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Gave her a quick bath after Benalla. Hmm, I do love the lines of a plain Jane 240!
1983 240 6.0L GEN IV LS V8 conversion
It looked good down the highway. But obvious it's very low too.
@alphax do you mind if I feature a photo on Oz Volvo's Facebook page?
No probs!jamesinc;121948 wrote@alphax do you mind if I feature a photo on Oz Volvo's Facebook page?
14 days later
Little bit of an update. Went to the Mighty Car Mods VIC meet last weekend gone at Winton Raceway. It was a fun track day essentially. Only top speed of 130km/h allowed and supposed to be no overtaking in corners unless safe to to do so. It was a pretty cool concept as nobody needed a helmet and you could have a passenger on track with you. Was a really fun day out with heaps of different cars on the track at once, from a 70's Holden panel van to an S2000.
Unfortunately the car developed a misfire on the second lap of the first session under load, so I drove around the problem by only using half and three-quarter throttle most of the time. It was still pretty quick like that anyway. On the track the engine temp was running quite warm (27deg sunny day), but it never overheated. The Brakes held up nicely and they got a real punishing at Winton with it's tight corners and the power the car has to point and shoot fro corner to corner.
I was pretty happy with the handling overall considering the simple setup. The tyres turned to mush after about 2 or 3 laps. Looking forward to a proper track day with some R-rated rubber. Probably the biggest issue is the seats. You just fall out of them and find yourself hanging on to the steering wheel. On longer sweepers I could just commit to hanging half out the seat and pull myself straight on exiting the corner using the steering wheel, lol!
Here is some footage of the car:
In the pits:
On the track:
When I got home I ran some diagnostics. Sure enough, misfires galore. Once it cooled down I found two plug leads were only just sitting on the plugs. Of course they were the ones hardest to see and feel around the brake booster!
Some of the original plug leads had lost their interference-fit on the plug and no longer had a good 'click' feel to them when installing. Have been remedying that this afternoon with new leads and cleaning up the factory heat shields with some scotch-brite.
I just want to end this post and mark this moment in time by saying R.I.P. to my Mum, Angela, who passed away on the morning of the 1st of November after a long battle with Cancer. Love you Mum
thanks for everything.
Unfortunately the car developed a misfire on the second lap of the first session under load, so I drove around the problem by only using half and three-quarter throttle most of the time. It was still pretty quick like that anyway. On the track the engine temp was running quite warm (27deg sunny day), but it never overheated. The Brakes held up nicely and they got a real punishing at Winton with it's tight corners and the power the car has to point and shoot fro corner to corner.
I was pretty happy with the handling overall considering the simple setup. The tyres turned to mush after about 2 or 3 laps. Looking forward to a proper track day with some R-rated rubber. Probably the biggest issue is the seats. You just fall out of them and find yourself hanging on to the steering wheel. On longer sweepers I could just commit to hanging half out the seat and pull myself straight on exiting the corner using the steering wheel, lol!
Here is some footage of the car:
In the pits:
On the track:
When I got home I ran some diagnostics. Sure enough, misfires galore. Once it cooled down I found two plug leads were only just sitting on the plugs. Of course they were the ones hardest to see and feel around the brake booster!
Some of the original plug leads had lost their interference-fit on the plug and no longer had a good 'click' feel to them when installing. Have been remedying that this afternoon with new leads and cleaning up the factory heat shields with some scotch-brite.
I just want to end this post and mark this moment in time by saying R.I.P. to my Mum, Angela, who passed away on the morning of the 1st of November after a long battle with Cancer. Love you Mum
thanks for everything. 
Looks like it was a great day out.
Condolences to you and your loved ones.
Condolences to you and your loved ones.
Next time your heading to the track let us all know , would love to see it go around .
Condolences about your Mum , cancer can fuck off .
Condolences about your Mum , cancer can fuck off .
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Looks good on the track, no footage by the mcm guys of your car, plenty of camrys and then also footage of played out Jap cars.
Condolences about your mother.
Condolences about your mother.
Thanks, the first clip in my video above is from 11:45 in the MCM video:Vee_Que;123045 wroteLooks good on the track, no footage by the mcm guys of your car, plenty of camrys and then also footage of played out Jap cars.
Condolences about your mother.
At 04:05 I thought it was you for a moment.
Yeah, my car is nicer, no idea who had that one. To be honest I did skip past a lot of the video.
My condolences to your family.
What do you use for diagnostics?
What do you use for diagnostics?
Thanks, I use HP Tuners Pro / VCM Suite for all diagnostics/Gen IV tuningsucksqueezebangblow;123165 wroteMy condolences to your family.
What do you use for diagnostics?
Sorry to hear about your mother @alphax
9 days later
That's very sad news.. hope you are coping ok and the ozvolvo community can help take your mind off things. ?
10 days later
Note to future self: When removing Cylinder #8 Intake pushrod, allow 2.5 hours to remove and refit clutch master cylinder which obscures this one and only pushrod from removal in the vehicle. #modifiedcarlife
I replaced all 16 pushrods with slightly longer units to increase the lifter preload. The hydraulic lifters were only on the verge of pumping-up using the LS9 cam and stock pushrods with it's 1.25mm smaller base circle. At least accessing the LS valvetrain is super easy. Just a few bolts and the coils are out. Four more and the rocker cover is off. Then it's just a matter of replacing each pushrod in turn, rocker-by-rocker:
A couple more pics from Winton - That Renault was seriously quick in the corners. Had some great fun with that VZ SS ute, lol.
I replaced all 16 pushrods with slightly longer units to increase the lifter preload. The hydraulic lifters were only on the verge of pumping-up using the LS9 cam and stock pushrods with it's 1.25mm smaller base circle. At least accessing the LS valvetrain is super easy. Just a few bolts and the coils are out. Four more and the rocker cover is off. Then it's just a matter of replacing each pushrod in turn, rocker-by-rocker:
A couple more pics from Winton - That Renault was seriously quick in the corners. Had some great fun with that VZ SS ute, lol.
I had a ride in my mates VF gts the other day, literally couldn't get all the power down with traction control off and 275 tyres, I can imagine how much throttle you can use on this most of the time!
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Yep you have to be careful. Although I have a built-in traction control device at the moment in the form of a slipping clutch under high load.
I'm organising a new twin-plate clutch combo at the moment and will install over the xmas/new year break.
I'm organising a new twin-plate clutch combo at the moment and will install over the xmas/new year break.
3 months later
Some folks from Street Machine visited today. Nice guys. Hopefully the car will end up in print and online in the coming months. These are my shots from today which are very average compared to the photographer.
Going in the sleeper article section no doubt? I find it amazing the cars now in that or readers rides would have been article cars ten years ago.
Not sure yet, Bauer media have a few different publications and media options be it print or online.Vee_Que;131480 wroteGoing in the sleeper article section no doubt? I find it amazing the cars now in that or readers rides would have been article cars ten years ago.
True, the standard of car builds have gone through the roof in recent years moving to an incredibly high standard of custom work.
Intention of this build is almost the opposite - preserve originality where possible, while adapting as many stock performance parts from other makes and models.