volvo powered S-10?

[donalson]

Originally Posted by 242Bleek

epic. Make a thread on s10 forum.

like this one http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f30/pr...-power-468204/

[donalson]

more good stuff today...

engine pulled from a '93 with a bunch of extras... not sure if it's truly a '93 engine(big rod/oil squirter block) (or why it had an early style IC on it) but i'm very hopeful... will get it out tomm. and sometime next week dig in a little bit to find out... going to be so psyced if it is at least a big rod block... was a very tight fit getting it in... and with how my engine hoist is prob be more difficult to get out... but it'll happen

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also got my SS tdo4h/L turbo oil feed hose from ebay... lost the other one and ordered it before I knew I was getting the "new" engine

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[J_Jones]

Originally Posted by donalson

3" mandrel bend grab bag from ebay came in... shouldn't have a prob building something nice with this...

Got a link to this? I could use the same kit, thanks.

[donalson]

Originally Posted by J_Jones

Got a link to this? I could use the same kit, thanks.

ebay seller "tootperformance" this link should bring you to his current items FS...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/tootperforma...id=p4340.l2562

don't know 100% what you'll get so it's a bit of a gamble... for the price I came out better then had I gotten 2 U's... also can get 3.5" or 4" for the same price if you want to up the anti lol...

i've got plenty for my build... and enough to build a DP for my wagon ... so came out good for me

[donalson]

ok it was much easier getting the engine OUT of the volvo then it was in...

good news and bad news... it's a '90 build date... so has the important upgrades just not the pistion oil squirters :(...

but considering it should be easy to "free out" in the challenge budget its a super awesome buy

[morganpartee]

Subbed, because you're about 2 hours away from me, haha. Just realized it. Cool **** man!

[donalson]

was just in PC like 2 days ago... lived in PC till about 5 years back...

[morganpartee]

Right on, seems like everybody with a volvo is out of here though.

Cept one kid with rattlecan warstripes on a straightpiped wagon, lol.

[donalson]

lol I rolled around town (PC) with a straight pipe and "limo tint" on my dark grey wagon for a while... lol... was fun

[morganpartee]

My cutout has been open a few weeks now, at least until the motor came out, lol.

[donalson]

getting the new drivetrain out of the driveway... still had fluids in it and all acc attached so braking it down...

also made an awesome score on GRM forum someone is sending me a hurst ratchet shifter (he got it free in the junkyard and passing it along to a GRMer so i'll be working with a ratchet shifter... will require a little fab work to get it to work with my trans but I don't have to cut a huge hole to mount the stock volvo stuff... shame I don't have the manual valve body option for the volvo trans though

it's not pretty but if it works (untested) its def right for the challenge budget

[donalson]

got a bunch of parts listed FS on the volvo forum (like here http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=246341 ) so I can start recouping some of the volvo budget... got a call on the s10 engine and that will be sold come the 31st... so the s10 budget will be $0 at that point (actually will be in the -$0 but can't have -$ in the challenge budget lol)

also thanks to FunkyStankyChicken (awesome screen name isn't it lol on turbobricks I scored a great price on a B cam...

stock T cam
9.94 lift 225 in duration, 218 duriation out
new B cam
10.6 lift 256 in duration, 249 duration out

nothing super aggressive but will let the engine pull all the way to 6500/7000rpm and not die off around 5000 like the stock T cam does... and still not kill the low end... so should be a decent budget compromise cam for the auto-x and 1/4 mile needs running with an auto trans

[donalson]

got my shifter today... it's not pretty but a little lube and it works great mechanically... I dig the dual mode setup it has, can work as a ratchet or more traditional... will have to fab up something on the trans end but that was expected... for whatever reason the indicator slide doesn't seem to want to fit very well (it binds)... but I don't think i'll be rocking an indicator slide anyway... I figure the ratchet will be real nice for drag and auto-x... i'll wire up a switch on the dash or something to turn on/off the OD.

also it's got no handle... could pick up a stock T style hurst shifter from ebay for $10-20... and it would look the part... but i'm thinking of cutting down part of one of the T cams and welding on a nut or something to make my own custom T shifter... we'll see




not sure what this spring goes to

[donalson]

spent a bit of time and figured out the spring on the handle loops over the round spring at the bottom of the handle... it's so the shifter doesn't "fall" into ratchet mode unless you really want it to... nice tidbit for a street car... not so nice if you have a manual valve body (which i do not)

now to figure out how to adapt this to the volvo transmission

and yes I sat in the truck with it while shiftting and making engine noises ... will need to mount it 3-4" off the floor me thinks unless seating position changes a good bit with bucket seats... we shall see at some point.

