Dave and his forever evolving volvos

pigdog · 2018-11-28T00:46:04+00:00

Nice looking wagon Dave and the 360 are an interesting little beast. Sorry to hear about the 240, hope you can get a few bits off it for future projects.

pigdog

It's been awhile since my last post so figured Im due for an update, alot has happened and alot is about to happen!! it's a long one so be prepared for my ramblings. don't worry there's pictures

we took the 264 to the boosters meet in early December it was a great day out, the 264 didn't miss a beat, it was bouncy as all hell but other then that it was a pleasure to drive.

I finally decided it was time to pull the wagon motor and replace the rear main seal cause it's been leaking forever and had gotten to the point of it being undriveable how much it was pissing out.

So I pulled the motor, did the rear main and cleaned the motor and all the pcv etc while it was out put it all back together and what do you know it's still pissing oil out ?

This led me to start asking why and the only explanation was excessive crankcase pressure so I decided to do the trusty old glove test.

It failed mireably.

The pcv system is all new and clean, there was no blockages etc anywhere, while the motor was out I checked the drain hose was intact and not blocked.

so... not good.

I decided to go ahead and install my catch can setup I've been meaning to do for awhile. I knew it wasnt going to resolve the issue and further investigation was required but I still wanted to get it done so it was done haha

I pieced together a pretty solid catch can system from bits an pieces off ebay and @ALVO360 was a bloody ledgend (as always) who sent me a vented oil cap and yoshifab block plate.

My catch can setup consists off a baffled 2L catch can off ebay, 10An vent coming from the yoshifab block vent, 10An vent coming from the oil cap and the can drains back into the block thru a 10an hose.

The outlet of the can is 12An and was going to be plumbed back into the pre turbo hose but I didn't have any 12AN fittings on hand so decided to vent to atmosphere for the time being.

it stopped the oil leak completely!!!!!

Now I still need to do a compression and leak down test to see what's going on, obviously she's not happy and I'm getting bad blow by but currently I'm going with ignorance is bliss and I'll drive it till it explodes haha

I decided to also bite the bullet and buy the yoshifab vented oil cap for extra street cred.

I'm not in a financial position atm to be rebuilding motors and I honestly don't really want to right now I just need abit of a break from working on the wagon I'm really excited to get some things done to the 264 and want to focus on that for a little bit before facing the reality of the situation.

the wagon has been driving great, boosting hard as always and not leaking oil, I got to take it for my first decent drive a couple weeks ago to the east coast Volvo community meet, the only annoying part is the catch can venting to atmosphere bloody stinks and smokes out my bonnet after some spirited driving haha

so now moving onto the fun stuff.

I've decided it's time to get the 264 done properly, it's currently sitting on blown shocks and chopped springs, it bounces around, clunks and bangs and all round is shit to drive haha

first thing I did was get a new exhaust, the old one sounded horrible, so I got a 2 1/4" system from the factory headers back it sounds much nicer, eventually I'll get some extractors, I know there's no real power gain but they do sound better so that's enough for me haha.

I bought some Bilstein B6 shocks for the rear

and I got some Gaz adjustable struts with 60mm drop front springs 40mm drop rear springs

I'm about to order poly bushes for the whole car, adjustable panhard, strut brace, chassis braces, adjustable swaybar links and I'll throw a 27mm EL falcon front swaybar in.

I'll also get new strut tops, ball joints, tie rods etc etc etc and maybe some adjustable torque rods

I should have all the parts gathered and ready to go in the next couple weeks then I'll knock it all out.

once all that is done I've also picked up a complete M47 conversion so I'll rip the shitty old 3 speed auto out and put that sweet sweet 5 speed in.

Then it will be time to start getting the overbored 2.5L motor ready with some twin Webber's.

so yeah alot happening, sorry for the super long post I'll try and post more regularly as things progress.

carnut222

Good to see the 264 getting some love!

pigdog

Another small update.

When I did the turbo swap into the wagon I removed my washer bottle, it was just super tight with the pod filter and everything else going on.

so I haven't been able to wash my windows in sooo long, after heading to a mates place in Bathurst a few weeks back and getting the windscreen so covered in bugs and shit I had to pull over to throw some water on it I decided it's time to do something about it haha

I ended up buying a cheap universal washer bottle off ebay, it was like $18 and came with everything.

it finally arrived yesterday after being posted 2 weeks ago from Sydney and it fits perfect, it holds about 2L of water and the little motor on it goes hard, it's nice and small and fits nicely next to the coolant bottle.

pigdog

Update time!!

so not alot has been happening I've been spending money and buying parts but haven't had a great deal of time to actually do much. but I have done a few things.

