Weird gauge
Weird gauge
In our GL there is this weird gauge wich has a picture of a shifter and a light below it. Is this some kind of stripped version of economy gauge or what? It is located at left of the cluster, where the economy gauge usually is. It has never worked though so I suppose that previous owner has disconnected it.
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It's supposed to indicate the best moment to shift into another gear... It's a "very basic" econometer! And you have that on your 360 GL? I thought it was only for the B14/17
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Ok, I suspected something like that. Yeah it is in my GL but it isn't connected. Previous owner of this car was a Volvo mechanic so he might have putted it there..
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Change that with a nice looking econometer! Another needle on your dashboard, not tempting?
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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Well I got a turbo gauge already in centre console (in the place of the ashtray ) which shows vacuum too when not driving under boost but yes double is always better.
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There was a 'gear change indicator' light on my 'c' reg 1986 Volvo 360 GL, Never got the thing to work so just ripped her on out!
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I want a 360 GLT Turbo! A Volvo dealer could deliver that in Finland / Sweden? or was that only a presonal modification?Fuse wrote:Well I got a turbo gauge already in centre console (in the place of the ashtray ) which shows vacuum too when not driving under boost but yes double is always better.
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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In Finland Volvo dealers installed turbo kits in new cars, so it was close to factory turbo. I think it was R-Sport item.
I would like to have that too, but those are very rare, I think that there is more selfmade models than original turbos.
I hate that I tested years ago Audi Quattro Sport with rally spec turbo engine, turbo just is so much more, there is no naturally aspirated engine that comes even near to real turbo cars feeling.
So I hate it because I would need turbo to have again that feeling of pure enjoy.
I would like to have that too, but those are very rare, I think that there is more selfmade models than original turbos.
I hate that I tested years ago Audi Quattro Sport with rally spec turbo engine, turbo just is so much more, there is no naturally aspirated engine that comes even near to real turbo cars feeling.
So I hate it because I would need turbo to have again that feeling of pure enjoy.
In GL it is that R-Sport kit installed by Volvo dealer which Jtbo mentioned with few modifications. About GLT im not sure who has installed it because there is extra ECU etc.. so it seems more like a personal mod than kit by Volvo.Duvel78 wrote: I want a 360 GLT Turbo! A Volvo dealer could deliver that in Finland / Sweden? or was that only a presonal modification?
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The only "official" R-sport kit I know for the Volvo 300 is the R-kit for B19 engine, with the twice carb... Not a turbo version...
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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Yeah, I think those turbo kits were originally 240 R-Sport kits but Volvo dealers here installed some in 300-series also.Duvel78 wrote:The only "official" R-sport kit I know for the Volvo 300 is the R-kit for B19 engine, with the twice carb... Not a turbo version...
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I think Fuse has it bang-on here - the only Turbo kits ever fitted to road cars were meant for 240s.
Obviously there are a lot of B230ET/FT engine-swaps out there...but they're all custom.
Some early cars (343s) were fitted with turbo redblocks for rally cross, but not road use. A 2.3 16v (UBER rare R-Sport 16v head! Not the one from the B234) twin Solex 48 carb unit was available in the very early 80s. It produced 228bhp (More than an 850 T5!!) at 7200rpm.
The R-Sport 16v head alone was £4000!
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Obviously there are a lot of B230ET/FT engine-swaps out there...but they're all custom.
Some early cars (343s) were fitted with turbo redblocks for rally cross, but not road use. A 2.3 16v (UBER rare R-Sport 16v head! Not the one from the B234) twin Solex 48 carb unit was available in the very early 80s. It produced 228bhp (More than an 850 T5!!) at 7200rpm.
The R-Sport 16v head alone was £4000!
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
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'89 740 Turbo Intercooler
'88 360 Turbo Intercooler
'85 360 GLT
'81 343 GLS R-Sport
'79 343 DL
'70 164
...and some modern FWD nonsense to get me to work...
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Oh my god, I feel bad LOLfoggyjames wrote:It produced 228bhp (More than an 850 T5!!) at 7200rpm.
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
V3M for life!
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
V3M for life!
You can purchase 16V R-Sport heads from S.A.M in Sweden. No idea of the cost though... That 228hp was without turbo pretty impressive.
"It develops 170 kW (228 hp) at 7,200 rpm fed by two 48 mm Solex twin choke ADDHE carburettors."
"It develops 170 kW (228 hp) at 7,200 rpm fed by two 48 mm Solex twin choke ADDHE carburettors."
Volvo R-Sport - Equipment for the car enthusiast.
“Buy land, they're not making it anymore” - Mark Twain
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." -Ernest Hemingway
“Buy land, they're not making it anymore” - Mark Twain
"There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." -Ernest Hemingway