Volvo fan club!!

[DQuaN]

A Volvo club.....woohoo. Count me in. I have a 440 XI
what number am I?

 

[DQuaN]

My baby.....

 

[Powripper]

Originally posted by GTJugend
A goodie for you volvo-fans. The nicest 240 in sweden:

http://www.jesus242tic.se/jesus/icons/artikel_european_car.pdf

that thing is insane!

DQuan, dont worry about the numbers...

 

[Jugend]

So, does this club need a ressurection?

 

[Jugend]

Some nice ammies:

Dont go dying! get some Volvos..

 

[Beamer2]

Originally posted by Cosmic
Count me in...I am number 2 ;p

I do not drive a volvo, but i look at them on the road all the time. theyre really "different"- in a good way.

 

[Powripper]

thanks for the pics JTJugend
I thought I might show of my beloved 1991 740 wagon, I dont have pics of the 850 Turbo yet...but they will come anyway check out my car!!!
MY CAR!! , CLICK HERE!!

I aloso thought I would post this...lol

 

[Carl.]

Talking about Volvo bricks... some marketing agency got bored and decided to have fun with this theme:

Volvo XC90

 

[Powripper]

so since you guys can check out my ride, do any of you have car\sound domain sites? if you do post them.

 

[T5-R]

a true brick Volvo


Nice 740 powripper, although I'm not too sure about some of those Photoshops, look a bit too bling bling! for my liking.

Don't have any pics of my bros car I don't think, apart from a pic of its (previous) leaking crankseal

 

[Powripper]

Originally posted by T5-R
a true brick Volvo


Nice 740 powripper, although I'm not too sure about some of those Photoshops, look a bit too bling bling! for my liking.

Don't have any pics of my bros car I don't think, apart from a pic of its (previous) leaking crankseal

yeah, i know what you mean about the photoshops, but you got to like the volvo truck!!, I'm going to have to post some pics of my 850 turbo up too

 

[T5-R]

yeah the Volvo truck photoshop was good

 

[Carl.]

Speaking of shopped Volvo, I'd like to make mine look like this:
(I know, they're oldies)

Another one:

and here is a C70 Hatch

 

[producepete]

I want to join. I hava '99 S70.

I-5 Power!

 

[Carl.]

Why the civic then?

 

[Powripper]

you should change it to a volvo one!

 

[cube_999]

yo, count me in, i dont even drive yet (15 years old) and I have a 1984 245 diesel, so I would love to see some of the new volvos in GT4...preferably the R's...

 

[Powripper]

Originally posted by cube_999
yo, count me in, i dont even drive yet (15 years old) and I have a 1984 245 diesel, so I would love to see some of the new volvos in GT4...preferably the R's...

there is a clasic brick! I used to have one almost exactly like it exept it wasnt diesel and it was thi ugly peach color....and a lovely brown interior

 

[cube_999]

so since you guys can check out my ride, do any of you have car\sound domain sites? if you do post them.

Yo, I got an account on cardomain...
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/498369 write me some feedback in my guestbook (if you have an account on cardomain) thanks.

 

[Brickster151]

here is my 83 240 Turbo

Here is a small portion of our Nor Cal 240 Turbo Crew

 

[Powripper]

that is a really nice volvo man!! classic!

 

[tuff240]

I just sold my 242 a few months back. When I sold it, it was at 200rwhp, 2500lbs and ran a high 13 second quarter mile. Fast enough to take down a stock late model SS Camaro on the street occasionally.

Slowly building another 245 currently.

Link to pics of the new 245: http://www.tuff240.com/orange245.htm

My back yard (I guess you could say I was a fan
)

 

[Brickster151]

high 13???

I thought it was 14.00000000000000001

 

[tuff240]

Depends on where I'm running it.

Drag strip in the heat of the day it runs low 14's.
At night (street racing) in the cool air the turbo really runs better and it runs high 13's.

 

[Powripper]

Originally posted by tuff240
I just sold my 242 a few months back. When I sold it, it was at 200rwhp, 2500lbs and ran a high 13 second quarter mile. Fast enough to take down a stock late model SS Camaro on the street occasionally.

Slowly building another 245 currently.

My back yard (I guess you could say I was a fan
)

wow , that is a nice volvo man!
its damn quick too! expecially for just 200hp, my 850 turbo is puting out around 250, and its not near that......good job man, keep up the good work!

 

[tuff240]

Originally posted by powripper
wow , that is a nice volvo man!
its damn quick too! expecially for just 200hp, my 850 turbo is puting out around 250, and its not near that......good job man, keep up the good work!

Thanks.
I do miss it occasionally, but the next one will be much better.

200rwhp is more like 220-240hp. My car also probably weighs close to a 1000lbs less than yours.

 

[Brickster151]

I dyno'ed on Wednesday, pulled 165 rwhp and 220 ft/lbs torque at only 13 psi [up to 18 now]. Not bad for an engine nearing 300,000 miles.

 

[Party for GT4]

Double our Volvo's power. Damn.
Just question: what kind of engines it got? I want to know how easy it is to tune older Volvos. I get my licence in about 8 months and I'm sure Volvo insurance should be pretty cheap, considering my parents pay £220 a YEAR for our 440, so if I go on their policy...

 

[Powripper]

Double our Volvo's power. Damn.
Just question: what kind of engines it got? I want to know how easy it is to tune older Volvos. I get my licence in about 8 months and I'm sure Volvo insurance should be pretty cheap, considering my parents pay £220 a YEAR for our 440, so if I go on their policy...

tuning volvo engines is very hard, there are very few parts for them, but it can be done. I'm sick of the low power in my 740 wagon (114), so i'm gonna swap in the turbo engine. that should be better to work with, bit I have to spend some cash on my car that I just got (82' VW scirroco) Its already got some mods but i want to give it some more punch......wow, i have 3 cars now.....maybe I should slow down...lol

 

[tuff240]

tuning volvo engines is very hard, there are very few parts for them, but it can be done. I'm sick of the low power in my 740 wagon (114), so i'm gonna swap in the turbo engine. that should be better to work with.....

Not true at all. They are quite easy to get moderate amounts of power out of. You can also turbo your non-turbo motor just as easily (or easier) than changing out the entire motor. With the higher compression, you just run less boost, but since your normally aspirated power is higher, it makes the boost psi vs hp output more. In other words, 8 psi on a non-turbo motor is like 12-14 on a turbo motor. Plus you will get better gas mileage, have more power down low and have less "issues" because of less stress on all the parts. More boost equals more issues. 10psi on a stock normally aspirated 240 or 740 motor will be roughly 190-220hp depending on a few other smaller details.