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  • Rob's Supercharged '73 164

Thought i would post a few pics of my '73 164E.

Engine: B30 volvo 3L I6 Supercharged

Exhaust: Twin 2"

Suspension: low. adjustable rear koni's and adjustable upper arms. modified panhard bar

Wheels: front narrowed stock 15 x 4.5 165/80r15 , rear widened stock 15 x 8 235/60r15, whitewalls

Modifications: Blower, wheels, seat retrim, whitewalls, couple of other bits and pieces ;)

Stereo: Sound 4, modifed for usb, aux in etc.

A couple more interior photos

Looks great, Rob. I do love the pattern for the retrim B-)

Yeah, good luck with that.... I sold it once, it took me a couple of years to find it and buy it back. It's not going anywhere soon...

Looks great, love the seat material! What's the blower and management?

Ben (The Guv) said: Looks great, love the seat material! What's the blower and management?

Thanks .. The seats are very much love it or hate it. I have had some very.... hmmm... interesting ....opinions on them, but i guess your gonna get that with a Volvo at the best of times ;)

It is a Toyota SC14 Supercharger, from a 2TZ-FZE, and is currently running a [very] old microtech D5, it is something i have been looking to update but it works well so i figure i might just leave it that way.

Nice, I have the same one on my 240. Do you have it always on or triggered by an event? How do you find the noise? I read a hint somewhere that using 2 throttles can quiet them down (mine is so loud it's not funny) so I'll be looking at that in the future. I'm assuming you're getting a boatload of torque with the 6? Great to have another SC around!

They can be very loud.. at first i was so sorry i did it..... the noise was hideous.

I have run it in a couple of configurations, first up i had the throttle body before the supercharger.. It was ok but noisey, particularly at idle. I then put the throttle on the manifold so that i could run a bypass valve with the intention of keeping it a little quieter at idle. it worked.... partially, the supercharger whine was reduced but the bypass valve created a whole new noise... probably worse than the whine. Since then i have added a clutch to it and also a larger pulley to lower the boost, it makes a little less power but is nice and quiet. You can still clearly here the supercharger whine but it sounds good...

I recommend putting the clutch back on if you don't have one.. best thing i ever did. I have always maintained that if i was chasing all out power i would V8 or turbocharge it.... I like it because it is something different....... and it still goes well.

You should post some pics and info on your car.. would be keen to see it.

Some pics of my first setup.

Yeah, I'm debating wether to take of the charger and turbo it but most of the hard work is done and there's something really satisfying in driving a supercharged car as opposed to a powerful n/a or turbo. I might get around to putting up a project page but I already have one on TB and I'm moving house soon so pretty low priority!

Cut and paste is your friend. :)

Cut and snort is a better one ;)

Also, @Rob and @Ben, both of your cars hooked me into RWD. Something magic about seeing a SC in a Volvo.

Beautiful car Rob! If I was to ever get married, that's the kinda car that I'd want for the day :)

3 months later
Time for an update.

I went to reverse my car out of the carport and had some real trouble... 2 problems were causing this.

1. front brakes grabbing.
2. reverse slipping.

1. Easy enough to fix and involved simply rekitting the front calipers, 2 cylinders on each caliper were near seized. I decided to overhaul the master cylinder and rear calipers at the same time. Don't think it was necessary but at least I know all is new now.

2. BW35 had to go. I dug around in my pile of parts and found almost everything required for a M400 conversion. The few parts i was missing were able to be tracked down with the help of a few ozvolvo members.

While everything was apart i decided to strip the engine down for a quick cleanup and check over, I knew the engine was in pretty good shape as it had done fewer than 10,000 miles since it was rebuilt but I wanted to change the camshaft, so figured a full set of rings and bearings would be a minor additional task.

I also replaced the ball joints, tie rod ends and centre bearing.

A couple of days later and it is all back together, runs a treat and i am very happy with the M400 conversion. I am really loving the new camshaft, couldn't be happier with the way it goes and the idle sounds excellent.

I now intend tracking down a suitable LSD and am considering changing wheels. but I'm not sure, I really don't want to loose the clean look it has with the stockish steelies.

Manual conversion thread http://ozvolvo.org/discussion/140/robs-164-manual-conversion-amongst-other-things/p1





poor quality video that gives a rough idea what it sounds like.


5 days later
Cam sounds nice. Love the looks of twin pipes :D
18 days later
Sounds good! Any videos of you driving along in the car?
I don't have any videos like that yet. I find it awfully difficult to video myself driving. :)

Might have to line someone else up to do it.
2 months later
I like this, love the whole thing. Any idea of power output @rob?
Not too sure, It is no race car, but is quite acceptable. Very torquey. Massive improvement over standard.

My Arse-Dyno tells me about 220-250hp but I haven't had it calibrated recently. ;)

Would like to run it on a dyno one of these days to see how far off the mark I am.
Not many people calibrating those arse dyno's anymore, could be hard to find someone. ;)
The shitting in the bed may be part of Robs method...
5 days later
Rob;6059 wroteVery torquey. Massive improvement over standard.
I was getting 112Kw and 245nm (over 80% of the rev range) ATW with the SC. Not massive numbers but it could keep up with a Mk5 GTI - boosted volvos seem to love the torque.

23 days later
That sounds great! What cam is that?
Dauntless;9801 wroteThat sounds great! What cam is that?
It is a custom grind. 276/281 duration 0.450" Lift. Reasonably aggressive with minimal overlap.

a month later
2 months later
that is nice!
One day mine will be ...
doesnt matter how many times i look at this. i get more and more inlove!
Thanks.

Good excuse for a little update.

Just a small change.

A little while back I fitted some nice 165's to the front, Was very happy with the decision and it It drives much better It was however, looking a little funny with the skinny tyres on it, they were too far inboard. I fitted up some front spacers. The front wheels seem to fit the guards a bit better now and makes the offset of the rears stand out even more.

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AFTER:



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The early Volvo's really respond to proper fitment, the standard track seems really narrow for the width of the car, no doubt spacing the wheels out improves the handling too.
OldnDecrepit;20633 wroteLooks better Rob.
Cheers
ooooooo. bad ass. want it. and rob build the engine with supercharger :D
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