Project Volvo

My name is Greg and I am building a 1990 740 turbo volvo. So far most of the small stuff is done. Since i am starting this thread about 7 months into the build i will post pics of what has been done so far.
These are of when I bought the car in Feb of 06



The first thing to go was the original air box and in its place a cone filter. With that one mod I took it to the local track and ran a 15.959

After the track i lowered to car 2in and had a turbo cam from Ipd installed and put on a manual boost controller set at 12psi



Since then thru the guidance of the fine folks at turbobricks.com i sourced an intercooler from an NPR box truck and installed it along with 4 injectors off of mid 80s ford 302 mustang engine and installed a afpr. Next to go on was a 3in down pipe with a 3in cutout back to a 2.5 mandral bent exaust and muffler sourced from TME out of sweeden. For safty I had a innovate wideband O2 sensor installed and to make sure the afrs are safe at wot in went custom performance fuel and ignition chips from sweeden. To cool the intercooler and radiator between runs at the track I installed an efan with manual switch the clearance was super tight and infact more work is needed to fit it in safely. Here are some pics of the engine bay as is before the turbo upgrade.










Here are the pics of the new turbo and wastegate

Lookin good man, lookin good! So when you putting the pet snail under the hood?

Sometime before the end of this month is the plan.

So the new turbo is going to wait till I am ready to got to the next stage. Till then I ported my manifold and 13c. Tell me how it looks. Can i port it more?

Well this is an old thread, but here is what has been going on. The car is now pretty much completely stripped with the exception of two race seats and a harness bar. The car weighs 2530 lbs without me in it and is pushing about 235whp. I ditched the previous exhaust setup in favor of a single 3 inch imco muffler with a turn down under the passenger seat. Some mods from last update are a ported 15g turbo running 22 psi aided by a SMC Methanol injection kit. I built a custom strut bar with proper mounting points for my strut plate bolts. I am now running about 2 degrees of negative camber in the front thanks to the free strut mount trick. A Nitrous Express wet kit is plumbed and awaiting the finishing wiring touches to get it going, I am hoping for 11's this season with the help of a 75 shot.




I have been participating in autocross for the last 3 years now and have really enjoyed it. New things for the car now are a lower chassis brace, poly bushings all up front, coil overs with Konis, and a nice cage is in my near future.

Awesome! First time Ive seen this thread.

Installed poly control arm bushings, and the lower chassis brace yesterday and the improvement is very noticeable. I will post up pics soon.

any more info on your routing for the CAI?

This car is sick. I used to hate on automatics till I rode with Greg. Not only is he not blowing up transmissions as often (yer on #4 right) but this thing just squats and goes in a hurry. Hence the 1/4 mile numbers. I love this car and I can't even imagine how insane it'll be once you get your new plans iron'd out. Maybe keep your foot out of it a little so you don't wind up walking w/out a license like me eh?(knocks on wood)

car is batsh*t insane, complete function over form kind of thing. awesome. go make a smoky video and post it.

So I just replaced the transmission again today and this time I did the accumulator modification. It shifts really firmly and feels good. Now I feel comfortable spraying a 75 hp shot. Looking for 11's this season. I also finished installing the rest of my Poly bushings for the front end and my coil-overs from RSI should be here Tuesday. I hope to post up pics from next weeks autox down here in Eugene.

redhotjose9 said:

any more info on your routing for the CAI?

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Just cut a hole where your battery use to be and stick your pipe down through.

Coil overs installed and Hoosier slicks slapped on!

Sweet car! Just wondering, who are your coil overs from?

So thats where I got my turbo lol... What is the sanctioning body for the hillclimb, what kind of rules do they have?

Damn that car is gutted. you're going to have an fast ride when you swap out that tiny turbo!

WindowsBreakerG4 said:

Sweet car! Just wondering, who are your coil overs from?

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RSI is the shop that I got them from.

WeezilUSA said:

So thats where I got my turbo lol... What is the sanctioning body for the hillclimb, what kind of rules do they have?

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EESCC.org You just need to have about a year's experience racing and that is about it.

Glad to see progress buddy! No pressure but I thought I'd let you know that your burn out marks are almost totally faded up here at the shop. That and John put a G80 in his 242 so he has been hard at work trying to lay a better patch.

Also.. HM is sponsoring Pacific Waterland at the end of the month in Woodburn. Come. Bring your car. Sit in the shade under our tent with me when you aren't mopping up the drag strip with all the tail dragger VWs. There are a handful of quick cars there as you know. Could be fun.

www.pacificwaterland.com