Anjo's 340Turbo: EFI conversion

[mat_91]

come on then dude lets see a picture with the new wheels on the car
also what wheels are they out of interest and specs

[erixtar1992]

just spent a good couple hours reading through all of this, its amazing the amount of effort you have put in! loving this project. your nuts!

[mat_91]

^^^^^^ i think its time we had a update fella

[volvosneverdie]

Ja ja ja, updates kunt. Ik denk dat al je vragen die een update nodig hebt.
Jezus, het lijkt erop dat "please" vertaalt naar "Kunt" in het Nederlands. Dat zou emabarrasing als je probeert en beleefd zijn tegen een Engels dame.

[volvodspec]

haha geniaal

it still goes!!! not breaking too much atm, went through MOT late december with no advisories/imperfections; did exactly 2000km last year there's a lot coming up when i get some other projects finished here; doing V300 stainless steel strut braces atm and helping my dad out with some very nice projects; when all that is as good as done i'm back on this again; lot of changes coming up, suspension, interior, exterior, engine etc etc etc

[volvodspec]

so today we had our annual little dutch volvo time-attack event on a gokart circuit; the Elandrun. car did well except for a problem with the fuel pump, after one lap i decided it was best not to complete more laps with the potential risk of melting pistons/bending pushrods etc. especially since the whole fuel system will be replaced this year.

2 vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F80sVR9rpP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY_EtmdANT0

v3c topic with more pics: http://forum.volvo300club.nl/showthread.php?t=7706


soon i'll be back on this again, just have to sell the daily 340 and get the powdercoated rear axle under the 343 and do some minor work on that. much to come on this!

and like this page to keep in touch/pics, vids etc.! https://www.facebook.com/pages/340Turbo/300518140015288

[volvodspec]

well, i thought i'd give a heads up on a weeks work i finally got my head around what i want so last few months i've started gathering parts and drawing out my ideas.

firstoff i'll start with the interior, this will be completely manufactured out of 1mm Aluminium sheetmetal, completed with a few Stainless Steel details. minimalistic and functional. the Aluminium will get a textured powdercoating later on, first a template out of cardboard


next the prototype out of a large sheet (3000x1500x1mm)



modifying, fitting, trimming, modelling and finaly laying out the pattern to the new sheet


handbended the large curve and hammered the others




drilled a few holes wrong, even after carefull measuring; the parabolic curves fooled me now and then :p the wrong holes were closed with the TIG welder and grinded down flat



done!


on with the doorcards.. again starting with a prototype of wich i used a original doorcard for the rough contours


solving the height difference around the unlocker






then the final doorcard, here are some pics of the handbending/forming and offcourse, a bit of work with the hammer






just opening the door from the inside isn't enough, so made a stainless steel armrest/handle







the ABS window pendle won't last offcourse, on with the stainless steel




all components completed so in the dishwasher, this makes the surface clean for the TIG welding






the complete picture for now


next step is the dashboard, i've jet to receive a badge of stainless profile and other stuff wich should arrive at the end of the week. in the meantime it's time for a little holiday

[volvosneverdie]

That handle and winder are genius.

Not sure about the door card yet though. Will you not get a lot of sun-glare in the interior dude?

[tim-andre]

That handle and winder are genius.

Not sure about the door card yet though. Will you not get a lot of sun-glare in the interior dude?

think it says he is going to powder coat it dont know if it would help against sun-glare though

and i agree with vnd,not sure about the door card, but rest of it i like

[volvodspec]

i can only say, wait till everything's done and coated. the interior/doorcards shape; i'm going for minimalistic and functional on those, really happy with them; espescially with the complete picture already in my head
tomorrow i can start on the dashboard, as i overstretched a thigh muscle at soccer practice yesterday it looks like i won't be game fit for the next few weeks good for the Volvo though, now i have a bit more time to spend on it

[volvosneverdie]

....... as i overstretched a thigh muscle at soccer practice yesterday

Sports loss is engineerings gain dude.

[MCHUDD]

Hi Anjo.
Love this project. I like the extra gauge panal on the dashboard.
Cheers Mark.

[volvodspec]

so before i can get all the aluminium coated i need to have the dashboard finished and before i can start on that the front part of the rollcage has to be in.. so started bending the stainless steel tube with a conventional pipe bender and after trying all the tricks in the book (except for heating but this isn't an option for stainless steel as it weakens the bend and isn't precise anymore) i still couldn't manage to bend without the tube flattening out and damaging...


so i ordered CNC milled moulds for a rotary bender and built the rest myself using the hydraulic cilinder off the old bender.



after a short bit of tweaking it worked perfectly


so this afternoon i was anxious for starting with the rollcage, main hoop is bended


tomorrow a trophy soccer match and maybe more after that this weekend

[Speedy88]

Mate, you are a true engineer! Home made tools ftw

[volvosneverdie]

Mate, you are a true engineer!

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