drifting any one ?

[steve340]

hi my first post

names steve from essex,

nik name baggsy to my m8s.

i am in to drifting my volvo 340 1.7 5 door just seeing if any one els is in to getting there ass out?



mabe up for meeting up one nite for a play??

any one know where is good to get weels 14" for my 340
and i need a side exit ?? k&n??

any bit realy let me know.

thanks !!

[classicswede]

I've got some 14's for sale.

I also have loads of drifting parts and am responsible for making loads of uprated parts for 300's.

[steve340]

have you got any pics and a price???

[MJ]

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... php?t=1804

[steve340]

how can you make the 340 faster?

any one got a side xit 4 sale

[Cornholio]

how can you make the 340 faster?

Erm, drive it off the top of a high cliff?

Sorry, I'll get my coat

[steve340]

fun but dont help me much ......

realy any one no??

[MJ]

Well, just like any car, there are loads of options, and it depends how much more power you want, how complex your prepared to go, and how much cash your prepared to pay.

You could swap the engine. the 340's take renault engines, so you could swap for something with more power, like a 2l, or a 16 valve engine.

I'm sure different cams are available, but of course this will be a balance of where in the rev range you want your power.

Maybe you could swap the carb for something bigger. Loads of options.

The torque tube is a week spot in the drive train, it may be advisable to get a custom steel replacement made if you add much more power.

Side exit exhausts arn't available off the shelf, but Adam may be able to help, as he has made a custom one

[Chris_C]

Well, it depends. From your request above, you want a side exit exhaust, and a K&N, which if you don't tuned your car to, will in fact make the car loose power, as the AFR will get screwed.

It depends how much more power you are looking for, no one I know of has tried tuning the stock 1.7 lump in terms of cam swaps or sidedrafts, the main reason for this is it will take time and equipment to set up. Thing is there are a lot of cams from both Volvo and Renault that drop straight in, as well as a few companies like Piper and Cat cams doing regrinds for certain applications. But, if you are getting one made for you, prepare to shell out the pennies.

If you want a lot more power, than an engine swap is quite simple, and can be done cheap.

What do you want the car to do? Stock when running correctly the 1.7 can just out accel a 205 XS, which considering the gearing difference is damn impressive. If you want more accel than that, then drop in a diff from a 1.4, somwhere in the relm of 10% difference, would be significant, but you'll loose the nice low rev cruising, so doing above 80 will give you a lot worse MPG

[pettaw]

Tbh, unless you've got some skills yourself or know some people who have, then there's nothing you can do that's really cheap and there's definitely nothing easy, like putting in a cone filter

Probably the cheapest way of getting more power is to fit another engine, probably from a Renault car, but it'll need modification and you'll need to get a new propshaft made up to take the power.

Carb swaps and possibly cam swaps might get you a bit, but again, no point just sticking a carb on there without having the knowledge how to tune it for the engine, otherwise you'll just lose power and waste your efforts.

[A M R]

oh look youve ruined his dreams and hopes now...

could've at least made something up to keep him happy lol

[steve340]

yer thats it now off i go down to fords nice new fiesta for me ...

[pettaw]

Actually, I forgot.....Chris reminded me...how could I be so stupid















the....POWER RESISTOR OF JUSTICE,

VTak y0, available at your nearest e-bay scammer :D:D:D:D

[foggyjames]

There's a trade-off in terms of engine tuning. It's kinda bizarre....

The easiest thing in the long term is to swap in a more powerful engine, complete with its own fuel/spark management system. Take the whole thing out of the donor car (perhaps a Volvo 400 series, or a Renault with a 1.8 16v or 2.0 lump?), and dump it into the 300. It seems like a lot of work, but when it's in, it'll work exactly the same as if it were in the donor car - (hopefully) reliably, with reasonable MPG, good emissions...etc...it'll benefit from the millions spent on making the donor car what it was.

The other way is to modify the stock (or donor) engine, but this requires a great deal more skill in the long term, even though initially you're just talking about bolt-ons. There are ways around all of this, but none of it is simple, especially when there's next to no aftermarket support - this is no Civic!

Finally....exhausts and air filters might sound good, but they make next to no difference in terms of power (apart from in certain circumstances). There's a lot of marketting BS goes into selling 'neat' to install products to the Max Power crowd, but we like to go a bit faster than that ...but sadly, that usually isn't so 'neat'.

For drifting, I'd suggest you look at upping the power a bit later. A guy on Turbobricks posted (something like) this about how to make a good track car...
1. Brakes
2. Driver
3. Suspension
4. Power

cheers

James

[Ali]

And as for drifting i'd say its pretty much exactly the same other than replace Brakes for Welded diff