volvo powered S-10?

[donalson]

made it to webster safe n sound... have interwebz... started working on orginizing the garage... it's small, and no 220v but I should be able to finish the project... just have to find a decent 110v wire feed welder so I can build the exhaust...

[mavawreck]

I used to live near Webster, haven't been there in a minute though.

[donalson]

picked up a mig/flux welder from CL... lots of control adjustment and plenty to weld up my exhaust

its already set up for gas I'd just need a bottle... but will stick with flux for what I need right now

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

nice

expect turbine housing in a few days

[donalson]

schweet...

gota get the garage in order so I can even work in it first... but welding the downpipe up will feel like a big step lol...

[donalson]

got the turbine housing in and it looks nice... drilled out the bolt holes so it would fit on the 90+ manifold and then went to work with the welder... er sorta...

it was having some serous issues, finally got around to looking at it and the welder was wired backwards (for MIG instead of flux... even though thats what the guy had a few feet of still in there... flipped the polarity and things didn't get any better... took a closer look at the grounding clamp it is was BAD... the clamp itself was pretty bad and so was where the cable attached to the clamp... thankfully the guy gave me a nice ground lead with a good copper clamp... all rated for 600a

things got much better from there but it still wasn't perfect... welds didn't penetrate as well as I liked... adjusted the settings over and over and didn't seem to help... THEN I finally looked closer and had mistaken the power and speed for each other... suddenly the bead was flowing beutifully, sounding perfect and getting great penetration... going to have to ground the bird poop welds so I can re-weld properly...

note to self always double check by READING and not going by memory... and practice on scrap... would have saved a lot of time...

so next time i'm out things should go a lot smoother...

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

success

pictures expected

[donalson]

well I ground off the non penetrating ugly bird poop welds on the outside and did a test fit... the fit is about perfect... the fit for the entire downpipe is going to be a bit tight running past the frame and the trans but should be just fine... also very happy as I have a nice spot for the wideband sensor... all while keeping the heater blower motor box without any massaging/modification

working on the a/c on the volvo at the moment, a/c compressor is almost out (was leaking past the front seal)... I've got a known good one from my parts car... so i'll be working on that over the next day or so (a/c in TX is a good thing)... after that I'll go back to playing with the downpipe and then finally a clean final wiring of the engine bay...

[donalson]

minor update without my own pics at the moment...

I wanted to see how the downpipe would fit with the 700 oil filter bracket relocation...
barrowed pic from googlez



plenty of room to install/remove the filter although it won't be fun when/if the exhaust is hot lol... still thinking some exhaust wrap for the downpipe would be a good idea... also going to be interesting figuring out how to run the oil cooler lines...

then I tossed the alternator in the low exhaust side mount... I'm amazed at how much more access it gives to the back of the alternator.


then I decided to look at the powersteering options... my last plans was to use the intigrated resovure type from a newer 240 which would require a custom PS line built... I had considered building a bracket for the stock s10 pump (it's the same style pump just with different bracket/pulley)... upon a closer look I found I could use the high pressure line from the s10, It just needs the high pressure portion bent to fit...

also had to cut the botton of the bracket (a/c portion) off so it would clear the frame and fuel lines... next time I'm in the garage I'll work on re-bending that high pressure line so it'll fit... and get some snaps

I'm still not crazy about the alternator being mounting under the exhaust side but the relocation bracket makes me much happier with it... add that I have 2 or 3 other alternators kicking around I'm not really worried/concerned about longevity to be honest... but that wire run still really sucks...

[donalson]

yesterday I ordered some gaskets I need (oil drain pipe, and exhaust manifold gaskets)... O want to get to the point that I can mount the turbo up and not take it off again... so I had to work out a solution for some tidbits...

... pulled off the PS pump... I'll work on bending that hard line at a later point...

