NoCoast Grant Hughes Professional Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Thanks for that, I couldn't remember the weasels name and i wanted to warn him. I've seen some horror stories about the guy.... I read he has deceptive Craigslist ads under "private" seller.. Any phone numbers for the guy so Paul can have some ammo? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
mekilljoydammit Senior Moderator Join Date: 09/22/2010 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 336 Rally Car: No rally car yet |
Not to be a kook, but isn't the Duratec 2L legal for Volvos? Nice cheap forged crank from Mazda, RWD oriented intake manifold from Mazda, probably better cam availability than the 16V Volvos, 6 speed with 5 decent ratios from Mazda...
... maybe I'm just being an agitator now, heh heh. |
slidewayswrx Patrick Darrow Godlike Moderator Location: Portland OR Join Date: 12/30/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 379 Rally Car: Swedish John Deere |
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Pete Pete Remner Professional Moderator Location: Cleveland, Ohio Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 2,022 |
I don't see how. It wasn't ever used in a Volvo-badged vehicle. The FoMoCo-umbrella based Volvos all had Volvo engines. (whiteblock 5-cylinders, maaybe some sixes if you count the S80 as FoMoCo). Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Yeah, maybe but at Noob-u-lar level there's no advantage of dumping the thing that's in the car---especially when it CAN be upgraded and no need to get this from dat and dis from zat and pay the price for a 6 speed box.. And then a buncha fab to mount it, management system to make/install/tune... The Duratec/Maz-dog head is a gem....and will flow for lotta go...but management, install and tune.. That is the road to perdition.. Mill the fuck outta a stock head, make sure you have springs that have some seat pressure, a cam like this:
That's good enough for a noob...its better than most in the class. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
There were Vocuses* with 4s but they were short versions of the 5s....Volvo (via Wolfsburg) The Volvos that are skinned over Fuckuses Not to be confused with Suckuses--the Sub-a-rat that looks like a Fuckus John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
mekilljoydammit Senior Moderator Join Date: 09/22/2010 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 336 Rally Car: No rally car yet |
C30, S40 and some other crap supposedly had the 2L Duratec, at least in some body trims in Europe or something maybe. As John says, Vocuses, but hey, good enough to probably convince people it's legal in a class that I doubt tech inspectors care that much about!
Yeah, I know it's overkill for most purposes, I just get to thinking about some of this crap. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Don't think so...I import and haven't seen any Duratec stuff in any parts lists in Sweden or Germany and the catalogs list variants with a S or a D or a NL when its for those nmarkets.. Truth is it doesn't matter: why would somebody buy a Fail Wheel drive 'spensive Vockus when there are 8 million Fuckuses around for a fraction of the price? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
mekilljoydammit Senior Moderator Join Date: 09/22/2010 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 336 Rally Car: No rally car yet |
Doesn't RA care about the engine being the same make as the body? UK (and maybe other places, dunno) C30 (and possibly others but I'm too lazy to google and finding one makes my point) has as a 2L option what Volvo calls a B4204S3 which just happens to be a Duratec 2L. So hey, the Duratec is a production Volvo engine and thus totally kosher to cram into any other (for example, RWD) Volvo, right?
Or something, whatever. I figure this is at least slightly more on topic than posting pictures of vans. |
Paul Buck Paul Buck Junior Moderator Location: Portland, OR Join Date: 03/23/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 156 Rally Car: Volvo 242 in progress |
thanks for the heads up on riches volvo. i actually tried to stop by today, but there was nowhere to park in that godforsaken clusterfumble of a lot. so i went back to work. now i know, and knowing is half the blah blah blah. i will avoid.
just gonna get whatever manual that comes along that works. b23, b230, whatever. |
Paul Buck Paul Buck Junior Moderator Location: Portland, OR Join Date: 03/23/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 156 Rally Car: Volvo 242 in progress |
they're cool vans though. my support vehicle is an 86 chevy scottsdale dualcab diesel. would rather have one of the vans. and grant... i can't afford your car man!!!! eleven (almost 12) year old boys eat more food than can be imagined. on top of that he keeps snaking all my death metal cds and i have to buy him his own to get mine back. kids. |
Andrew_Frick Andrew Frick Godlike Moderator Location: Greenville, SC Join Date: 05/18/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 684 Rally Car: Rally Spec Ford Focus |
Or run to NASA rules where there is no restriction on the engine manufacturer. |
fliz Chad Eixenberger Super Moderator Location: Grafton, WI Join Date: 02/01/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 484 Rally Car: 1988 VW Golf #687 |
Or just run RA Regional. RA national is the only remaining location for the rule on the badge stamped on your engine block.
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slidewayswrx Patrick Darrow Godlike Moderator Location: Portland OR Join Date: 12/30/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 379 Rally Car: Swedish John Deere |
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