Julian's 240

Ghettobird · 2015-02-25T09:00:32+00:00

Here she is! My beautiful red 92 240 sedan that I now have on club plates, Ive started improving handling by fitting a 79 242 GT 23mm rear sway bar, a...

Ghettobird

Mmmmmmmmm tasty

Driveshaft has been sent off for lengthening

New pads are in

Gettin real close now

Andy

Who you using to lengthen the driveshaft?

Ghettobird

Jim Eastwood

Vee_Que

Is that the company name?

Ghettobird

Nfi, thats the name that was in Johns book of contacts. He came round, had a chat, verified my measurements (51cm from centre bearing to the flange face on the trans) & took off
It's being retubed & the whole 2 piece assy is being balanced

Got all the vac lines finished up today
Now it revs and idles like it should, although im chasing a cyl 4 misfire that ill hopefully nail tomorow, its getting fuel and spark but its not igniting - the extra fuel is popping out of the headers and stops when i yank its injector wire.

This motor was always a bit unknown, if I comp test it tomorow and its fucked ill start stripping an early S80 t6 engine we have sitting here and take that path.

For future reference - the stock motronic M1.8 ecu puts out a 4 cyl tach signal, all i had to do was remove the old plug on the tach and plug in the new wire direct from the ecu.

Ghettobird

Fitted up the last of the poly bushes - Trailing arms were easier than I thought. We retained the stock shells and burnt/carved the rubber out.

Compression across the board was decent, cant complain too much.
Still misfires, 4 & 5 are the same - they spark, but not when they should be, Im wondering if Ive mixed the two of them up or if they are shorting somewhere in the loom

1st time everythings been closed up in months

Combined the high and low speed ground wires into a single stage high amp relay, all mounted up in the stock fuse box

Shaft goes in tomorrow morning
Ill put the stock rearear brake lines as I wait for the right ones to get sent out - 92 240s have different rear brake hoses!! they have 1 male & 1 female side, wheras all other years have 2x male fittings

Ex850R

Looking great!

carnut222

Ghettobird;c-141196 wroteFitted up the last of the poly bushes - Trailing arms were
Ill put the stock rearear brake lines as I wait for the right ones to get sent out - 92 240s have different rear brake hoses!! they have 1 male & 1 female side, wheras all other years have 2x male fittings

I found the same issue with the brake lines on my 93 wagon...I ordered non-ABS line set from ipd and it had wrong rear hoses. Turns out the later cars seem to have used a different hose (maybe same as ABS cars?) on the back...and maybe all late cars in the US got ABS so there’s confusion about correct hoses. I think it was OK when I got the ipd hoses for the 91 so 92-93 must have been when they made the change??

Ghettobird

It run...
It move...
It drive :open_mouth:

My epiphany about maybe swapping the coil packs was dead on.
Both are identical length, both are crusty and both sparked when tested.

Swapped them over and fired up smooth as day.

Chucked in my old rear lines again until my new ones come, bled everything, wiped the glass down, removed all the garbage from the dashtop & drove it out onto the naturestrip.

Idled it till I knew it wasnt leaking & took it for its first blockie

First impressions:
Fuck its loud
Converter feels lazy - fluid probably low af
Steering is dead on
Trans shifts as it should - if a bit late (probably how I felt due to not wanting to rev it out being so crazy loud)
Everything feels so tight - and exactly how I remember it <3

Did a few blockies, parked it and the cap started leaking (stock 75psi) and as it did the fan came on. Put on a 150psi cap & left it running for about 45.

It charges, dosnt overheat or leak, Hasn't burnt down yet & drives straight.

Drove it round the corner to Trufit to see what they can do about the manifolds & mating it up to the old system. Im not interested in spending big $$$ on an exhaust for it, because an NA auto 6 isnt my end goal. Itll be fine in stock form for the time being.

Next up
Mass tidy up -.-

Philia_Bear

2.5"
Race cat
Single strait through muffler at the rear
Will be perfectly reasonable in volume and sound good
Iirc I paid $250 for the above setup on the tentacle wagon

Only PITA was the pipe over the axle

Ghettobird

Righto!

Picked the 240 up this arvo, Is it a 260 now?

Trufit did a pretty good job of welding onto the manifold - Garry said he had it on & off the car about 5 times to get angles right.

First impressions driving around for extended periods of time:
Idle sounds tough as fuck
Induction noise is fresh
Throttle response is wayyy faster than I was expecting (in park or neutral)
The solid mounts arent as bad as I thought they were going to be but still very buzzy
6 cyl autos sound trash without proper muffling - it has 1 stock resonator & cat, therefore trash
Converter still feels lazy at low rpm
I think I'd like a more civilized diff - the spartan works, but its pretty agricultural

Noticed id missed the small 4mm vac nipple on the flametrap, fixed that and went about looking for rattles and leaks.

