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wooho!!! thanks for the early reminder *goes off to srcibble it in the diary *

meh!! them prices or what? gosh try finding slotmags at that price posted !!

cool mag

oOFF! man that looks crazeeeee clean, proper attention to detail rite there awesomeness ;D ;D

volvo544special65 - yea i actually like the 740 front(lights mainly), i have changed the lights bumper, bonnet and scuttle panel which were donated by the 740, the wings are the factory 940 and the side lights are the ones from a face lift 740 that go around the wing now i need to make the light surrounds and add the egg crate grill

colonelk- thanks for your compliment, only problem I'm having at moment is the garret T3 actuator doesn't seem to hold the boost even thou I'm running 1/2 bar as it picks up speed the pressure seems to drop, need to save up for a new aftermarket one

BenzBoy - yea turbo power i don't think i ever want to go back to N/A thanks BenzBoy boy finally managed to get it back on the road i think it is what happens when you have another daily putting the car back on the road is not the priority lol

OOFF that looks militant, make it look like that

the lovo is coming along quite nice, will be a good pice when finished. are keeping the camo interior?

Sorry for the late update.. but this is what i was trying to get done by rr09 unfortunately i was not able to get it done in time, well slowly but surely i managed to get it back on the road and it runs sweet here are some pictures and i will do some talking

Well the factory b200 was getting kind slow, instead of +T my engine i went with foggyjames advice "go for a low mileage lump". Mine had done 205k so had to find me a an alternate power plant say Hello to the donator
a 740 2.3turbo had died of electronic failure

Out comes the engine nice only done 117000 miles, barely run in

ooo turbo.. mmm had an autobox scrap that lol going to mate it with the m47(yea my trusty one wheeled engine transport vehicle)


time to get the 2l out

no turbo no good

its there

now its not


Striped the engine bay, sanded it down, masked it ready for a re-spray in satin black




A coat of etch primer and a few of high build primer



Seam sealed all the joints in the engine bay


A few layers of satin black




Oo the turbo feels right at home (i spy a turbo )


Time for some wiring here pretty straight forward with some remote help from foggyjames





After the wiring was complete tried firing the engine cough cough splutter splutter no good.... reed the diagrams check for faults... nothing all good. After some help from my mate Mr Smith the conclusion came to timing.. Flywheel timing, ok take all the prop gearbox clutch off set the timing on the flywheel, fire up starts a bit rough idling. Close everything up start up again nothing no spark UGGRHH.
Gave up and towed it to my mate’s yard he put it on the diagnostics equipment, PHAIL the flywheel timing was still out. Took the gearbox off again, (damn Volvo with their 8 variations on the fly wheel) finally got it running on the lh2.4 wiring with the factory 2l ecu and injectors brought it back home under it s own steam
Been on the road for a month now running on a ecu from a Volvo 940 1993 and injectors form a 940 1997

Other mods carried out whilst doing the engine conversion
Need to take pictures (I have a bad habit once working I get carried away sorry)
Relocated the battery from right
Redone the brake pipes
Relocated windshield washer bottle to the rear of the car
Striped the insulated carpets and insulation then installed light weight carpet
Hid conversion kit

List of things I still need to do
Sort out the grill to match the 740 lights and bumper
Make a gauge pod
Install this. I know I can’t wait MUHAHAHA

take it out and clean it

mig'd

blasted


Cheers Gobs

oo sweet that's cool i guess it's like on the 3rd week of every month then yea?

muhahah monday monday monday.. sorry got abit exited there its next monday, yay volvo is back on the road, well atleast half of it lol so I'm gonna be there in a volvo

yeah! yeah! monday 8pm sounds goood to me! I'm up for it