Project GoaT (bgpzfm142's 1979 242GT)

Major Ledfoot · 2016-11-11T13:40:50+00:00

B6304 will fit nicely into it....

jamesinc

You can also tap the block to 3/4" NPT and fit an NTP-to-AN male-male adapter for the turbo oil drain, rather than the yoshifab kit. Given you are making a new hole and not having to work with what's there already, you can do whatever you want!

You could also downsize and do 1/2" NPT to -10AN with an angle, which will be nicer for hose routing.

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Forg

This having been the first time reading through this thread ... I have a question totally segueing from recent activity! 🙂

Are you sure it wasn't an automatic from new?
A friend of mine bought one of those which Volvo converted when new to attempt to sell a few as they were slow sellers, and it was a 1979-built MY79 like the GoaT is. We were surprised they'd gone to the effort of swapping over the firewall infill panel which is different between manual & auto, so there was 1979-spec sealant & we had to drill the hole for the clutch master cylinder.

Major Ledfoot

Forg Are you sure it wasn't an automatic from new?

Reasonably sure, yes.
I have two 242GTs - The GoaT, which I bought as a running B23E with BW55, and Rudie, another 79 242GT but very non-running.

When I bought Rudie, he was fitted with a B21 (?!?) and M46, and a lot of weird bits - like non-GT sedan seats, a poorly-installed LPG tank in the boot, no petrol tank, and a crazy-arsed double rear sway bar setup.

Hence the name 'Rudie' for that car, as the mods previously done to him are very rude. (Need to clear that up, because it's definitely not any Eggenberger reference...)

The automatic GTs - which were retrofitted with BW55s in OZ - had their model plates altered.
The GoaT got its auto after she was sold by a dealer. Her firewall hatch plate has a blanking plate where the clutch cylinder used to go.

But Rudie was actually modified by Volvo Oz.
How do you tell?
GoaT's plate is on the left of pic; Rudie's is on the right.
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GoaT's plate shows type 242-844-5122-46 (B23E, H cam, M46, market 46 = Australia)
But Rudie's plate shows 242-844-5182-46.
The "8" indicates it's an auto, and that change was done by Volvo Australia (AFAIK).

So it appears Rudie was originally sold as an auto, long before he came into my possession, and then someone put a bloody B21 into it along with the LPG and other butchery, and changed the auto over to an M46.

@volvdriverman wants another 242 racer over here, and eventually that will be Rudie... hopefully before the heat death of the known universe. (Things don't happen 'round here as rapidly as they do at Spac's or Mister Brick's).

Major Ledfoot

Parts for the Project GoaT Engine have been arriving steadily.

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I decided to use a KL Racing crank pulley on it, sourced from @AshDVS, since I'm not really happy with the two spare pulleys I have for using in the long term - reliability is key for this engine. First oversize pistons have been ordered from Skandix and are pending arrival - another supplier couldn't deliver slugs for delivery until June.

FCP offer a complete PCV kit, which includes a breather box, all the clamps, the O rings, the flame trap and nipple, and the hoses (including the big'un that drops down into the sump).

The ultrasonic cleaner has been getting a bit of a workout, and the oil cooler filter extension arms has cleaned up nicely, as has the front seal cover.

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Next to go for a swim will be the throttle body, and then I'll need to whip it apart and add the husher to the spindle as a seal, so then it's up to turbo spec.

There's still a few more odds and sods to order. What's funny is how not one of The Usual Suspects (i.e. FCP, VP Auto, CVI, Skandix, and Rock Auto) had stock of everything I needed - for example, there's a hex plug for the oil gallery (p/n 940375-2) which is only stocked by GCP or the Volvo Parts Webstore. (I know better than to go to the local dealer who'll charge $100 paid in advance for a $5 part, and then make me wait 6 months for it).

Hopefully my Yoshifab order is underway now too. I'd decided to get the B230 NA block drilled in the factory locations for the turbocharger's oil supply and drain, which allows an easier addition for +T at a later time, if desired. Since the block is going off to be machined anyway, I might as well get that done too.

On the (long!) to-do-list also is adding the Bijlsma Technical Innovations wasted spark board to the LH 2.4 EZ-K, so I never have to worry about a distributor again. Pics when that happens.

GingerNinja

Might be worth getting the KL Racing steel crank gear and woodruff key to match your aluminium pulley. Then you don't have to worry about shearing off the stock cast gear. Minimal engine explosion.

Major Ledfoot

GingerNinja - I'm putting a new woodruff key in there, but a standard one. This thing isn't going to see a lot of revs - well, not in my hands at least. I'm going with a round toothed timing belt system, which is surplus after one of the other locks is going B230 16V, so I'll make use of the spare 8V gears.

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