No leaks, HEAPS of rattles - mainly bumper of all things & some looseish switches in my dash.

I think its in low power mode/some form of limp mode as its peppy, but noy breath taking.
Trans goes through all gears and lockup.

Still need to find some O2 sensors for it, empty out 12 months of it being a storage unit, wash it, tidy wiring & mount computers, mount battery & amps, under tray, fit recaros... Etc etc etc.

Ive only just gotten it running with the 6 & im already lusting for a 5... Even a friggin 10v would do <3

Really need this to be a reliable daily for a good while till I finish uni again next semester.

The sixes represent such great power potential and smoothness in pretty much stock form than the 5s and 4s do permitting simpleish upgraded like rods and injectors, but the 5s have just that more soul & character to them.

This car will not stay 6 cylinder powered.

Ill eventually build up a 5 for it, wire it up outside of the car, standalone ems the bitch.

I will sell this engine, manifolds, mounts (or make up some new ones) computers & driveshaft to suit a near 100% swap to someone in the future. This car is destined to be a 5, and it will be.

This is the 4th motor/trans combo that's been in her, I've enjoyed all of them so far
B230f - aw70
B230f +t - aw70
B230f +t - aw71L accumulator modded to chirp gears all day long
B6304 - aw30-40

Thanks again to John Johnson & Mark Richardson for their ongoing tolerance & support. Doing this at the workshop with parts, green books & endless knowledge to bounce ideas off & problem solve makes me a pretty lucky guy.

If you do this yourself for similar costings as myself, expect to spend about $2-3k

Vee_Que

Plus engineering!

Ghettobird

Which has nothing to do with this swap in particular, thats an implied cost.

Philia_Bear

Vee_Que;c-141438 wrotePlus engineering!

I'd have an argument over if it's required in nsw
It's a 6 cylinder Volvo motor making within 10% of a stock motor (if you use the high torque cams)
It uses all Volvo parts and it "bolts" in

If the number and type of and location of cats is maintained its a pretty easy argument with the epa as well

Having had this discussion before... as long as well documented it's within the approvals process of self engineered

Vic is a totaly different matter though because Vic is a police state :-)

ramrod

It's a different engine anyway regardless of the size or power so yes it would need to be certified in nsw

gavinh

Over here it's just a case of fill in the paper work, and put it over the pits, as @Philia_Bear said its with in 10% and using the cat to meet regulations and it's all stock

ramrod

Every state has different rules, NSW is the worst

Philia_Bear

ramrod;c-141545 wroteEvery state has different rules, NSW is the worst

Nsw is the best

Philia_Bear

ramrod;c-141537 wroteIt's a different engine anyway regardless of the size or power so yes it would need to be certified in nsw

Yes it needs certification
However the legislation says it can now be owner certified

Ghettobird

It will be engineered, One benefit of engineering degree uni connections B)

Need to have a proper throttle cable made up, I dont trust the current ghetto job.

Id like to take it to an auto elec, or someone who can crimp 00BS cable really nicely to eliminate some potential for lug failure

O2 sensor comes in tomorow, the management being M1.8 and Aus delivered only uses 1 Oxy sensor, even though it seems to run fine as is. The way im tracking itll be a 300ish km from a full tank :scream:

Im not sure if its in limp mode, it throws 4x codes. 2 for the ECU being the lack of an oxy & no speed signal from the diff, and the trans codes are again - lack of speed sensor on diff & no shifter feedback.
Everything else is perfect, which was a huge relief as Id predicted those codes.

I may hack up the 960s cluster for the speedo circuit, power it and feed it the 12 tooth signal from my 240s diff (Same tooth count as the 960 but in a 3.73) And see if it changes how it drives. If I didnt know it was an issue, Id say the trans was shifting completely normally & dosnt need the signal at all.

The end cap on my fuel rail is starting to leak - apparently a common issue with the B6304 rails, the bulletin said to give it a bit of squish, I dont hold a lot of faith in that solution

Hooked the amp back up for the Alpine, Im getting some alternator noise coming through when playing music that changes with revs, Ill go over my grounds and see if that may help, The amp is hooked directly up to the battery terminal & the headunit is powered by the stock radio harness that I adapted to a permanent ISO radio plug arrangement as the prev owner had already fitted some Sony garbage

RWC end of next week, plates have been ordered.

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