Anjo's 340Turbo: EFI conversion

[volvodspec]

so, long time no update but i do have a few items that have been done in the meanwhile, i've went through 6 rear tires allready, and the clock currently says 900km;




@ the lekdijk from schoonhoven to nieuwegein, the road along the Lek river. nice and twisty unfortunatly a load of cyclists and bikers so i just sat back and enjoyed the view, and took the pics above


powdercoated parts! not all for this car though, a set of Classicswede 220lbs 2" loweringsprings and the sump are for the 340 turbo.

i've fixed the heater in the meanwhile wich made a big plus, dont need to drive with open windows till engine is hot for keeping a clear windscreen

then came the carb trouble; mixture was a drama. and allthough the fuel consumption was 1:10 and i floored it quiet a lot during that period i just knew that it would be better with another carb. i refurbished a spare one and then one night became the swap:







then i noticed a leak from the breather hose; creating the nasty oil stains, fixed now and cleaned it up

with that done and the engine adjusted by ear and feel it drives a dawm lot better!!

then i had time to actually look at the old carb to pin out what exactly went wrong with it, i knew the carb foot was teared and blamed that for the running problem:

you can even see that the gasket is broken and coming out
but, as i went through the rest of the carb there were a few other things; but this was the biggest problem yet!:


the top is a mixture adjustment screw that came out of this carb, and the bottom one is as it should be wich i had lying around!! the broken piece was caught in the hole blocking the channel, it's funny though that because of the carb foot tear it was running because the idle screw could be set a bit higher making a sort of ok mixture

at oct the 10th another v3c technical day took place and i even had the chance to swap out the sump at the end of the day! in my head it feels a lot better knowing that properly welded steel is keeping the oil in instead of a load of liqued gasket. during the trip to that garage there was more noise coming from under the bonnet, exhaust noise... i found out that the turbo was loose on the manifold with 1 bolt even completely missing! fixed that with stronger bolts + better locking nuts and even new gaskets i hope it stays tight!

now it's time for preparations to the http://www.volvobeurs.nl , i am honored having the privelage that the car is allowed to be on the dutch Volvo300Club stand; along with the fabulous restored 360 GLT from Ronald Romme http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=5&t=5570 and a truly spotless white basic model 340 from a polishing guru!

i've cleaned it today and i'm planning on polishing the car this week.





why it's on the stock 13" rims? because i was cleaning the 15"ers


i'll take it slowly with the project after the Volvo Classic Car Fair; next up is rear disc conversion, big brake kit on the front, new front suspension (topmount adjustment + adjustable wishbones & coilover & hopefully the 25mm Classicswede stabiliser) and a changover for the rear suspension going back to the single leaf spring and a coilover damper offcourse powdercoating and all new parts will be allover the place, but this time not in a conventional color .

and i've also made a choice about the interior, rear bench has to go making place for the kicker audio install and in the meantime allowing a pair of very good seats + 6pt harnesses to hold me in place while driving, the leather sits very well but i find myself all over the place doing some proper sliding. this saves me a load of engineering (for replacing the fuel tank + mounting spare tire underneath the car) and with an overall nicer result because the inside of the car won't be too busy.

after all that i'll get back to the engine tickling it over the 200bhp border

[volvosneverdie]

more videos please dude!

looks cool as ever man.

[volvodspec]

i need a new camera man or woman, my sister doesn't have the guts anymore to sit in the passenger seat since she was in the car and i did a 2nd gear burnout in our street, dawm she got scared

did some work on the exhaust this afternoon, since the welding accident where i put the exhaust tip on wrong first plan was to just reweld the end tip but that wasn't an option anymore since i scaved it on the tarmac quite a few times (mostly due to speedbumps)



what i do like about the stainless steel is that it colores to gold when it gets hot


renewed endtip in pieces:


y-piece removed, actuator fell of after a mile driving i'm missing a sprocket and it has a bend axle in the mechanism, useless.. as a temporary fix i welded a piece of steel to keep the valve shut but this way it's useless weight so has to go for now..





i'll hopefully get back to TIG welding it tonight, first a few beers with the family for my moms birthday

[volvodspec]

exhaust:


very happy with the last weld on the tailpiece, sawing cut was so clean that is was able to TIG weld it without adding a rod, makes a much cleaner weld!




engine bay with new expansion barrel:


and 2 large boxes arrived this morning


sparco wrapping, hmmm


it's a pair of reclinable Sparco Chrono Road seats


now i need the pair of 6point sparco harnesses to get here so i can start with installing the seats, after the Volvo Classic Car Fair

[SteveP]

Love the seats!

[volvosneverdie]

Love the seats!

yes. i want!

[volvodspec]

@ the Dutch Volvo Classic Car Fair:



note the 340 dealer license plate





4 pages of speclist in the windscreen; a member of the v3c made it for me and adapted the name:



anjo special



got a shitload of compliments and questions today, feels good to hear them after al the work that went into the car so far the car was practically in the spotlights all day long, people passed; saw some shiny things under the bonnet and ran after it like bees to honey. i've summed up some future plans on the specification list too, the autor of the volvo300 book read that part and after he read it he called me "a crazy man" hahahaha

[Chris_C]

Shiniest 300's EVER.

Those cars look amazing!

[volvosneverdie]

super shiny and super cool dude.

[volvodspec]

thx guys

today was a repeat of yesterday in terms of pics, questions and compliments

had to do some TC work too during the day:


and even did 2 verbal diagnosis for people that had problems with the 340 automatic gearbox











the Dutch Volvo Classic Car Fair, a event full of fun for every volvo fanatic

[volvodspec]

found the album of Ivo Peters, dawm he makes quality pictures!

[classicswede]

Some very nice pictures. It looks like an amazing event. I have made my mind up and I am going next year. No idea what car I'll have to take over (probably 140 or 240 estate or possibly the 740 hearse for space) buy I'll be taking pleanty of goodies with me.

[volvodspec]

the event is definatly worth coming! not only if you're mind is set on 300 models, then you have to search a bit harder.. if you're into amazon, 100, 200 and 700 series you can get some serious stuff! i've seen a brandnew complete B19 R-sport kit (twin carbs + manifolds + hot cam + ignition unit) go for 700 euro's and stuff like that is just the tip of the iceberg.

a new package arrived in the mail today, the 6 point harnesses!!

[vØlvØfreak]

i need a new camera man or woman, my sister doesn't have the guts anymore to sit in the passenger seat since she was in the car and i did a 2nd gear burnout in our street, dawm she got scared

If there really really really isn't anybody esle I could be your new camera man *understatement*

[volvodspec]

erm... oops?