most of the people bang on about dubious quality either have never seen what they moaning about and just recycling info they heard on the net, or have never had experience a strainless tubular turbo manifold before. thats not to say these things are an amazing gift from god, but most peoples complai...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-240-Turbo-Manifold-T3-T4-Stainless-Manifold_W0QQitemZ250137439154QQihZ015QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem wonder if it clears the engine mount ok? low mount (isnt it?) but higher than standard, and further back, which MAY mean its too close to brake master cyl? very v...

What is the diffrent between R5 Turbo 2 and the R5 GT Turbo? Are the based on the b14 engine and did it come with fuel injections in the late models? Love b14 turbo! Smal engine, lots of power. The mid engined R5s (R5 Turbo, R5 Turbo 2, R5 Maxi Turbo) ran fuel injection but the MAIN difference was ...

Foggy- which guys? The ones on that ebay link?

Dai- I need 2, but not for a volvo this time, i got too many cars and tooo many engines, lol.

On that note, wheres best place to buy (second hand of course) a volvo 740 turbo T3?

I just one on fleabay for 31quid, but need another too.

1.75inch would be fine.

Now to try and find some...

I bet the local scrappy has sone, but wether they work or not is another matter...

As per title, does anyone know anything about Strombergs, like throttle sizes of them, and are they easy to get hold of? I gather they not exactly sought after, but I could do with a couple of them actually. If idve needed em a while back i couldve got them off some old 240s being broken at my local...

Bare metal respray?! :lol: No mate, almost no resprays, regardless of how professional, are like that. I keyed the paint with sandpaper, basically taking the shine off it, i use suprisingly rough paper with matt/satin paint, esp as i did this one quickly, though with gloss you must use a lot smoothe...

4x100 and 4x108 fitment. Wellers, in white. Brand new tyres, brand new wheels, never done any road miles. Look mental, 7inch dish IIRC, here some pics. Can take some off the car if you wanted. 300quid, or 350quid with the arches if you wanted them too. No offers. Reply here or email stavros@futurene...

Germ- Its a little patchy closeup, but not bad at all. If i spent another hour or so on it it would be perfect. Hardly any prep really, just whats needed, im pretty good at spraying satin/matt paints. Itd look a lot better (closeup) if i spent time rubbing down where the badges and side strips was, ...

As per title. Bought as a nice car, turned out to be much less mind (cosmetically) than the seller made out, so no point me going as far with it as i wanted (see this thread- http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/viewtopic.php?t=4739) so it needs to go. Ideal first trampdrift motor or something, and...

i did it in an hour with minimal masking, i just wanted to see what itd look like, and either way, itd look better than the crappy tatty blue it was before. paint came out decent enough tho, im pretty good with a can of satin paint, lol. currently its easy to remove arches as ive not rivited em on y...

It seems to have been put up on every forum in the land, its pretty nuts, but my wide arch, 10x13'd, ET minus 32'd, satin blacked, lowered, diffed, Volvo 360 2litre injection has to go, with or without the arches n wheels, as i need the room. :( Shame really, as its well cool, but at least someone e...

ooh, im loving that.

matts car?

some bodwork is deffo needed, cutting away the crap with a grinder.

didnt know about the steering rack thing, are they straight swaps?

i had no intention of touching the steering but its nice to know for the future.

So any progress today? Angle grinder have been hot all day? :D You are going to fit steering track from Sunbeam for faster steering anyway, aren't you? Unfortunatley im a automotive journalist, so today ive been mostly writing about cars rather than messing about with the pile of scrap. Ive not eve...