Funkee
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Thanks. Where in Belgium are you?
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Thanks. Where in Belgium are you?
I live in Kontich, close to Antwerp
Hey Funkee!
Love the project, I did the same swap into a Bertone' except I bought the engine from Capt Bondo (he was a regular on here back in the day) and it came with custom made RWD mounts.
He ditched the tiny twins and went HX35 just like you were considering. If you are looking for a "quick" car I'd stay twins as it takes a bit to get the Holset up to speed. I have actually complained to some friends about how laggy the Holset is and currently it's off the car and will be getting an upgraded impeller before going back on.
I also stretched the rear fenders a bit to fit 265/35R18s, I know I have a few pics of the process that I can dig out if need be, but it's fairly straight forward. We took a cut across the trunk floor and up and over the wheel arch. I think we took it the cut around to about the two o'clock position maybe even a little further (thinking of the right wheel well) and that may have been over kill but worked for us. We then put a port-a-power (not sure what you call it over there, it's a small hydraulic ram that has the jack connected by a hose) We placed the jack at about the 12 o'clock position and started to push against the fender lip and the body. We used the mounting tab as a data point and kept jacking until a 27mm socket slipped in there (~1.5" gap) and then used some perforated Aluminum and sheet metal screws to hold the gap open until we could weld in some steel. I wasn't able to weld the whole thing shut so some if was sealed up with fiberglass and then the whole thing was shot with undercoating and it's hard to tell it's not factory.
My favorite trick was how I got the gas door to stay shut properly...I tried tweaking the door to get it fit the body but there was still a gap at the top, so I grabbed a super magnet from my tool box and stuck it in the top left corner....TA-DA!
Good luck on your build and hope this helped a little! I'm hit or miss on here, if you like shoot me PM with your email and I will be happy to answer any questions that I can.
My brother is doing a similar swap in his 83 242 so this will be interesting to see them side by side.
https://imgur.com/a/wpQXZ
So posting images is giving me fits and I need to get back to work, here is a link to imgur that shows the finished product.
I know I have a few pics of the process but I didn't upload them to botophucket it seems...let me charge my old phones and see if I can find them. I do remember specifically saying "wish i had taken more pics, after I shot it with undercoating you can barely tell anything happened..."
Not that I'm the first but it seems everybody is putting in tee sixes in at the moment
Hey is there a Netherlands tbricks type meet ever? I'm going to be there in April next year and would like to see some of these cars (though, i guess most projects won't be on the road in the coming years lol). I'll be in neiw loosdrecht? I think thats the name
Hey is there a Netherlands tbricks type meet ever? I'm going to be there in April next year and would like to see some of these cars (though, i guess most projects won't be on the road in the coming years lol). I'll be in neiw loosdrecht? I think thats the name
8 april there is the "elandrun" in holland.
http://www.volvo-elandrun.nl/
this year was fun, i definitely go next year again!
Volvo's arecool, but if you are in NL dont miss Kingsday... national party @ 27th of april.Crap I'm just going to miss it. We arrive on the 19th of April. Wedding in Cologne Germany the 21st. Then fly back may 2nd with a. Couple days in Iceland.
I randomly saw a Facebook post about an old Volvo museum/collection in nieu loosdrecht. So I will atleast tgo and see that!