My volvo station wagon. (pics and vids)

[Derv]

I have two close friends with b5 a4's. I just wanted to introduce myself and share my work in progress.



(EDIT:THIS LIST IS NOW UPDATED)
1991 volvo 240
b230f+t 2.3L 9.8:1 4cly
Milled flat, ported, polished, drilled retapped. exhaust manifold
57trim 50a/r t04e coldside 63a/r unknown "stage 3" t3 hotside
38mm external wastegate
3" Mandrell bent downpipe to sidepipe
K-cam aggressive street cam
gasket matched intake manifold
lh2.4 turbo computer swap with, Mike's chips
Blow off valve
E-fan
m47 5spd manual with clutchnet 6puck clutch
SOLID hockey puck motor/ trans mounts
stripped and gutted, car sitting at around 2,650lbs without me.
chassis bracing
custom short strut coilovers
500# front springs
Camber plates
25mm front swaybar
Poly bushings
Adjustable panhard bar
No rear swaybar
Cut jeep springs in the back with summit sport truck shocks
ATE slotted rotors
PBR metal master pads
Walbro 255lph
Home made short throw shifter
harness
seat

And some other stuff im forgetting.


And it gets autocrossed when i have the money/time i race on toyo ra1's

Old pictures

[yoogene83]

nice!!

[Dday216]

so sick.

handles like a dream!!!

[michgo]

Love it. Cant wait to see more progress

[Rb26dett s13]

love old school cars and love this project!

[Derv]

Thanks guys! :D

You know how i said i was only running 5psi because of detination? Welllll i think i found the problem lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhOZZH3gdPQ

EDIT: its supose to be 10* advanced... looks about right :( so thats not the problem.

[Kyle H]

I'm one of the friends with a B5 A4! and this car is faster than my chipped 1.8t

[Sal_B7]

Nice project! Bet thats a nice sleeper!!

[Derv]

I'm one of the friends with a B5 A4! and this car is faster than my chipped 1.8t

Yeah i wish i could be helping you with that head gasket.

[mufflerman]

Love the swede wagons, sick car!

[C4.Style]

That's Ballin!! Its sad how most of this cars end up at Pick 'n' Pull yards...the most famous there out of all other european.

[Derv]

That's Ballin!! Its sad how most of this cars end up at Pick 'n' Pull yards...the most famous there out of all other european.

Hell, i dont mind it. Makes my car cheaper than shit to maintain.

LOL speaking of pick 'n' pull!! Guess who got new ATE rotors for his car for 20 bucks?

Me (my guess is they have about 1,000 miles on them. Like seriously the pads where brand new as well)

BEFORE:

AFTER:






There is a track day coming up on december 13th at thunderhill so im making a list of stuff i want to get done before then.

Chips
Slot strut towers for more - camber
new tires
relocate my battery
try and pull some more weight out
build lots more chassis braces. (under car braces, strut to fire wall, X brace in the back)
I need a flexpipe in my exhaust somewhere.
oil cooler/oil filter relocation
and i need to figure out some better lube for my trans. Im getting gear whine in 2nd and 3rd. 3rd gear syncros get slow. And its all because the fluid is getting to hot. I think im going to try some 5-30 motor oil.

[Derv]

I worked on oil cooler shit.

[B6T]

^ FC RX-7 donated its oil-cooler?

[Derv]

Lol yup

Painted some stuff: Grille headlight things bumper trim



Exhaust update



Oil cooler finally got mounted. No hoses or oil flowing yet. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THE FRAM FILTER IS FOR MOCK UP ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NAPA GOLD WILL BE FITTED.

Made a bracket for the filter relocation kit:

Welded it on and bent up some copper pipe to hold the cooler in place.

[Derv]

I just got a new hobart 140. It works great yesterday i went and picked up a 130cf 75-25 argon co2 tank and some .030" solid wire. today i welded up this cart and thought i did a pretty good job, just wanted to share and also if you guys have pictures of your welder set ups or pictures of some beads you have ran then go ahead and post up.


Volvo content:












Paint:

[Derv]

I have done so much its not even funny.