[donalson]

a package from canada today ... oh Canada... land of moose and snow...

er anyway got my wideband today... took long enough... part of the fun of ordering from Canada... but it's nice looking kit... shouldn't take to assembly everything... will test it out on my volvo me thinks... could have gone cheaper but like the data logging feature it gives me (along with intake, map, EGT, and some other stuff if I wire up sensors for it)

so good stuff

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

coming along. i want to see it driving!

[donalson]

finally got to working on the trans crossmember...

cut it open and found all kinds of junk...


cut out a notch in the crossmember... hind sight I should have done it narrower... but part of that was from the first plan that didn't pan out



camera battery died after that but I welded the plate to the bottom then cut out and welded some U shaped end plates... ran out of welding wire on the last bit so not quite finished... will pick up some more wire and finish welding the last end plate, drill the mount hole on top and a larger hole on the bottom so I can fit the nut... a bit of paint and she'll be done...

also not sure if I mentioned but I was telling a local car buddy of mine about where I was in the s10 build and mentioned I needed to find a hockey puck for the trans mount... he said he had something even better he'd give me some... of all things in FL the guy pulled out a chunk of SNOW PLOW blade... it's super dense rubber... so will need to measure and cut some of that

after all that i'll finally be able to work on the driveshaft stuff

[donalson]

er ok charged battery a bit... as is usual ugly welds abound and the lovely splatter of flux core wire feeder... but plenty strong... ran out of wire so will finish it up tomorrow... if I ever do another project like this I'll def get a bottle and go gas.



will fit the stock volvo mount + rubber snow plow blade with plenty of room

[donalson]

finished welding and cleaned up my welds on the cross member... cut the slot/hole for the bolt and test mounted it... need to enlarge it a tad back but it's pretty stinkin close... next time I have the member out i'll do a quick paint job over the welding (rust prevention).

then all i'll have to be finished is cutting that snow plow blade into a rubber mount... I started with a hand saw and it's ROUGH stuff to cut...

in reality I prob won't do anything under the truck till mid week or so... have to wait till next payday to afford the driveshaft and have lots of other odds and ends that I need to do anyway...

once I get the driveshaft built and in then it'll be time to yank the engine out and clean up/paint that engine bay ... wish I had my suspension stuff right now so I could paint everything in one shot... but I don't so that'll wait lol...

[donalson]

dubba post

[John2x240]

Depending on how much stress there'll be, you may want to weld a sleeve in the cross member for the mount bolt hole.

[donalson]

hmm prob a good idea... will have to find pipe that gives me room... also the way the mount works I may consider welding some angle iron across the back/top... wouldn't interfere with the mount and regain some strength...

the real question is how much stress is the trans cross member under?

[John2x240]

I'm not sure about the level of stress, but I think a sleeve with a 1/8" wall should be OK, and the I.D. should be a fairly tight fit so that you have to use a bit of pressure (with a light coating of grease) to insert the bolt. This should minimize the ovaling (wd?) of the mount bolt hole over the years. Basically, it's the same thing that's done on tube frame race cars for such things as suspension mounting bolts, and for the same reasons (stress and ovaling).

[iwannadrive]

I love projects like these. Can't wait to see it in the GRM challenge.

A shift handle made out of a T cam would be incredibly cool, btw.

I grabbed the same grab bag of mandrel bent 3" exhaust pipe from tootperformance too - such an awesome deal. Used 4 of the bends to build my turboback side-exit exhaust with a turndown, and still have enough to build most/all of a full-length 3" turboback for my other 244T.

[donalson]

Originally Posted by iwannadrive

A shift handle made out of a T cam would be incredibly cool, btw.

ya I thought it would be a bit of a hot roddish type thing to do lol... also would be FREE... my concern is the sharp edges of the cam lobes...

for the exhaust grab bag what all did you get?...