Has anyone seen retro cars mag this month???

Post by **Chesh740R** » 14 Jul 2006 05:52 pm

Well done lad.

So that must mean, my newsagents have a new magazine for me to read.

Post by **1stRaven** » 15 Jul 2006 08:52 am

nice work Adam!

Post by **foggyjames** » 30 Jul 2006 01:30 am

Bump! Outstanding work that man

All credit to Retro Rides for noticing that Volvos are becoming a hit on the retro scene - first Chesh's car, now this!

But...funny how you couldn't pull away from Nessy with that 90-100 estimated bhp

cheers

James

Post by **340GLT** » 02 Aug 2006 08:19 am

Who says i was trying foggy!!!!

Adam

Post by **SteveP** » 02 Aug 2006 09:11 am

340GLT wrote:Who says i was trying foggy!!!!
Adam

The altitude... I can hardly breathe up here... (See Streetracing Chronicles 3)

Post by **5lab** » 02 Aug 2006 10:18 am

sorry steve, wasnt your 360 slower than mine??

Post by **SteveP** » 02 Aug 2006 10:48 am

Pretty much the same actually - the more worrying thing is that Nessy was pretty much staying on my back bumper

Post by **foggyjames** » 02 Aug 2006 06:27 pm

Just joshing Adam

SteveP wrote:the more worrying thing is that Nessy was pretty much staying on my back bumper

Pwned!

Hugh's seemed faster, but that's because there was a certified nutcase behind the wheel

cheers

James

Post by **Chris_C** » 02 Aug 2006 08:30 pm

Don't forgot how close Kar kept up with your black GLT at MK Steve

Next time we meet up, lets try Fake against the saloon, I want to see how far off it is.

Post by **SteveP** » 02 Aug 2006 08:55 pm

It wont be far off atall, the saloon is slower than it should be at the moment.... I think it's only really once you're into third that the 360's start to show their performance differences.

Post by **foggyjames** » 03 Aug 2006 12:36 am

SteveP wrote:I think it's only really once you're into third that the 360's start to show their performance differences.

Exactly...weight is a massive factor in the lower gears, whereas power vs aerodynamics becomes dominant as speed rises. I can pwn Rupert off the line (in the 360), but above the legal limit he's probably got me beaten (at the moment).

The 340 is pretty fast at low speeds (and tractable...a combo which makes it hard to beat off the line, much like a carb 360, while an injection one seems a bit more RPM-laggy), but its rate of progress slows down massively as you speed up, and is reluctant to accellerate much at all above 80mph, unless it feels like it (read: down a hill with the wind behind it).

cheers

James

Post by **SteveP** » 03 Aug 2006 09:35 am

I am really quite concerned about the performance of the injection 360s - something has never seemed quite right in both of mine - fine above 3k rpm, but lacking in torque at anything below that it seems to me.

Post by **jtbo** » 03 Aug 2006 03:38 pm

Sounds like there is no A-cam, but something wilder if it starts to go after 3000rpm, with stock injection for example K-cam causes quite low low end torque.

Post by **SteveP** » 03 Aug 2006 03:56 pm

The car is completely standard, although I failed to mention that it pulls strongly in the right gear at most rpm's, it only feels sluggish when under load. I do have a blowing exhaust, but its not *that* bad.

Post by **Chris_C** » 03 Aug 2006 04:52 pm

LE-jet... I reckon. Someone gave the task of designing it to a mech/aero engineering dude, and there grasp of analogue electronics is about the same as the average art student...

It's all down to LE jet. If nothing else, as it's not lambda corrected, when the engien starts wearing e.g. injector flow rates change, and start to overfuel etc, it's can't recalibrate itself. I bet a fully rebuilt engine, with new absolutly everything, on stock LE jet, would be fine, just standard Volvo detuned.