I then re-bent the fuel return line so it'll clear the wiper motor... then I drilled a hole in the firewall to feed a self tapping screw that holds the fuel line bracket... not pretty but it works well...

then... I ran the wire for the alternator and will have to shorten it a smidge... keeping wires away from the exhaust is a good thing lol...

then yanked the alternator so I could fiddle/figure out my oil cooler line run... the stock lines run under the original mounts so the mounts have some space to let them fit... my mounts did not do that...

at first I thought I could turn the outlets to point towards the frame rail and get some banjo bolts so the line would just run along the frame rail... but that didn't fit with the turbo's oil drain line... and I'd MUCH rather use the stock hard line for this bit... thankfully I have loads of room under the engine between the cross beam... I thought i'd have to do some bending of the lines to get it to fit but one of them fit just right... the other not so much... but then I was happy to find that i hadn't gotten rid of the 2nd set... so this is what we've got.






I'll need to make a support bracket (er modify the stock one) to support the front hard lines at the front of the engine (keep them from braking and getting tangled in the steering linkage)... if I bend bend the 90* bends at the front I also should be able to use the stock soft lines and mount the cooler up front (considering in the bumper with some holes cut and mesh for some protection)... we'll see what things look like after I start getting the body back on...

[CEHepp]

This is awesome! I always thought it would be nice to have an old turbo redblock in a small truck because of the amount of torque those little engines make.

[donalson]

little more time out with the car

I'm working on buttoning up the passenger side of the engine... i've got all the gaskets and crap and the electric stuff is all on the other side

anyway most of my time was spent searching for parts :-/...

anyway I started with trying to bend the hard lines for the oil cooler... didn't work as I'd hoped, just to little room to get a hold of it... ended up putting a kink in it... so I pulled out the tubing cutter and just cut it straight at the end...

then I went to looking for the original bracket brace that clamps the oil cooler hard lines together at the front of the engine... didn't find it... It's got a few other possible hiding spots... with such a small garage it's not easy to organize grr... my plan was to use the clamp portion of that and weld a small T to support the oil lines... if I can't find it I'll just have to improvise...


while looking for that I found the SS oil feed... I pulled the oil filter attachment so I could install the oil feed... got that on then the oil filter back on and called it a day...

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

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[donalson]

school has been kicking my butt... planning on dropping some $$$ on it this week ... will get out and do at least a little with it when that stuff comes in... still on target to get the driveshaft built over winter break... so i'm really hoping to have it drive around the block in Jan or so...

[Hemily]

Seems the S10 is like the brick of the chevy folks, just like they swap all kinds of things into Volvos, they swap all kinds of things into S10's...
Friend of mine is doing a V10 into his, he's prolly at the S10 forum somewhere.

I'm looking forward to see that thing of yours run, i hope you'll make a video of ya driving it about some, and see if you can get some odd reactions :P

[donalson]

finally some stuff for the s10...

bought some used lugnuts for the weld racing wheels... when I got them they had some short and some long shank... the wheel needs all long shank... guy on GRM had some for real cheap in the s10 threading...

also waiting to finalize getting some suspension parts from a guy on GRM, a bunch of random things, lower springs, a few sets of lowering blocks, I won't use all of it but I'd like to have a decent selection when it comes time to setup the suspension... also have to order a few other tidbits while I have the $$$...

anyway today I finished my Eng midterm (got a 95% BTW ... I'd picked up a crimping tool for non-insulated wires aka a ghetto way to crimp molex pins earlier this week...

sat down with my 14point7 SLC2 DIY kit... it's no circuit board building, just have to attach the pins to the wires, solder 5 wires to the circuit board and screw everything together... so got everthing crimped and I added a dab of solder on each just to insure a good electrical connection...

I'll do a temp wiring job of it on my volvo here soon just to verify it works correctly and check my AFR's on the volvo...

for anyone that is looking for a good deal in a pretty full featured wideband hop over to http://14point7.com/ $190 plus shipping gets you data logging on AFR, boost, EGT, intake air temp, coolant temp, fuel pressure and oil pressure, and dual axis accelerometer (granted most of those you have to buy extra sensors... but he gives the specs so you prob can find most of them cheaper then he sells em for)

[donalson]

again no work... but a bit of a buying spree... feel kinda like a drunk sailor... no idea how much i've spent in the last few days doh...

have some suspension bits on their way... a few tools n bits that I need should be here soon...

also called around to a few driveshaft shops in the area... there are TONS of them here (should be being in the 4th largest city in the US) and estimates ran from $75 on up to $250 to have the rear shaft shortened and the entire thing balanced... I'll go actually visit these shops with the shaft down the road so I can get a more accurate estimate and talk to them about proper measurement for how much it needs shortened

so now I need to get though these next 2 weeks of school (super busy) and hopefuly I'll have some free time to run off though houston

[donalson]

minor update... again no work done but parts acquisitions ... 4000CC worth of injectors...




