Nikdev and his 360 Gl....

Post by **Jason B** » 04 Mar 2008 10:53 pm

looks great, I haven't decided what I want to do yet but it will be as far from the ground as possible, so that will dictate silencer placement

Post by **Nikdev** » 09 Mar 2008 03:49 pm

meintag wrote:A fiberglass bonnet

Look what I bought the other day:

Don't know if I am going too use it, but I am tempted

Getting my car ready for the Mot test tomorrow.. One of the rear brake cylinders needed to be binned:

And I swithed out one of the front links:

Post by **Jason B** » 09 Mar 2008 05:43 pm

again, cool stuff! I wish I was as quick at moving projects along! (though front sus rebuild not too far away now

)

Post by **|2aebird** » 10 Mar 2008 10:40 am

I love your car man, i have just bought a 360 also and im planning on drifting it here in australia and your car is a big inspiration to me, unfortunately there arent alot of aftermarket parts for any volvo here in australia so im gonna have to either get parts from overseas or try and manufacture my own parts.

But i am definately going to drift it, i have already stripped everything out of it and im planning to make a fibreglass dash, anyway enough about me your car is already drifting and i love the thing.

Keep up the good work.

|2aebird

Post by **Nikdev** » 16 Mar 2008 12:44 am

Jason B wrote:again, cool stuff! I wish I was as quick at moving projects along! (though front sus rebuild not too far away now )

Thanks, spending way too much money on this old bugger.. Front sus rebuild? Tell me more!

|2aebird wrote:
Keep up the good work.

|2aebird

Nice

This is why i posted this because I have been inspired from many other nice projects! You should make a tread about you car too! Do it!

Fitted dai`s springs, the chopped 240 rear lowering spring vs dai special:

It turned out too look like this:

Pleased

But the car is so stiff and uncomfortable that I went out and bought a new daily drive.... A real n/a monster with 1,3l and 110bhp and reeving over 8000rpm

Swift Gti:

Post by **Jason B** » 16 Mar 2008 01:00 am

you sir, have a good taste in cars! swift gti engines are both brutal and reliable

Once I get my car back home I shall get cracking on the suspension and sort out my thread with some nice pics, also hopefully beginning work on the long term engine project.

Post by **meintag** » 16 Mar 2008 03:35 am

I luv that Swifts !! A pair of friends have some and they are awesome cars... Extremely happy revving +8500 with a modded ECU !!

Congrats !!

Post by **Nikdev** » 17 Mar 2008 12:13 am

Really liking the Swift but there are some rust work with it(sills, floor) but i hope to get i sortet asap...
Gave the old bugger some love today, check out the nice dent

Post by **Cloud** » 17 Mar 2008 05:08 pm

Aye, nice dent...still looks cracking though! Loving those wide 13"'s what are they like to drift with? i imagine they give massive amounts of grip, this a good thing when drifting it?

Post by **Nikdev** » 21 Mar 2008 12:57 am

Cloud wrote:Aye, nice dent...still looks cracking though! Loving those wide 13"'s what are they like to drift with? i imagine they give massive amounts of grip, this a good thing when drifting it?

Actually not, its quite slippy... But that's also because i have stiffened up the rear dampers a lot, so it gets more drift friendly

Its easy to kick it out in 2nd gear on dry asphalt.......

Grip is a god thing when drifting, because you want to go sideways fast. But with my limited bhp I cant have to much grip, then it would never get sideways...

I have started to mess around with the new engine, B23e:

And the new clutch:

Hmmmm, whats coming on here:

Love the new stance:

Post by **meintag** » 21 Mar 2008 01:32 am

Wowwwww man !!! You'll take the weber route too ?!

We will have 2 clone cars, one in each side of Europe ! hahaa

Love your car even more now !

Cheers !!

Post by **griffo20022** » 21 Mar 2008 09:03 am

Absolutely top work Mr Nick! Your seriously cracking on with this bugger arn't you?? The new stance looks absolutely bang on! Although I think your a wuss having to buy a second car to get about (Only joking, wouldn't mind one myself lol!)

Keep it up mate it's a fantastic thread to read!

Post by **Jason B** » 21 Mar 2008 05:05 pm

awesome b23e, has the flat top pistons (jealous!) I'm hopefully building the head for my b230fb over easter (think H-cam, adjustable gear and port match

). I'm trying to work out how much to skim the 531 head to give me a decent compression ratio (accounting for cam obviously), would love ~10.5/11:1

You should see some good horses out of that engine if you fuel it right ~150bhp with few problems

keep us updated!

Post by **Frits** » 21 Mar 2008 07:59 pm

Absolutly awesome! Good luck with the engine swap!

Post by **Nikdev** » 24 Mar 2008 09:00 am

Jason B wrote: You should see some good horses out of that engine if you fuel it right ~150bhp with few problems

The head is benched 170hp with a K-jet, hoping to get a bit more with the webers;)