Gotta hand it to you Colin, you got a rwd shed for 20 notes, which runs and isn't a sierra! Cant wait to see it, although I will not be in edinburgh till next weekend and I fully expect that by then, it will be upside down in a ditch somewhere, have a blown engine or have been kicked to bits street fighter 2 style!

 

Thanks ali, it should hopefully be on the road once you return to Edinburgh.

RRH i will watch that vid once at home

Here is a photoshop of what some time and money could achieve.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...eVolvocopy.jpg

 

rally mods hey.........hmmmmmmmm........try wrapping it round a tree at 100 mph

 

Better in that the transaxle was designed for the car; rather than cribbed from a bloated Audi 100..... Look closely at all '24/'44 gearboxes (with the exception of the '68 6-speed) and youll see that the bellhousing is still there...!

Simon

 

Just had word from deuchars that the volvo rally/drift project has had a slight set back. Apparantly the rear suspension is now broken as a result of too much drifting. A bit of emergency welding to bypass the suspensio and it will be back i'm told.

 

Thanks ali, yeah the volvo couldn't really manage todays rally action and the front suspension gave way. Thankfully a friend managed to weld some parts in, not sure how long it will last.

The broken strut
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC00154.jpg

Some new parts constructed
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC00158.jpg

The welding being done.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC00162.jpg

Finished.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC00165.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/DSC00166.jpg

 

Should breeze the MOT when its due

 

Ah but he doesnt have the same special edition rear wheel/tyre combo you have in that pic

 

Sadly thats the end of the drift machine, the clutch completely went in a cloud of smoke which was kind of funny if nothing else. Not sure if its worth buying another clutch any idea of price guys???

Ill post some comedy pictures tomorrow

colin

 

German Swedish & French Car Parts £54+VAT+Delivery

Euro Car Parts £97.32+VAT+Delivery

 

Damn you beat me to it im looking for a volvo 240 and a V8 engine for my drift project

 

Thanks andy, dont think anymore money and time will be put into it.

Brother will make me an offer and its yours, anything over £1 considered

Thanks guys

colin

 

has anyone seen the 340/360 on page 40 of banzai mag (dec 05) slammed on 13 inch minilites look like 8 inch wide too - well old skool cool

phil

 

nah mate its gotta be a 240 the 340 is just too modern lol

 

My drift toy

2.3 Turbo, RWD, straight through side exit exhaust, N2O, Fully mappable ECU etc etc

Looks like **** but goes like stink - 250hp without the N20, loadsa fun

 

Thats what i call a sleeper jay, have you got any performance figures for it??

colin

 

Nothing on paper, it's been on & off the road quite a lot over the past year while I've been doing work to it. Mapped it myself with Megasquirt ECU, in the middle of fitting spark control to it so I can have control of ignition timing as well as fuelling.
Stock is 180hp at 7psi & we're running more like 16psi. Approx an 8hp gain per psi over stock. All unnecessary extra weight, towbar, aircon, all boot trim etc has been stripped. Anything visible has been left standard so it looks stock from outside. Only things in the interior are Veilside steering wheel, Greddy BspecII & a Boost gauge. Wideband O2 & ECU in glovebox.
They are actually pretty light as stock so with all the weight reduction it should be under 1300kgs, next step is some bucket seats in to get rid of the heated leccy stock seats which weigh a ton.

Looking at height/rebound/bound adjustable suspension & 2-way LSD next & we should be ready for some proper drifting action next year

Jay

 

Swede !