I have a couple of mates up here who are Volvo mad. One of them raced a 144 coupe in short course touring cars (dirt track) with some success. Problem was, most of the safety aspects had to be removed to reduce weight, so at the end of the day they were the same as any other lightened shell reliant on the cage to provide stiffness and safety. He fitted 55mm Webers he imported from US and went nuts with cam profiles, it was a screamer but had no torque out of corners so commitment was huge, usually resulting in a bit of lumberjack work... Kept tearing the external crossover off the brakes too and would not be convinced to convert them to internal - nah not Volvo he would say. I once told him to fit 4 spot Sumitomos off a Datto and he took out a restraining order on me. Ah well...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Morton Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2005 8:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: <Unknown Subject> OT Oh come on be nice Errol :) I was all set to buy a 1600 but had dinner with the boys and they talked me out of it... Buy a Stanza or a 180b they said... Went and looked at a few in the 6-8k range. Got offered the Volvo for $2500 + the spare engines + parts car. Seats/harnesses/intercom/meter... Dude needed the money cos his missus was on his back :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Errol Smith Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2005 6:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: <Unknown Subject> OT Ah, the mediocrity of late middle age in one so young :-) And being able to ustify it as well. The dark side has him and it is terminal. Cheers Feral Errol www.datrats.com.au -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: <Unknown Subject> OT > My next project will most likely be a volvo tho, you only get one > life! > If the girl from the Hyundai only bought a old toyota or volvo instead > of a new hyundai she'd be alive. Why do you guys think I bought the Volvo rally car instead of a datto... 1. They are strong as hell 2. Complete cars are in good nick and worth almost nothing (a complete manual 164 sold on ebay for $7.50 not long ago - if it had been running I would have flown over and drove it back) 3. They come with Volvo brakes as standard :) 4. You don't break driveline components in a Volvo, or engines it seems if you are careful not to over-rev them 5. I wouldn't have gotten a good 1600 shell for what I paid for a complete almost ready to go car + spare car + 3 spare engines Emotionally I wanted a Datto - but I am not racing anybody and no doubt this Volvo will be slower but I know I will have less trouble if I bend this, and I think mechanically I am less likely to! Brad --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [email protected] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
