83 Volvo 244ti stage build

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Mad Matt F
I implore you to not paint it! Love the scheme as is.

Front fenders black..



Class.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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We had a joke about that yesterday



I might rock it this way for a little bit, probably for the Prarie City Rallysprint at the end of next month that I am hoping to make - but eventually I would like to throw it in the booth and paint the whole thing in the same white as the rest of the tub. I already have the paint booth offered to me, and my sponsor [bought me the seats and other safety equipment] is used to me running nice looking cars so I will doll it up eventually for his & her sake.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2017 01:58PM by pat244ti.

Oh hey it's been a minute

First off, screw photobucket - I'll update the picture eventually over to imgur

The car is running and [almost] driving. Just need tires and a steering wheel welded on.

I put the teeth gnashing, 80 hp/110 tq D24 diesel six cylinder from a 245 Diesel I bought [sold it to a friend for an LS swap] in it, mated to an M46 with a 4.11 1030 in the back.

That engine will go back out once I go through inspections, and in goes the real engine

Last week I swapped out the axles and hubs for redrilled 5x114 stuff [with ARP studs pressed and welded in place]



The wheels are Method MR502'S, 15X7, et15, 67mm hub bore. Aside from the hub bore being 2mm too big they are PERFECT for a 240. Super convenient to have a reasonably priced [$160/wheel] readily available wheel option



Brake system is 100% plumbed now too

So this happened last weekend



Customer project leaving the garage next week - this goes in to get finished for Olympus if all goes as planned

Sweet!

And it looks like it's still sporting it's cool livery !

(Did i just use the term livery? Somebody smack me!)

Looks good and nearly ready for some fun! Tempting to go the 5x114 route. The standard alloy volvo rims are not the most robust things. Well atleast the 5 spoke virgos. Hopefully what I got now is better but I am not going to hold my breath.

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pat244ti
Oh hey it's been a minute

First off, screw photobucket - I'll update the picture eventually over to imgur

The car is running and [almost] driving. Just need tires and a steering wheel welded on.

I put the teeth gnashing, 80 hp/110 tq D24 diesel six cylinder from a 245 Diesel I bought [sold it to a friend for an LS swap] in it, mated to an M46 with a 4.11 1030 in the back.

That engine will go back out once I go through inspections, and in goes the real engine

Last week I swapped out the axles and hubs for redrilled 5x114 stuff [with ARP studs pressed and welded in place]



The wheels are Method MR502'S, 15X7, et15, 67mm hub bore. Aside from the hub bore being 2mm too big they are PERFECT for a 240. Super convenient to have a reasonably priced [$160/wheel] readily available wheel option



Brake system is 100% plumbed now too

eta on gravel?

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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.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2018 03:42AM by john vanlandingham.

looking good!

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I would rather drive a slow car fast as a fast car slow!
first rule of cars: get what makes you happy, your the one paying for it!

Meant to ask did you end up redrilling rotors or finding something else to fit with the re drilled hubs and axles?

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john vanlandingham
eta on gravel?

Olympus!

But I am trying to have it done by early April to do some gravel testing with around here and to put some street miles on the drivetrain to work out any issues.

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Eric Ewert
Meant to ask did you end up redrilling rotors or finding something else to fit with the re drilled hubs and axles?

I would like to maybe do some research and find out if there is anything that might work that I don't have to redrill but I think the long term goal is two piece rotors with 5x114 hats and Alcon calipers. For now I have a few sets of stock redrilled rotors.