RC racing injectors PL4-1000... 1000cc injectors got the set for not much more than RC's pricing for one...
http://www.rceng.com/Peak-Hold-Injec...top-P11C5.aspx

the plug is right and should be 100% drop in fit...

so we may well be runing e85... will need a bit more pump for that though but the saftey factor in the high octane is a good thing on my small rod bottom end... and it'll be a good thing when I get a chance to go though and swap in the big rod engine... although e85 tempts me to go for a bit rod NA bottom end for the c/r bump... but thats down the road...

[donalson]

thanksgiving brake so no school for the next week... so spent some time out in the garage... cleaned it up, trashed some odds and ends taking up room that I don't need and hung my shop lights to help with the poor lighting...



also spent a little time playing with turbos also... want to use the t3t4 on the engine so looking into what it would take to use the volvo turbine housting... very different sizes
for now i'm going to put it all back together and I'll get a rebuild kit and swap on the t4 compressor to the volvo/garrett unit at some point.


plan to spend a bit of time tomm working on the truck itself...

[donalson]

finally found some momentum... not much but some ...

yesterday I spent a little time out working on clocking the tdo4hl properly... ran into some problems getting the pin out on the compressor side and called it a day... sorta...

when I bought my 945ti it came with some spares including a spare EZK and add on board so it could be made chippable... so last night after everyone went to sleep I finally pulled it out and got to soldering... will prob test it next week and assuming it works out fine I'll have one for sale that'll pay for a TLAO ignition chip (have a hi-tunning/freds) and a TLAO fuel chip already...




today I finished the wifes head liner in the deathscort... it was sagging bad so I just ripped it out, brushed off the foam and spray painted it... ghetto but its cheap and easy and getting replaced this spring...

after I finished that I went back to finishing up the clocking of the of the turbo... ended up having to get a cut off wheel to the pin... then got it all nicely clocked...

with it clocked I was able to work out the wastegate setup... I used the WG from my t3 as it's supposed to be a lot better than the one from the td04hl... so I pulled out one of the a/c brackets, the drill and angle grinder at got to work...

I had to flip the stock t3 bracket and to do that I had to cut off the 90* bend portion that interfered with the wastegate can... came out well... nice and solid.

[donalson]

bit of time out working on car stuff today...

started with removing the electric sunroof portion of the 945 and installing a manual crank... also lubed up some of the moving parts... works like a charm now... just in time for the awesome weather of fall

then hopped out to the garage... started getting the loom on the wire harness... another afternoon and I should have it finished up... I need to find the end plate of my relay board and drill the hole in the firewall for the harness... so not a lot left as far as electric stuff...

so nothing picture worthy but she's coming along

[previasc96]

You're project is super interesting...I considered using a volvo engine in an a late 80's toyota pick-up

[donalson]

finished my last exam yesterday so i'll be able to spend some more time out in the garage...

the other day I picked up an alternator belt for a 240 and discovered it's just short enough to work and gives just enough clearance between the alt and the frame rail to be safe... makes keeping track of a part a bit easier...

anyway today I spent a little time out in the garage... i've been working on finishing up my harness today I decided to run the relay board cable though the firewall... originally I planned to drill a hole in the firewall but I don't have much room in the drivers foot well area... I did some digging and decided to run it though the hole for the speedo cable... my transmission doesn't have provision for a speedo and i've got an android phone that I plan to use as my speedo (good use for an old android phone ... so pulled the speedo cable out and slipped the cable though carefully... slipped a grommet over it... it looks good...

then I found the end plate of relay board (i'd tossed it in a box of bolts/nuts/screws)... now I just need to find the screws to mount it on the firewall again... I'd found some screws that worked perfectly so i'll have to dig though my boxes again to find where I put them...

once the relay board is mounted properly i'll be able to finish up the harness runs so I can have the wires all the proper length... so far i'm pleased with how clean the harness is looking, it's clean but will be accesable without to much issue if i need to get to something.

[r0k0]

want to see this finished !