Rally volvo
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Rally volvo
Hey everyone! Im new to the volvo community and looking into rallycross/ rally (eventually) I just picked up what i believe is a 84 240...not 100% sure so if somone corrects me that would be awesome! But i was just wondering if anyone had any pointers in which direction to head? Im shooting for Production class maybe G2? like i said thats eventually but i work in the body shop field so i know i will have to do some rust repair before anything happens but its a 5-speed non-turbo i believe so i will probably be looking into the turbo engine upgrade. But if anyone has any pointers just let me know all help is appreciated! Thanks again! Here is a pic of the old girl...shes raring to come back to life!
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I've also been looking into Mitsu V6 engine swaps, they are very cheap engines with a great broad torque curve and great peak power.
Regards, Andrew.
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Went and watched the 100AW rally this past weekend and saw the rally 242. Took abunch of pictures of it so i got some good ideas! He had a little more money in his than i want to put in mine but i know which direction to head in. So hopefully go pick up my brick this weekend and get started on it.
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a 16v engine base or turbo engine is a good swap suspention ipd springs and ipd anti-sway bars u can check it out on ipd.com and check out on ebay the rear tail lights u can use the later 240 ones if u cut about an inch will fit and do not worry about the plug it will work p.d on ebay u can find a lot stuff so u can put your 242 on road nicely
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http://www.kaplhenke.com/index.php makes some pretty sweet mods for the 240 series. I don't know that I'd use their coilover setup for rally....more of an autocross kind of design I think....but the rest of their adjustable suspension stuff would come in handy.
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That looks like some pretty good stuff like you said maybe not alot for rally but some stuff would be nice. The thing im finding out now is the safety stuff, well not all of it just the dang hans device. Jeeze 600 for the cheapest model thats insane! but i gotta have it, im planning on scoping ebay for awhile and if nothing turns up just forking out the cash but oh well, ive been hearing about a tail light problem with volvos whats that all about? is it something to worry about while rallying since i have to have all lights functioning?
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That looks like some pretty good stuff like you said maybe not alot for rally but some stuff would be nice. The thing im finding out now is the safety stuff, well not all of it just the dang hans device. Jeeze 600 for the cheapest model thats insane! but i gotta have it, im planning on scoping ebay for awhile and if nothing turns up just forking out the cash but oh well, ive been hearing about a tail light problem with volvos whats that all about? is it something to worry about while rallying since i have to have all lights functioning?
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good parts aren't cheap.
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ok so the tail light thing doesnt sound to bad. as far as suspension goes until i get pretty good and have a decent budget im gona go with some bilstein HDs just to start out no need to go full bore on a coil over system to wrap the car around a tree the 1st time out. Besides gotta save my money for all the safety equipment.
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ok so the tail light thing doesnt sound to bad. as far as suspension goes until i get pretty good and have a decent budget im gona go with some bilstein HDs just to start out no need to go full bore on a coil over system to wrap the car around a tree the 1st time out. Besides gotta save my money for all the safety equipment.