The Volvo 340 Project

[magnumpi]

Carltons give me the horn big time, even battered and bruised like that one.

Awesome vid, all looked like you had a wicked time and your 1.4 skids nicely. Wish i had some balls to give it a go myself

[mat_91]

yer that calton was a smoke machine was awesome and that was first time ive been on track you soon get used to it
i was very nervous first drift was crap but you soon forget about the wall and its a pretty wide track cant wait for next one

[mrsoundcraft]

Looks not to bad, The MX5 looks pretty tidy. I was really impressed with your 340 there too, must have made the BMW drivers take a bit of notice

[mat_91]

yer they were very surprised at what my little volvo and me do but they have all seen me drift before as were all friends
i just cant believe how much fun it is on the track

[mat_91]

got some new lights other day pre face lift ones i think they looks loads better
pics during all i had to do was rewire the left hand side earth wire look 5mins lol

and finished

[volvosneverdie]

does look a lot better dude.

much improved coolness.

[mat_91]

well at the last drift day i realised i could do with some more stuff im thinking compressor and a generator to run it ive got a little one but my generator not run it so ill have to think of summet else as i want to get to silly pressure to drift on and what with more tyres tools and fuel and my manual tyre machine you start to run out of room very quickly that and there will be three on us in the car so back seat will be put back in briefly so i had a rummage round and mocked up this roof rack all thats left is to make the bits that hold it to the rails i think it kinda suits the car but its not staying for everyday use pics


need to stack them better but with 4 tyres on roof and mabey a gery can up there and that leaves loads more room inside

[volvosneverdie]

Roofracks are the future.

[mat_91]

not the best picture does look better in real life from some angles haha

[mat_91]

another skid day at wheels this was last sunday was amazing and i pushed very hard got close to the wall on a entry once with out meaning to
was a brillant day mods before next month are more lock thats a biggey stiffen up front some how try and scrape some more power for free out the engine and driver harder faster some pics of my antics a vid may follow not sure yet






hmm i think ive still got some body roll issues coil-overs are on the drawing board and i may look at a thinker anti roll bar
what you think guys

[Speedy88]

sweet!

re: bodyroll, well I get a lot worse than that. If you feel it's disrupting what you can do whilst drifting then by all means do it. Do simple cheap stuff first though (such as double leaf springs)

[mat_91]

yer it didnt dont feel that bad in the car tbh i didnt realise it till i saw the photos im running landy dampers and dont want to do anymore work on it because its all goin to be ripped out for something ive got in my garage but i can spend time and money developing the front suspension as it will be staying so dropping the strut throu the hub and fitting right hight adjustable coilovers sleeves so i can have the massive arrangement of different spring rates to help with roll and with a thinker anti roll bar should be well on my well and tubing the front arches as i want to keep running 15" rims along with ball joint spacers to bring the lower arm back to were it should be and lock mods im not to bothered about the roll at the moment as i lets me do massive flicks to start drifts which is massive fun

[volvodspec]

hi Mat, nice pics; you're doing great on that stock little B14

can you type me your engine code (.4E or .4S) + renix mapping code (http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=6&t=3506) + carb code (weber 32 DIR ***)
and if you can a quality video from it at idle. wat it a manual btw?

i might have a few ideas to get it to produce more pony's and better throttle responce but i'm not sure if it will work, might be able to check a few things out about that.

[mat_91]

yer its just got enough power i just enter alot faster to keep the skid going and its got a 413 b renix and a weber 32 twin venturi carb
and engine code is b14 4e why what you thinking aslong as its cheap or free ill give it a go and i think my stem seals are just starting to go

[volvodspec]

413b, are you sure? as that code isn't used in the 300. yours will probably be 412A
and i know it's a twin venturi 32 DIR but there are about 12 different types of 32 DIR used in 3 series and i would like to know the specific code if you look at the bottom of the carb near the intake manifold at the drivers side you;ll see there is 32 DIR and a 3letter code behind that; the 3letter code is what i'm interested in.
oh and forgot to mention; does yours have a catalyser?
and is it a manual?

last week i got a mad idea clutch/flywheel wise; i'm gonna try to see if i can work something out