Ghettobird;122333 wroteA "Wanker fitting" and some nice hose & shes leak free! never gave me any trouble & looks better than JB weld & silicone
Ive worked on enough turbo redblocks to hate the stock drain, every single one leaked
Lol what? What's a wanker fitting?
Either method of drain works. Tbh I'd rather go with drilling the block as theres much more steel for your fitting to grab hold of. My last +T was a pan job and for a few weeks it leaked like a sieve until I took it to an exhaust shop to be tigged. Even the guy there was like "yeah there ain't alot of material here".
Stock drains only leak when the o ring is worn or the installer is a monkey and jams it in there breaking the oring on install. Do you really think Volvo would release and use a design for 15 years that didn't work? The B23ET in the wagon has never leaked out of the block drain and is far nicer than the pan job that was in my 240 turbo.
Further to this I think it's very misleading to say "it's a piece of cake". If this guy has come from Evos where everything snaps together nicely then turboing a 240 is going to be a bit of a learning curve where he will need to splice and make wiring harnesses to fit. He will need to custom make all of his plumbing as well.
If he has a later model car like you then yes it's the easiest route because there is little to no wiring involved. If he gets a pre 89 then he still needs to install the EZK which is not that easy for the first timer and if he is looking for something like a 77 - 79 to get that "retro" look then he will need to do the entire wiring harness of his choice and also fuel delivery.
It's not a piece of cake.You just had the easy way out because your car is almost plug and play. Not all 240s are.