I got a 3sgte motor with block, head, accs, harness and ecu for $460 local. Spun rod bearing. Easy fix.
Got the 22re bellhousing from Weston for free. And picking up a w58 for $130 bucks.
Not bad IMO. Obviously have to rebuild it, no biggie
Took out the driveshaft last night.
The exhaust is all one piece, so I'm gonna chop it out.
Motor mounts and tranny mounts are out, hopefully I'll pull the motor soon.
3sgte is prob what were gonna with. Nice powerful 4cyl. Nice thing is if you take a 22rr bellhousing, it will bolt up to the W58.
I'm thinking 1000lbs springs up front
Found a place that does suspension for these cars. They can do race spec stuff. Mainly for road racing. Emailed they guy and I need to give him specs of what I want.
Not too sure.
http://www.v-performance.com/products/suspension.html
I'm going to do
Race springs
Bilstein shocks
Poly bushings...
found some better tires for the car off the other 240 Volvo I have.
Got the car wheeled out and washed down:
Did a front bumper delete:
Grill conversion:
Did a rear bumper delete: not sure if I like it
Also talked about relocating the mirrors to the fenders:
Hey guys!
So Dustin and I have been tinkering with the idea of making a drift car this summer for shits and giggles.
The car is a 1971 142s Volvo. Car has a 4cyl 2.0l b20 motor and we want to swap it out with something newer. Fabrication isn't an issue. But I want to take a poll on what you...
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