Vee_Que's 122s

Vee_Que · 2013-07-17T03:21:20+00:00

Not much progress, washed it and sanded the roof.... Still haven't decided the shade of red! Took shots of the paint imperfections......

Vee_Que

But I don't have a good one? I was talking to someone about a fibreglass mould I can use to work with. will worry about it after rwc.

deleted_user_160

Will it pass a RWC with out a dash pad.?

egads (she/her)

Depends on clueyness of inspector to old Volvos. Plenty of similar aged stuff had no pads but it is safety gear so is frowned on to take out.

A_Volvo_Driver

The older guy at the Hoppers VicRoads loves old Volvo's

Vee_Que

No adr rules to comply too.. How is a fibreglass dash top any safer?

Vee_Que

Cleaned up the control arms, painted, new pinion seal, new axle seals, fitted the new brake cylinders. Then of course: fitted the diff!

Poly diff bush, hard rubber bushes elsewhere. Leaving the stock springs in for now. The shocks on it are fine, but I want konis or Bilsteins when the money spending is over just to get it on the road...

Also, freshly machined head, 20' off,

Vee_Que

Rear wheels fitted for the moment, need to come off again to work underneath for the fuel pump etc.

Major Ledfoot

Nice work on reinforcing the shock towers.

Vee_Que

bgpzfm142;90308 wroteNice work on reinforcing the shock towers.

It's a tad overkill.. 6mm steel. Only needed 4mm but it was free from the steel place on a Saturday morning!

deleted_user_160

Overbuilt? Said no volvo owner ever.

Vee_Que

Motors built, its volvo green, using a 940 denso alternator with bracket made by a dude in the states, combustion chamber was modified so I've got 10.4:1 c.r, with 37' squish in the end, 40' over pistons, balanced and lightened crank and flywheel, rebuilding the twin 45 webers this week, have 4-2-1 headers to go on too.

deleted_user_160

Plant green, works well.

Major Ledfoot

Volvo Diesel engine green. That's something different.

deleted_user_160

bgpzfm142;90697 wroteVolvo Diesel engine green. That's something different.

Always wanted to convert a b230 to diesel.

Vee_Que

bgpzfm142;90697 wroteVolvo Diesel engine green. That's something different.

90% of redblock builds are with red paint, my whole cars body except the roof and dash is red, it would clash, the green will stand out in the bay. Plus my hilux diesel motor i built was green too. Kinda my thing now.

deleted_user_160

Heheheh. Having a dig at my wagon Alex ? ;P

Vee_Que

No. My wagon has a blue engine actually, and I didn't paint it....

Ex850R

blondejay;90861 wroteHeheheh. Having a dig at my wagon Alex ? ;P

doesnt everybody??

deleted_user_160

Vee_Que;90867 wroteNo. My wagon has a blue engine actually, and I didn't paint it....

Huh? Since when was your blue engine in MY red wagon.

Ex850R;90870 wrote
blondejay;90861 wroteHeheheh. Having a dig at my wagon Alex ? ;P
doesnt everybody??

Yeah pretty much, though most of the chitchat is done behind my back. Where once can not decent or explain. So people get the wrong idea.

Vee_Que

We both didn't build our 740 motors, and your wagon is factory red and as you've seen, is closer to the factory engine red than my red is. But i did it for the whole its my thing to do thing.

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