my volvo 360

[crazydan]

heres some pics of her








a nice volvo 360 gls 72,000 1 owner from new full volvo service history

what u need to know about it
2.0
rwd
incredible steering lock ford a standard car

so this is my nice little run about.. which is staying standard......

yeah that was never gonna happen

so 1st off so lowered 2" (51mm to u and me)
thicker oil in front shocks (makes them stiffer)
land rover defender shock fitted to rear
13x7.5(et.2) on the front and 13x7(et8) on the rear painted in red
nice cherry bomb exhaust

thats it for now

some pics of the parts










(spot the mistake?)

much better

(nice little mk1 escort )







so thats how she sits just now not to crazy for something i own....but then i got a week off work .....

1 volvo manifold


1 set of cbr900 fireblade bike carbs (i had luying about as you do )


then testing alignment


good fit!

sooo cut the bit i dont need off


left with this!


then shaped to 4 individual pipes


...then ported either end



i manged to get 3mm of diameter extra! cant complain!

soo cleaned it all up


test fit to carbs again


some silicone pipe
and we have a half assembled carb set up




ohh and something else that turned up today

hydraulic hand brake

but thats it for now

this cars getting done on a budget its just something fun for a run about whilst i put my 2.3 turbo (around 400bhp) into my focus

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate.
Car is looking great.
How quick will it be on those carbs?
Cheers Mark.

[Speedy88]

Nice car! Nice scort too, but this is my favourite:



mmm, donuts.

[crazydan]

i dont honestly know just want a little more power

also looking at getting a 2,3 8v out of a 240 soon i know of one so gonna ask about it

[crazydan]

unfortunally the escort isnt mine

[Speedy88]

The 2.3 8v only gives you about 10hp more, it's not really worth it really

I'd save up and do the 2.3 Turbo swap

[crazydan]

true but the bigger displacment will be better for the bike carbs aswell so i imagen the 2.3 on bike carbs will be around 120-130bhp which is all i really want as this is just a run about/something to have some fun with

[Speedy88]

Yeah I'm considering it myself but not sure if it fits in the budget. If a breaker came up locally maybe I could justify it

I had an engine swapped 340 before which was great but cursed with electrical gremlins (sensors) that I never got to the bottom of. So I'm a little against injection engines right now

[crazydan]

well so far my carb conversion has cost me ...£2.14 and that was for 2 1.7mm drill bits :L
inlet got for free
carbs got for fitting discs and pads to my mates car so going great so far
yeah i know the feeling i converted my focus from a 1.8 to a 2.0 on itb's and a bunch of other stuff around 180-190 bhp fantastic to drive loads of power even up at 7,800 didnt run out of puff :L
but that was a nice thing to wire up only a few sensors and extras like launch control and flat to floor shifting but im gonna stick with the carbs on the volvo for simple sakes after all its just a run about

[SteveP]

Coming along nicely! Was this the GLS from carandclassic? Looked pretty tidy but I couldn't work out if it was just the light or whether the drivers wing was a different shade!?

A 2.3 swap is an 'easy' upgrade for a carbed 360, surprised more people don't do it!

[crazydan]

yes it was that one i though that aswell i think it might be a difrent shade in some lights it is alittle lighter but in some others is not but its a genuine volvo pannel so i dont know really whats gone on but it has never really bothered me

[SteveP]

Looks tidy enough anyway!

[crazydan]

thanks mate yeah shes not to bad wee bubble under the windrscreen but getting that sorted in the next few weeks

[volvosneverdie]

Nice.

[L14MNP]

Cool. Love the carbs mate. Should sound great! Reminds me of what mine looked like (same colour and model).

Liam.