I have recently been thinking about a change in direction of my hobby and thinking about selling my 240 Turbo.
Heres a quick rundown, I have included in brackets the price of things I have spent on the car.
1991 240 GL estate, MOT until late December, taxed till end of May
Engine
Rebuilt B230fk (2318cc) engine from 1996 940 with under 5000 miles on the clock.(new second oversize pistons, crank bearing shells. Machine work to rebore the block and grind the crank to suit new pistons and crank bearings £740)
Cleaned and flow tested injectors
Rebuilt head
New 740 turbo clutch fitted in early 2009 (£160)
T3 turbo from a 760 in very good order.
Custom flexible Turbo oil feed and return pipes (£50)
940 intercooler (later type)
Mocal oil cooler sandwich plate, large oil cooler and pipes (£110)
Volvo Recon 80 amp alternator
Boost pressure and narrowband gauges (£60)
K+N air filter and oil breather filter.
Electric fan conversion
Suspension Brakes and wheels
Fully polybushed (£180 not including fitting)
Recent strut bearings, balljoints and trackrod ends
Bilstein HD shocks front and rear (£240)
B+G -40mm Lowering springs (£150)
Zimmerman crossdrilled brake discs front and rear, Mintex deluxe pads front and rear and stainless steel braided hoses. (£280 not icluding shipping from USA)
GLT antiroll bars
Volvo Galaxies in super condidtion, no kerb rash at all, 225, 50, 16 dunlop SP2000 tyres with about 5 mm tread all round, spare galaxy with dunlop tyre (205,50,16) (Galaxies?? priceless?) tyres were £90 each say at least £600 worth)
Clear front corner lenses and clear indicators on the back.
So thats over £2500 in parts alone, plus I have done an awful lot of messing about and running to and fro getting other bits and bobs and sorting stuff out.
The car goes very well, 0-60 in around 8 seconds (maybe less) corners superbly, and top speed is unknown (speedo goes upto 120 and the needle will go well past that with ease. Puts many modern hot hatches and luxo barges to shame. It could be made a lot faster with little effort, chips and a bigger intercooler would allow for around 6.5 seconds 0-60 times.
It returns about 28 mpg average.
Runs on premium fuel only
I also have a Getrag m90 gearbox, cross member and propshaft that will come with the car.
Bad points,
The car is in need of cosmetic work, ideally it needs a full respray to bring it up to show standard, it needs new bonnet hinges and bonnet, a new rear bumperskin and rear valance, it needs a stereo and a centre vent. I am planning on installing more gauges and have collected gauge holders and bezels to complete this. Shell is solid but needs a new rear panel at the tailgate slam plate and rear arch lips sorting.
I want to take the car to PPC in the park on the 23rd of May so it wont be available until after then.
Heres a quick rundown, I have included in brackets the price of things I have spent on the car.
1991 240 GL estate, MOT until late December, taxed till end of May
Engine
Rebuilt B230fk (2318cc) engine from 1996 940 with under 5000 miles on the clock.(new second oversize pistons, crank bearing shells. Machine work to rebore the block and grind the crank to suit new pistons and crank bearings £740)
Cleaned and flow tested injectors
Rebuilt head
New 740 turbo clutch fitted in early 2009 (£160)
T3 turbo from a 760 in very good order.
Custom flexible Turbo oil feed and return pipes (£50)
940 intercooler (later type)
Mocal oil cooler sandwich plate, large oil cooler and pipes (£110)
Volvo Recon 80 amp alternator
Boost pressure and narrowband gauges (£60)
K+N air filter and oil breather filter.
Electric fan conversion
Suspension Brakes and wheels
Fully polybushed (£180 not including fitting)
Recent strut bearings, balljoints and trackrod ends
Bilstein HD shocks front and rear (£240)
B+G -40mm Lowering springs (£150)
Zimmerman crossdrilled brake discs front and rear, Mintex deluxe pads front and rear and stainless steel braided hoses. (£280 not icluding shipping from USA)
GLT antiroll bars
Volvo Galaxies in super condidtion, no kerb rash at all, 225, 50, 16 dunlop SP2000 tyres with about 5 mm tread all round, spare galaxy with dunlop tyre (205,50,16) (Galaxies?? priceless?) tyres were £90 each say at least £600 worth)
Clear front corner lenses and clear indicators on the back.
So thats over £2500 in parts alone, plus I have done an awful lot of messing about and running to and fro getting other bits and bobs and sorting stuff out.
The car goes very well, 0-60 in around 8 seconds (maybe less) corners superbly, and top speed is unknown (speedo goes upto 120 and the needle will go well past that with ease. Puts many modern hot hatches and luxo barges to shame. It could be made a lot faster with little effort, chips and a bigger intercooler would allow for around 6.5 seconds 0-60 times.
It returns about 28 mpg average.
Runs on premium fuel only
I also have a Getrag m90 gearbox, cross member and propshaft that will come with the car.
Bad points,
The car is in need of cosmetic work, ideally it needs a full respray to bring it up to show standard, it needs new bonnet hinges and bonnet, a new rear bumperskin and rear valance, it needs a stereo and a centre vent. I am planning on installing more gauges and have collected gauge holders and bezels to complete this. Shell is solid but needs a new rear panel at the tailgate slam plate and rear arch lips sorting.
I want to take the car to PPC in the park on the 23rd of May so it wont be available until after then.
