Hadrien*
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- Joined
- Nov 12, 2018
- Location
- Paris, France
Hello all,
I am Hadrien 27 years old and living in Paris, France. Owner of a red 855R that was on a petrolicious movie, i really love Volvo's and wanted to present my new project here.
So just bought this 244 2.3 with an M47 box.
It was a one owner car, until someone decided to make it go fast but never really finished it.
Engine has been entirely done, 12to1 comp, polished head, lighten flywheel, a pair of DCOE 45 carbs but then the project was left aside and the chassis never prepared.
My goal is to prepare the car in order to have a nice canyon carver for where my parents live in the Alps.
I already have a few questions after having spent a lot of hours of reading on the forum already.
My goal is to upgrade the chassis at a reasonable cost.
- Bilstein B6 or BC Racing coilovers ? I wanna put 16inch wheels and maybe lower the car a bit and from what i know you can't put lowering springs on the B6 but they seems like much better products than the BC and easier to install maybe...
- The car has 250.000km, i guess i need to change all the bushings. How hard of a job is that ?
I saw IPD is doing a full polykit i think i have no choice, it would be horrible to put good new sports shocks and not redo the bushing.
- IPD sway bars, from everywhere i read it seems really worth it. Does it still is when switching to B6 ?
- Panhard bar and rear torque rods, i have kinda understood the use of those. Are they really mandatary in order to have a nicely set up car ?
- Brakes i have ordered ss braided lines, will put good ferrodo pads and some rbf600 dot4.
- Steering quickner, i saw Kaplhenke is doing some quick steer roll, is it worth it ? i have a power steering rack but i would do with a faster steering for sure.
- Kaplhenke rear axle spherical bearing ? I have done a similar mod to my nsx on the rear and it literally changed the whole car for the better, is this mod popular on 240's ?
Thanks a lot to everybody for the future help !
Here is a few pics when i got it
I am Hadrien 27 years old and living in Paris, France. Owner of a red 855R that was on a petrolicious movie, i really love Volvo's and wanted to present my new project here.
So just bought this 244 2.3 with an M47 box.
It was a one owner car, until someone decided to make it go fast but never really finished it.
Engine has been entirely done, 12to1 comp, polished head, lighten flywheel, a pair of DCOE 45 carbs but then the project was left aside and the chassis never prepared.
My goal is to prepare the car in order to have a nice canyon carver for where my parents live in the Alps.
I already have a few questions after having spent a lot of hours of reading on the forum already.
My goal is to upgrade the chassis at a reasonable cost.
- Bilstein B6 or BC Racing coilovers ? I wanna put 16inch wheels and maybe lower the car a bit and from what i know you can't put lowering springs on the B6 but they seems like much better products than the BC and easier to install maybe...
- The car has 250.000km, i guess i need to change all the bushings. How hard of a job is that ?
I saw IPD is doing a full polykit i think i have no choice, it would be horrible to put good new sports shocks and not redo the bushing.
- IPD sway bars, from everywhere i read it seems really worth it. Does it still is when switching to B6 ?
- Panhard bar and rear torque rods, i have kinda understood the use of those. Are they really mandatary in order to have a nicely set up car ?
- Brakes i have ordered ss braided lines, will put good ferrodo pads and some rbf600 dot4.
- Steering quickner, i saw Kaplhenke is doing some quick steer roll, is it worth it ? i have a power steering rack but i would do with a faster steering for sure.
- Kaplhenke rear axle spherical bearing ? I have done a similar mod to my nsx on the rear and it literally changed the whole car for the better, is this mod popular on 240's ?
Thanks a lot to everybody for the future help !
Here is a few pics when i got it