To much to list but here are some key things

Relocated battery
installed fuel and ignition chips
running 12psi
Installed naw-7s widband

And right now im working on getting the plumbing for this beast.

31x12x3

[SykoraA4]

I love this project. awesome car man

[tankdeer]

More pics please!!!!

[hafazn2nr]

This is so awesome!

[lencho1500]

NICE i like it!

[Derv]

EDIT: oh yeah i made an exhaust video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqc58x5JgMo



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Woot got some more crap.
2 sticks of 24" 2.5" aluminum pipes are on their way.








3" to 2.5" / 2.5" to 2"

2.5" to 2"


3" to 2.5"/ 2.5" to 2.5"

[Derv]

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Not enough posts..

If you guys have questions comments whatever post away! I love to login on here and read what you guys leave me. You wouldn't believe the negative comments i get on other forums. I thank you guys for being respectful and for showing interest.

[jpcallmotor]

I love it, 240's are tanks. Volvos are my second favorite car, Audi being first.

Have an 850 Estate myself.

[Derv]

Awesome! Turbo? What year? 850 turbos of the right year are fairly simple to squeeze a decent amount of power out of for cheap.

My favorite car in the world is an s1 quattro. Im a huge fan of b5 a4's as well. Awd is my favorite drive train, i wish my car was awd.

[Derv]

I <3 paint

[JRMSLINEA4]

Looks good.

[Derv]

Thanks! I posted it up on a different forum and someone mentioned that i should have some pipe in front of the AMM for better flow characteristics through the elements. So plan b will have some more tubing after the air filter.

I was out looking at my car and i think i might need to re-clock my turbo a bit to get the hotside pipe where i want it.

[Derv]

Only the best for my baby! :)

[WhiteA3]

Keep up the awesome work! Looks good

[Derv]

Thanks :)

AFR's

Idle ~14.5
WOT ~10.5

Im thinking moar bewst

[Alkivar]

hell of a project man... theres a guy up here in Maine who does Ford V8 swaps into volvos some of his shit is nuts...

[Derv]

Yeah there are a few on turbobricks who do v8 swaps. Its very awesome. This is my favorite.

(wish it had different wheels)








Anyways... that little voice in my head is begging me to get a bigger turbo.. what do you guys think? I want to redo the downpipe while im at it. Im thinking a 50a/r t04e 63a/r t3 hybrid

[tankdeer]

V8 swaps are cool, but there is definitely something to be said about making lots of power out of the Volvo engine. Any retard can make a v8 go fast.

[Derv]

[jpcallmotor]

Awesome! Turbo? What year? 850 turbos of the right year are fairly simple to squeeze a decent amount of power out of for cheap.

My favorite car in the world is an s1 quattro. Im a huge fan of b5 a4's as well. Awd is my favorite drive train, i wish my car was awd.

Its a 94' 850 Sportwagon. Automatic, all stock, I think its a turbo, hahaha. Would love to toy around with it but its actually my mom's car, I refer to it as the Swedish Fish.
Do you know much about the Sportwagon, I have heard that they are rare, but can't spot the differences between mine and another 850 estate.

[ArTTemis]

SICK!!!! I like the project!!!!

[Derv]

^^^ Thanks! :)

Its a 94' 850 Sportwagon. Automatic, all stock, I think its a turbo, hahaha. Would love to toy around with it but its actually my mom's car, I refer to it as the Swedish Fish.
Do you know much about the Sportwagon, I have heard that they are rare, but can't spot the differences between mine and another 850 estate.

uh idk if rare is a good word for it but there definitely are not very many of them. Yes they are turbo they make like 220 at the crank from factory. If i remember correctly getting to 300hp is not hard and not expensive. You should look into it more if she is interested.

So i got smaller injectors in car felt good, turned the boost up and broke third gear. Going to pull a new trans tomorrow.

Plans are bigger turbo then coilovers

Just some pictures


New door cards

Wideband


I made a catch can



Short struts

3" vband wg housing


Ported and polished manifold





Bigger turbo will be on its way this weekend i think

[Derv]

Ordered the turbo!

And a friend spun some bushings for me. These are so i can run coil over upper spring seats on a camber plate.

[CZA420tAvant]

SO SICK... subscribed.