the poi
Has been
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2003
- Location
- Pasadena, CA
1995 Volvo 960R
Project: 1995 960 Wagon
Goal: Legit daily driver
More specific goals: Good motor, good suspension, good brakes, good interior, kinda ridiculous bodywork (sorry!)
At the moment:
96 B6304, 2OS, tight squish, decked to 11.5 CR
Ported/polished head
3" exhaust post cat, 1 Dynomax Turbo muffler and 1 Ultraflo
AW30-40LE with locked out accumulators
Homemade Paddle Shifters w/ BASIC Stamp microcontroller
B&M cooled
Seam-welded engine bay
Koni adjustable front coilovers, 450lb Eibach barrel springs, Kaplhenke upper mounts
Fabricated 50mm drop spindles, increased steering ratio
ipd HD endlinks
QA1 rear coilovers with machined spacers to clear framerail, 450lb springs with helpers
BBS LMs: F- 255 AD08s on 19x8.5 R- 295 AD08s on 19x10
14"/355mm STS-V/CTS-V 4-piston brakes on all 4 corners
Wilwood proportioning valve for the rears
Battery in the boot
850R bumper, 740se side skirts, flared fenders
Side markers, clear corners
Valeo HID projectors, giant muffin cup bezels
LED lighting
Charcoal grey Ozite carpet, black unisuede door inserts
LED interior lighting
Autometer Cobalt oil pressure, Orange TPMS
Sparco R505 driver's seat, Momo GTR2 wheel with spacer
Schroth Rallye4 belt
Pioneer Pioneer FH-P8000BT head unit, HD radio tuner
Infinity Kappa 6.5" Components in rear doors and dash
Infinity Kappa 6.5" Two ways in rear doors
Elemental Designs Nine.4 amp
Why?
I posted this, like, 4 years ago. My first thread on this board I think: Heh, a V8! At this point, I had a 97 850glt. Over the next couple years, my brother flung that into a pole, I got an 87 760t, flung that into a tree, bought a 760t wagon, riced it the hell out, and then blew up the trans. So a bought a 95 960, cause hey, that makes sense right?Motor:
The condensed version: I was driving the car around for awhile with the stock motor. I built the parts needed to turbocharge it. It blew the HG on the shakedown run because of a preexisting cracked cylinder liner. So I bought a T6 motor. I built that up, did some minor surgery on the car, and put the turbo parts on the T6 block, and put that in the car. All was right with the world. I never drove the car as much as it deserved though, because it was totally not steet-legal, and a cop could pretty easily ruin my day. I never knew the probability of this scenario, but it was enough that I just couldn't drive the car without worrying. So I bought a 1964 122S. The big turbo motor goes in the old timey car, unrestrained by smog laws, and the wagon gets something else. I'll be putting a E-Rod LS3 in it. Overdone, but it'll be neatly engineered and dependable/fast.
The long version:
References: manifold design,manifold construction, more manifold, big pimpin', the bumpercooler makes an appearance, finishing up...the first time, THE T6 MOTOR THREAD
Flappy paddle gearbox!
This thing is fun, but its time is ending. Originally I did this because I would need to when I Megasquirted the car, but it's going away when the V8 and the T56 goes in. For the record: I made a really simple Basic STAMP-based controller to control the solenoids on the transmission, controlled by two paddles mounted to the steering column. The transmission has an external cooler, and the accumulators are shimmed out to make shifting as fast as possible. It looks pretty janky now, in hindsight.
References: paddle shifter main thread, also trans cooler, accumulator shimming
Oh dear! Jelly suspension!
Up front, 850 Koni's modified for coilovers from Coleman. 60mm drop spindles with faster steering ratio. Delrin and spherical bearings in the control arms. Kaplhenke upper strut mounts. Engine bay is seam welded. Upper engine mount does some strut bar duties. Had to make a swaybar endlink adapter up front so I could use a long endlink to connect to the 850 struts. Rear has some QA1 coilovers, combined with the "Nivomat" rear transverse spring. 450lb springs all around (wheel rate: front 450, rear 400).
Brakes are off a STS-V. Brembo 4 pots, 14" rotors. Wilwood prop valve for the rears.
References: rear coilovers, front coilovers, giant cts-v brakes , drop spindles , more front suspension
Lipstick on a pig
HID headlights. They're Audi S4 assemblies. I mounted them all nice and tidy and painstakingly polished the flutes out of my headlight lenses. They're awesome.
On the inside: charcoal Ozite carpet, black Unisuede door inserts, Sparco R505 driver seat, Momo GTR2 wheel, Schroth Rallye4 belts. All the cabin lighting is now ultra bright white LEDs, and gauges and the like are blue LEDs. I did these a long time ago, before SMD LEDs became commonplace. I'll be replacing everything again in the future. Also on the list, but near the bottom--another R505 and matching material to recover all the seats.
Old stereo stuff. Speakers in the doors are fine, but need some digital amps and a subwoofer.
References: HIDeez, unisuede door inserts , widebody
There's like 8 years of pictures here if you're interested!
UPDATE: 12/30/2013
Got the thing buttoned up, back on the road, in 2013 (barely!). Gotta tie up a few loose ends, and I'll start driving it again, until I get around to the V8...
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