Great looking car, variomaticus ;) Wish I had a sunroof, but as long as I'm gonna be driving the Volvo only in the winter, doesn't matter that much. The Volvo repair-saga continues: Monday I finally got a hold of the new rotor arm and distributor cap. Installed them and car ran pretty good, got some...

Hi guys! The lack of power in my Volvo was quite simply explained. Last night I was working on the car and started to change the distributor rotor arm. As I was removing the distributor cap, it just completely shattered in my hands :mrgreen: The contactors too were absolutely nackered and the as I e...

Few bits of food for thought. I run a 480T pressure plate in my F7R 300, with a 340 1.7 friction plate. It doesn't slip! Secondly, you need the 480T flywheel if you want to run 480T ECU's (well, you don't, if you want the un sexyness of a separate trigger wheel). It's the only 400 series that doesn...

turbocharged one of these B172K's? Probably, but there is an easier way. As you are left hand drive over there, you can drop in a B18FT from a 400series turbo without the fouling issues we have in right hand drive land. Conversely, the common F7x swap would be more of a pain for you! Have a look at...

Sounds like a plan, guys! Will have to dig in to that. Has anybody here lets say, turbocharged one of these B172K's? I know a guy who could probably make me new exhaust and inlet manifolds. Then there's the powertain, I don't think the original one will hold much more than it's already taking...). I...

Good looking car mate. and yes getting the back out is much fun. in the wet my old girl held her own against my mates silvia, but that was many moon's ago now. anyway have fun! any planned mods? Thanks! At this moment I haven't planned for mods yet. I think I'll modify and fit an extra exhaust I go...

Greetings from (suprisingly warm) Finland! I already posted on the Family-topic introducing my Volvo 340, but decided to post also a new topic in a bit more detailed mannor. Last friday finally got my hands on a 1988 Volvo 340 with B172K. I have been looking all fall long for a RWD (or AWD) car to b...

Thanks a million, Chris! That helps out a lot, I'll have to check in to that document ASAP.

Best regards,

Tero

Greetings from Finland to all of you! Last friday finally got my Volvo 340 B172k. I bought it as as my secondary car for the winter (I'm starting a total makeover for my primary car, VW Golf 3 variant, in the winter). It was dirt cheap and has only 100k km on the clock (60k miles). It has decals on ...