I picked up some factory black/grey door cards and installed them, they look sooo much better

I also finally installed some black B pillar plastics.

I still need to find some rear c pillar plastics, if anyone has some let me know!! any colour I'll just paint them to match haha

the only things left in the interior to go black is the rear seat and the rear wheel covers then its all done.

I'm getting ready to pull the head on the wagon, #3 spark plug hole is crossthreaded and is causing a misfire due to the plug only seating half way in.

I got a 531 head I'll be swapping on so I suppose that's an upgrade over the 530.

I figured while I'm there I might aswell change out the A cam for something a little better so I bought an Ipd turbo cam

I've also been looking at the GFB electronic boost controller for awhile now, it seemed like a great little unit, it has integrated wideband features so you can setup lean cuts etc

so I bit the bullet and bought it.

installed it today and it's great. once the head is done and the car is back to running perfect I'll play with it some more and set it up properly using scramble modes etc

it was super simple to install it has 4 wires. power, negative, wideband signal and scramble switch.

The 531 head and cam will be done in the next few weeks then I would really like to start focusing on the 264 I still have soo much to do to it I have everything here for it it's just finding the time to get into it and I need to stop getting distracted buying shit for the wagon haha

anyways that's it for now ill update when I've done abit more stuff.

carnut222

Nice! I bought the black C pillar plastics new from GCP... probably a bit pricey now due to COVID shipping costs, but you'd be hard pressed to find those parts that aren't brittle. I tried to remove the blue ones from my 92 wagon parts car and they were brittle, as were the tan ones in our 93 wagon (I broke one doing the EV conversion and had to buy a new one).

pigdog

carnut222
Nice! I bought the black C pillar plastics new from GCP... probably a bit pricey now due to COVID shipping costs, but you'd be hard pressed to find those parts that aren't brittle. I tried to remove the blue ones from my 92 wagon parts car and they were brittle, as were the tan ones in our 93 wagon (I broke one doing the EV conversion and had to buy a new one).

yeah I've got the GCP ones bookmarked haha I think I'll eventually have to bite the bullet and buy them, I thought I struck gold a couple days ago, a mate is turning his wagon into a track car so is stripping everything from the interior, I remembered his interior was flawless so I asked for the rear plastics, he said no problem I'll come around and you can remove them.

he came around and I looked at his rear all confused, his is an 88 model I think and it doesn't have the pillar plastics it just has a little carpeted section that sits over the holes so that's annoying, I'm guessing earlier models didn't have them.

carnut222

pigdog
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/189599#Comment_189599
yeah I've got the GCP ones bookmarked haha I think I'll eventually have to bite the bullet and buy them, I thought I struck gold a couple days ago, a mate is turning his wagon into a track car so is stripping everything from the interior, I remembered his interior was flawless so I asked for the rear plastics, he said no problem I'll come around and you can remove them.
he came around and I looked at his rear all confused, his is an 88 model I think and it doesn't have the pillar plastics it just has a little carpeted section that sits over the holes so that's annoying, I'm guessing earlier models didn't have them.

Yep correct...the early cars didn't have the large cover...I think that came in 1986.

pigdog

carnut222
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/189600#Comment_189600
Yep correct...the early cars didn't have the large cover...I think that came in 1986.

Ah damn it, I thought I got lucky but it looks like I'm going to have to buy them new ?

pigdog

update time.

The 531 head and ipd turbo cam are on.

cars running fine again, I am chasing a few annoying issues.

ever since I've had the car it's had abit of a shitty idle and just run a little weird, when I put the turbo motor in the shitty idle followed , we have been over everything and never really figured it out. everything on the car is new so it didn't make alot of sense, we originally thought it was an ignition problem, we have changed power stages and all kinds of things but it's never improved.

I've showed a few people the car and what I'm talking about and they look at me like I'm crazy and there's nothing wrong haha

over the last couple months it seems to have gotten worse and since putting the 531 head on to me it feels worse again.

when it's cold it has a slight stumble when you first lightly touch the throttle and the idle feels rough, it's steady but rough.

a couple days ago I was thinking I wonder if it's the maf, I don't know if I've ever changed it from the original, I think I have but idk, anyways I got a mate to bring his car around so I can try his maf and it instantly felt alot better, idle seemed smoother and it didn't stumble when lightly pressing the throttle.

it doesn't throw codes or anything just feels off.

so I have 2 used mafs coming from another mate I'm hoping they sort the issue once and for all.

also noticed when I press the brakes it hisses down near the pedal and the car goes lean so I also have a booster coming to sort that issue haha

other then that the car feels good it definitely pulls harder with the ipd cam, previously you could feel the A cam drop off in high rpms where now it pulls hard to redline.

the car does feel more laggy though, not sure if that's just cause the A was great down low, now it seems to do nothing then do everything haha

taking off from idle foot flat it feels like nothing is happening then boost comes on and she starts pulling hard I'm not used to that lag it's always kinda just picked up and gone instantly... so either it's the cam.. or I've done something wrong somewhere along the line haha.

onto other exciting news!!

