360 GLT wanted

Post by **chris-P** » 13 Jul 2005 02:57 pm

Hi all, does anyone know of any 360 GLT's for sale?

Id prefer a late one with fuel injection. It would have to be bog standard and be MOTd.

Any ideas? There is one on ebay at the mo, but i think the seller is going to end early.

P.S im based in sunderland + ill travel up to 150 miles for a good un.

Thanks every1.

Chris

Post by **SteveP** » 13 Jul 2005 04:22 pm

Hi and welcome to V3M!

Talking to Pete, a member, here the other day and there is apparently an ocean blue metallic 360GLT saloon for sale in Northumberland, I'll let him confirm this and if possible with further details!

There are a few for sale at the moment, but all tend to be down south at the moment. Nice silver 60k GLT saloon for sale in Somerset too!

Steve

Post by **5lab** » 13 Jul 2005 05:25 pm

theres a nice one on autotrader too

Post by **chris-P** » 13 Jul 2005 07:51 pm

Hi guys, thanks for the replies, its gonna have to be a hatch (2 dogs)!

Ive spoken to the guy thats selling the one off ebay, and i might try and view it on fri/sat, it does look quite good, fsh and mot and bog standard,

being new to these cars, is there anything major to look out for? and where are the vin plates?
Also, i take it they can run on unleaded?

Post by **SteveP** » 13 Jul 2005 08:03 pm

Of the things to look for rust is the most important thing, they can rust on the rear arches, door bottoms, rear top sills of the doors, sunroof panel, sills, front valance. Mechanically 360s are very tough, and that one on ebay with around 70k if I remember rightly should be good for nearly three times that.

Things to look out for.. hmm well not alot apart from rust! Sticky electric windows, sunroof trouble in opening/closing, collapsed parcel shelves, front suspension components worn from the heavy engine, but thats general wear and tear really. Most suspensions are fairly soggy by now.

The car on ebay looks a very nice example and well maintained, if it has no other rust than what is mentioned would be a good buy... just do some de-rusting asap!

Ebay car will run fine on unleaded... I think any car after 1986ish will... though others can be more accurate and confirm this.

Post by **chris-P** » 13 Jul 2005 08:48 pm

Ok, so not a lot mecanically? heads/headgaskets strong?

How do you find the performance and mpg?

Post by **SteveP** » 13 Jul 2005 09:05 pm

I'd say in general head gaskets are a relatively unlikely failure on B200 engines from what I gather, certainly not heard of many cases of a car blowing a head gasket.

Performance is good, 0-60 in around 10 seconds for the GLT... with a flat torque curve and plenty of low down torque. They also have impressive traction for launching, I've certainly upset/suprised/shocked some Golf GTi and Saxo VTR drivers, mainly due to the suprise - they don't expect a Volvo to try it on, by the time they've realised its too late

Fuel Economy... hmmm... a sore point. I don't check in town, I've squeezed 35mpg out of it over 200 miles with no acceleration and 65mph for two hours on the motorway. You'd be looking at 30mpg on the same journey driven normally. 20's in town

Have you considered the GLE model? It's not quite as quick, but not far off atall - plus they can be extremely economical on long journeys - 40-45mpg+, a GLT wouldn't get near that! Same equipment on the later cars, only thing missing is things like alloys (not nice anyway) and spoilers. In hindsight I now prefer the lighter GLE interior to the GLT, it feels more airy.

Hope this has helped!

Post by **chris-P** » 13 Jul 2005 09:22 pm

So sprint wise, will they keep up with a vtr?
so roughly how many mile do you get from a GLTi from a tenner?
i usually try and work things out that way.....
I think im quite keen on a GLT just for that extra bit of power...
I had a 440 2.0i a while back, is it the same engine? It was booked at about 10.2 to 60, and i thought that went ok..

Post by **bodejodel** » 13 Jul 2005 09:55 pm

The 440's all have french engines...
In the 360's the engine is a genuine VOLVO one and it is virtually indestructable and more powerfull, a bit more thirsty aswell...
The GLT is just as fast as any other post 1987 360 with injection engine... The pre 1987 non GLT ones have a bit higher gearing so they sprint just a tiny bit slower, but cruise more fuel eficcient.
By the way a GLT is ALWAYS fuel injected.

Post by **SteveP** » 14 Jul 2005 12:57 am

chris-P wrote:So sprint wise, will they keep up with a vtr?
so roughly how many mile do you get from a GLTi from a tenner?

VTR from a standstill... the VTR has the edge, but not alot quicker atall.

Not sure about mileage to a tenner.. not many from cold start short journeys, about 60-70 in town from cold... about 100-110 on the motorway at a guess

Post by **pettaw** » 14 Jul 2005 08:04 am

Any cars from 1987 can use normal unleaded, all earlier cars, here in UK must use high octane unleaded, ie: super plus/ultimate/optimax, cos thats what they're designed for. They can all be modded to run normal unleaded, either with twin head gaskets, earthing Renixs etc etc etc, depending on engine type. If your interested in performance, twin head gaskets is a real no-no because it saps power.

Volvo's own website is useful because it gives a complete engine by engine breakdown, its not easy to find though, its tucked away in the owners section under FAQs.

Post by **5lab** » 14 Jul 2005 08:05 am

actually, twin hgs should boost power cos you're getting a tiny bit more mixture in there to start with

Post by **V6 Man** » 14 Jul 2005 08:32 am

Sorry to disappoint you Hugh but no, you don't.

Just because there is more room in the combustion chamber doesn't mean more mixture will get in. The amount of mixture entering is dependant on the carbs/injection system, not engine size.

Fitting two HG's lowers the compression thus losing the power.

Post by **pettaw** » 14 Jul 2005 08:36 am

erm, not according to what I've read, because you get loss of compression and you also lose the correct swirl shape or whatever it is of the combustion chambers.

Post by **redline** » 14 Jul 2005 09:14 am

so do I take it that fitting ten head gaskets wont give me the same power as a 2.5 24 valve 960 , ( slopes off back to volvo for a refund ) LOL