just something about these old 140 series volvos

shes a 72 145S with dual su's





been working on the rust and rebuilt the floor on the drivers side

Mmm... I love swedish box.


Actually, my friend Reuben has the identical car, but full euro spec... it's pretty great.

One day I'll own a p1800

aww yes the p1800
you aware its a p1800 that holds the world record for highest car milage?

I am!

kool cheers

always a joy to see another swedish project car!

-Cody

this time of the year, classic Vulva's are in demand... as demolition derby cars.
sorry, guys... Volvos get no love up here.

Samurai

Posted by Samurai this time of the year, classic Vulva's are in demand... as demolition derby cars. sorry, guys... Volvos get no love up here. Samurai

hey hey, give cred where cred is due! Our shitbox volvos are the only reason that fuel injected cars are availible to general masses. Hopefully ford sells volvo back to sweden or something....

Euro cars > domestics (with a few slight exceptions...)

And yes I do know that it originally was chevy's idea...

actually, it was a german that came up with fuel injection... GM just made it work on a mass-produced family V8.

I've worked on them all, sold parts for them all, and I'll tell you point blank... you can keep your fucking Volvos. I know Saab is owned by GM now, but the older Saabs... what a pain in the ass getting parts for them! And what was with putting the engine in backwards?


Nope, you can keep your weirdo euro cars...

Samurai

Posted by Samurai actually, it was a german that came up with fuel injection... GM just made it work on a mass-produced family V8. I've worked on them all, sold parts for them all, and I'll tell you point blank... you can keep your fucking Volvos. I know Saab is owned by GM now, but the older Saabs... what a pain in the ass getting parts for them! And what was with putting the engine in backwards? Nope, you can keep your weirdo euro cars... Samurai

Personally, I'm pretty bitter about Saab getting tanked.... Although the engine thing wasn't exactly that practical either... But hey, it was better than the cheapo rebadged ecotecs....

Honestly, while I am partial to my volvos, I wouldn't bat an eye if my '81 or my '79 magically dropped off of a cliff one day.... the '79 is just shy of 300K on the original engine, no rebuild...

the '96, well it's an auto and while I've considering giving it some dignity by swapping in a manual, it's just not worth the $$ at the moment...

Anyways, BMW M3 here I come! (ETA: next year)

im a VAG kinda guy

volvo loved to over engineer the shit outa their gear hence they were called tanks

Im so scared of welding. I have a Z and i need to replace the drivers floor.

I'm an Ecotec owner and I absolutely love that engine. It is a VAST improvement over the 2.3L Quad 4 and 2.4L Twin Cams of yore.

As for mileage, hehehe, my friend Ray gave his ex-wife the Cavalier when they split up. It was a 93 Cavalier RS coupe with the 3.1LV6/5gear... 359,000 miles on the engine... My friend Victor has a 92 Lumina Euro 3.1L coupe with 279,000 miles on the engine. Me, personally, my last Cavalier (98 2.2L OHV/SFI) went 217,000 uner my command and was driven another 2 years by a nutty girl from Fair Haven VT... at 277,000, she drove it under a Dodge Ram.

Saabs and Volvos are big in Vermont, but that's the land of the transplanted New England re-badged yuppie... over here in Bulgaria of the north, you don't see them that often.

Oh, and Nismo, one of these days we'll meet up at Napierville and you can show me just how mean your GTi can be... just don't be surprised when the SS puts the smack down. (I've been dying to say that to someone all morning!)

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Posted by big dave Im so scared of welding. I have a Z and i need to replace the drivers floor.

get some sheet metal and pic up a wire welder and get a book on welding and practice...

Posted by Samurai I'm an Ecotec owner and I absolutely love that engine. It is a VAST improvement over the 2.3L Quad 4 and 2.4L Twin Cams of yore. As for mileage, hehehe, my friend Ray gave his ex-wife the Cavalier when they split up. It was a 93 Cavalier RS coupe with the 3.1LV6/5gear... 359,000 miles on the engine... My friend Victor has a 92 Lumina Euro 3.1L coupe with 279,000 miles on the engine. Me, personally, my last Cavalier (98 2.2L OHV/SFI) went 217,000 uner my command and was driven another 2 years by a nutty girl from Fair Haven VT... at 277,000, she drove it under a Dodge Ram. Saabs and Volvos are big in Vermont, but that's the land of the transplanted New England re-badged yuppie... over here in Bulgaria of the north, you don't see them that often. Oh, and Nismo, one of these days we'll meet up at Napierville and you can show me just how mean your GTi can be... just don't be surprised when the SS puts the smack down. (I've been dying to say that to someone all morning!) click to view

samurai, those old J- Bodies like you say are a great car!

wait till i put in my 1.8 225 swap with a unitronic chip and injectors, ill be running 280 to the crank

Posted by Nismo wait till i put in my 1.8 225 swap with a unitronic chip and injectors, ill be running 280 to the crank

promises promises...
























...waiting....
















...still waiting....







Samurai

lol give me the 4grand for the swap

sure, right after I spend the $$$ for my own shit.

To take a quote from "Mad Max":
Speed is just a question of money... How fast do you want to go?

Samurai