I've been playing around with the big bore B23, I've installed a H cam and mocked up the 940 100 amp alternator.

ramrod

You could have possibly installed the cam by one tooth out (retarded timing)

it’s happened to many

pigdog

ramrod
You could have possibly installed the cam by one tooth out (retarded timing)
it’s happened to many

all timing marks are spot on

ramrod

Put the A cam back in

re-test

pigdog

ramrod
Put the A cam back in
re-test

oh man I don't know if I'm that keen just yet haha

ramrod

Then ensure the timing and the marks are right, double check because you can easily get it wrong, or the belt might have slipped a tooth without you noticing

it’s either that or the new cam doesn’t have much low rpm torque

check the clearances too, that can affect the powerband

pigdog

ramrod
Then ensure the timing and the marks are right, double check because you can easily get it wrong, or the belt might have slipped a tooth without you noticing
it’s either that or the new cam doesn’t have much low rpm torque
check the clearances too, that can affect the powerband

I've triple Checked the timing marks I always do I'm super anal about it but I will check again now that it's out of the shed and being driven a few times.

the clerances are spot on I had the head shop do it while they had the head and then double checked it before Installing the head.

timbo
Do you have an adjustable cam gear?
Pretty sure you can experiment with advancing the cam gear to get some more low down power

I don't I've been meaning to get one and think I will soon been reading alot in turbobricks and alot of guys advance the ipd cam.

deNs
Other than the suggestions above, just thinking that perhaps since you've changed so much and you've still got the issue that perhaps that brake booster leak might be affecting things not just when you're pressing the brake pedal? Perhaps a failed one-way-valve that's attached to the booster could be failing and adding to the problem also? It's a cheap part to swap if you haven't done it recently and the booster on its own doesn't fix it.
I'm no mechanic so this could all be bull.. good luck though!

yep the first thing I'll be doing is sussing out the booster and one way valve and seeing how everything is with a diffrent maf as well some thing is off, I've tried showing a few people and they don't see it but I know the car so notice the slightest little thing haha

timbo

Do you have an adjustable cam gear?

Pretty sure you can experiment with advancing the cam gear to get some more low down power

deNs

Other than the suggestions above, just thinking that perhaps since you've changed so much and you've still got the issue that perhaps that brake booster leak might be affecting things not just when you're pressing the brake pedal? Perhaps a failed one-way-valve that's attached to the booster could be failing and adding to the problem also? It's a cheap part to swap if you haven't done it recently and the booster on its own doesn't fix it.

I'm no mechanic so this could all be bull.. good luck though!

pigdog

update time.

the 264 now has a new external fuel pump, we went with a vl turbo pump.

and stainless brake lines all round.

I've been playing around with the B23 big bore motor and found some interesting things.

I dropped the sump and had a squiz it's super clean inside, no movement and everything looks great.

upon further inspection its running a B20 style oil pump, it's a genuine Volvo pump and when I ran the numbers it's apparently out of a penta motor.

the block has been machined to take the larger feed tube and the pan has been modified to fit the larger oil pump.

This motor really is an interesting one and I can't wait to see what it does.

when it's in the car and running I'll take it for a few dyno runs so we can compare power and torque figures vs a stock B23.

I installed the kjet injector block off's and LH2.2 dizzy

later this week I'll finish up doing all the seals and gaskets and a new timing belt etc.

I need to get a B23 water pump I was going to use a near new B230 one I had but turns out they are diffrent.

I'm also going to get the M47 ready and order some bronze shifter bushes for it.

it feels alright but there is some slop in the shifter mainly where the shifter rod joins the box.

apparently there's a pin that wears down, I'm yet to find out where to get that pin if anyone has any ideas

deNs

Is this the one you're looking for? From looking at this page it appears the part number is 381528. Appears to be a pretty common part throughout RWD history so it might be possible to secure locally from a dealer (though I have no experience in that department)

Is the circlip that goes around the pin secure in its place, to hold it?

Edit: I guess since the box is out of the car you'd have looked at that already.

pigdog

awesome thankyou that looks correct.

I haven't looked too much at it yet just moved the shifter around to see how it felt and realized most the slop is at that joint.

I'll throw the box up on the bench this week and go right over it and figure out what I need.

I'm sure it would be fine and not to sloppy once in the car but figured while it's out its the best time to do all this crap

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