Hi all!

I subcrided a while ago but didn't introduce myself....sor for that!


My name is Bart Manders.I live in Echt-Holland only a few km's from the Nedcar factory in Born.


I 've had severall cars that came out of that factory.The ones that are still here are a DAF55 in racetrim and a 360 saloon.







and to cut a long story short......this is what she looks like now..................................





nice ass.....if I may say so......

Specs:
-B21ET engine
-Cilinderhead B200
-Folkrace camshaft
-Intercooler Renault master 2.8DTi
-Modified LE-jet managment
-Renix with AC-tap piggyback
-AFM modified .Housing BMW 535i(E34)Electronics Volvo 360i
-Shocks.. Front Koni red,back Spax
-Antisway bar frontaxle 27mm.Backaxle 22mm(comes from a GLS)
-Brakes..front Vented discs and calipers from a Nissan Sunny GTi-R.Backaxle with discbrakes under construction.Parts come from the same car
-MkII front spoiler
-Wheels 17"
-Tyres: Falken 452 205/40/ZR/17
-Gearbox and diff from a 360 GLE

-Highest speed driven so far........210 km/h and thats not the limit.It still has enough power to go faster..........

Could be I forgot something........

Greetzzz,Bart

Looks and sounds like a pretty cool 300!

Quite interested in the LE-jetronic and AFM modifications

Maybe this will shed some light on the matter..........

Hi Bart.
Thats some 360 mate.
Love the front spoiler.
Cheers Mark.

It does look good! Look forward to hearing more from this car.

Cheers

Tom

Where do I start.................

Front wheel suspension and brake modification.


I wanted to have a wider track on the front axle.De 360 cup cars have a modified subframe but I don't realy fancy that.

My solution....







The brakes on the front come from this car....



Nope....this is not "plug-and-play"....no problem.I designed an adaptor and a machine factory here in our village made them out of aircraft alloy.

The discs needed a little bit of work and than they fitted nicely....







New polybushes and a couple of red koni's complete the job....for now!

Accidentally I ran into this donor....



And it was only interesting because of this....



And all the paperwork of the car came with it.I wanted to build a streetlegal 360turbo so all the paperwork was requierd.

I used the winterperiod to take the engine apart and rebuid it.The Original turbo made place for this one....



Starting the transplant....







As I planned to keep the Original engine mounts of the 360,I had to "lift" the turbo.









Fits perfectly!

3" downpipe....

At first I wanted to use this intercooler....



Turned out it was to big...the hood doesn't close anymore.

So I got this....



used to be in a Renault Master 2.8DTI







BAMMER...........................................the headlights don't fit anymore....

Really interesting hearing that the 360 cup boys modify the subframe, any more info on what they do? I'm interested to compare that with yours, the bump effects must be quite different with longer arms.

Also, it's a bit late now, but Vauxhaul Frontera (did you guys get them in Europe? Opel-y/Vauxhall/GM really shonky 4x4 thing) intercoolers fit with no cutting, I'd imagine the core is a similar size? Although it's not as well in the airflow as yours unless you modify the bumper a bit


Great thread Bart, love the work

Thanx Chris!

We also had the Frontera´s on this of the puddle.....but there where only a few and everyone who had one,was glad to see it go!Finding a used intercooler...or even a new one is a bitch and if you do find one,prices are very high.I contactet a firm that is specialised in used parts and told hom what size I needed and he came up with this .He also had an intercooler of an Iveco but that one is smaller.An intercooler of a big diesel engine should do the job as a diesel pulls in much more air.

To make sure the intercooler would get enough cold air flow I slightly modified the front bumper



I also made this gap bigger.In combination with the front spoiler it should lead more air to the intercooler and the radiator.

I first ran the car on the Original black injectors....



After been driving around for about 1000 km I decided to install the orange injectors of a 850 T5....



Now....................I've got the white injectors of a V70T5R.But if you put in more fuell you also have to put in more air.And that's a problem because the Original AFM is too much of a restriction.So I got a bigger AFM .This one comes fom a BMW 535i(E34)....
(click on the picture to see the movie)

It has a bigger diameter ....



Only problem is....The Beemer runs on Motronic..so it doesn't work....

If you open both AFM's you can see the resemblance....

Volvo 360(LE-jet)



BMW 535i(Motronic)



So....why not put in all electronics of the Volvo AFM in the Beemer housing....


(I know I already linked to this but it makes the story complete)

2 days before Christmas this package arrived....













A new set of,colder, sparkplugs....

With the new sparkplugs cam new wiring.



I got these from a friend of mine.He builds Triumphs for the European Triumph challenge.He pulls up to 195 BHp out of a TriumphT4 engine!

These are silicon double insulated wires with a spiral core











To be able to adjust the ignition in a propper way I installed a Piggyback....