTR Cam Gear, Big Piping and Intercooler, 3" Exhaust, V8 T5 soon, Greddy BOV, AEM Wideband, 18" Pegasus, B&G Springs, Billy HD's, Chassis Bracing, Sumimoto HTR ZIII 225/40/18

02-19-2011, 09:08 PM	#15
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	this turbo sittin in my dormroom makes me want to work on the car so bad. i miss wrenchin on cars while im down here.

03-30-2011, 06:45 PM	#16
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	Didn't really get what i hoped to accomplish over spring break. I got my RSI stage II cam, and adj. cam gear in the mail, got all my parts for my manual swap, flat hood+single round setup, and picked out the color for the car when it is complete. did a spray out on the valve cover i will be using. heres a cell phone picture of what it looks like...which does absolutely no justice to the paint. looks beautiful in the sunlight. I'm planning on painting the letters black at some point.

05-21-2011, 12:26 AM	#18
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	Good news, I got a free 94 b230ft that's in pretty good shape, and I got my 530 head pulled all apart for a port and polish job prior to taking it to knox motorsports for 46/38mm valves, and some good valve springs. Bad news, tomorrows the rapture/doomsday/end of the world, and I haven't really been taking awhole lot of pictures to keep you updated. But if tomorrow is a hoax I will take some pix for good measure

05-21-2011, 09:55 PM	#20
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	Monday, I will bring my camera to work and snap some pictures. I need to get the car out to work still, that will most likely be this week sometime. Im hoping to get the engine up on a stand also so I can get some really good pics.

05-23-2011, 03:41 AM	#21
The Redeemer Board Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: the best hemisphere	Nice work so far! Is the tornado yours too?

05-25-2011, 03:26 AM	#23
mgcarma Board Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Culpeper, Va	Build thread looks great! Let me know if you need any parts! K

05-25-2011, 09:37 PM	#24
RCArmy434 Board Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: C'Ville/Richmond VA	Did some work yesterday. Pulled pretty much the entire brake system out of a junker, minus the front calipers, they were the solid style rotors. cut the quarter panels out of the same car to use to repair my rusty lower quarters. Got quite a collection of parts, just need to start putting it all together now... B230FT been working on getting it all cleaned up, I will most likely throw in some new rings while i have it all apart. Not sure what color to paint the block yet...Maybe red SQUIRTERS What happens when I get done pulling some quarter panels Quarters and Fender 90+ Manifold has a few cracks, Will be ported, welded, and milled flat for holset until i can get a tubular header made 530 head valves pulled out Exhaust side, i was amazed at how much could be ground out till the gasket matches. Will be porting soon Not so much to be ground out on the intake side RSI goodies Fake HKS SSQV, I have a real HKS its at a friends place waiting to pick it all up. and 5 inch coilover sleeves, for the front or rear, haven't decided yet Busted up knuckle up pretty good. I need to start wearing gloves again and get a tan... Last edited by RCArmy434; 05-25-2011 at 11:31 PM..

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