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Genuine R-sport kit
You can say it, I'm quite lucky the last weeks Just found in Belgium a new R-Sport kit with all the badges and stripes, I just want to have your idea's with this little poll... Thanks for answering!
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Hang on, you forgot the option "give it to trabitom for free, for his 1982 343 DLS" The R-Sport kit is probably the only easy way to get more power out of it, and get it past the TÜV without any niggles.
Cheers
Tom
Cheers
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
Re: Genuine R-sport kit
You also forgot the "send it to fabricater to get replica's made Der the whole world" option. i would very much like to get one in nz.
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Photos of contents would be interesting, from memory it was just twin solexs with manifold and an exhaust on top of the pretty stickers?
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Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Didn't it come with a new cam as well?
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
True Rupert! K cam included... I'll take pictures of all the elements when I collect it.
There is an extra electric fan too, another brake fluid holder etc... SEXY stripes
There is an extra electric fan too, another brake fluid holder etc... SEXY stripes
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
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Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Lots of photos needed
and a full list of contents.
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
I'll go for an 83/84 GLS with a b19A (or swap it for a b21a/b23a). If you can't find that though, the B200K in a GLS would also be fine Failing that sell it to me I wouldn't bother installing it on an injected car, it just doesn't seem 'right'
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Nice find!
I'll vote 1981 or 1982 343/345 OR 1983 / 1984 360 GLS with B19A, but preferrably with a B23 bottom end and carbs re-jetted to suit the increased displacement. It doesn't sound much but the extra ~0,3 litres does make a difference even in the stock form. Even more with a nice exhaust system and some head work.
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I'll vote 1981 or 1982 343/345 OR 1983 / 1984 360 GLS with B19A, but preferrably with a B23 bottom end and carbs re-jetted to suit the increased displacement. It doesn't sound much but the extra ~0,3 litres does make a difference even in the stock form. Even more with a nice exhaust system and some head work.
-Marko
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Hey guys, thanks for the interesting feedback!
Damn, I'm already looking for a nice 1982 GLS to put the kit on. Not really easy to find but I'm sure it's possible. Sweden and Finland are interesting countries for that version! But more rust too...
I'll take pictures of the kit. The stripes are for the "all white" version, with white bumpers and alloys... To be honest, I'm not a big fan of it, but In theory I could make a reproduction of it.
What's the difference between the 1982 343 DLS and GLS? Tinted glass I've seeen, more things?
Cheers
Damn, I'm already looking for a nice 1982 GLS to put the kit on. Not really easy to find but I'm sure it's possible. Sweden and Finland are interesting countries for that version! But more rust too...
I'll take pictures of the kit. The stripes are for the "all white" version, with white bumpers and alloys... To be honest, I'm not a big fan of it, but In theory I could make a reproduction of it.
What's the difference between the 1982 343 DLS and GLS? Tinted glass I've seeen, more things?
Cheers
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
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Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
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No popout rear windows, no chrome on bumpers and grille, no rear armrest, maybe different seat trim, less metallic colours available? I'll have a look when I get home.Duvel78 wrote:What's the difference between the 1982 343 DLS and GLS? Tinted glass I've seeen, more things?
Cheers
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
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Great Tom, thanks!
Most of the genuine R-Sport are 345/345 GLS models, the "all white" version in Belgium (1982) is definitely a DLS, I don't know why they did that... I'm very curious to learn more about those DLS / GLS versions.
Cheers
Most of the genuine R-Sport are 345/345 GLS models, the "all white" version in Belgium (1982) is definitely a DLS, I don't know why they did that... I'm very curious to learn more about those DLS / GLS versions.
Cheers
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
V3M for life!
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
Lot of donors cars and parts...
V3M for life!
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Just looked it up, '82 DLS cars also had 175 tyres rather than 185 width tyres. Still not sure about whether the colours and trim were DLS/GLS specific though.
There's some more DLS/GLS related info in the thread on my car:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=2&t=9056&
Regarding the R-Sports:
the German '81 Mk1 brochure shows the R-Sport being a DLS, but the cars the press got (and many surviving R-Sports) were GLS models.
the '82 Mk2 stuff I have shows the cars as being both DLS (Belgium) and GLS (Austria).
I guess the DLS may have been a better base as it had less chrome, but TBH the differences are so small they may not have been that strict in which trim versions were sold as R-Sports?
I'm in contact with the guy who bought, and is restoring this car:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... =2&t=10352
He put in a lot of work trying to find out whether the car really left the factory like that, or whether the R-Sport kit was fitted later. Both is possible, but Volvo Germany hasn't been any help at all unfortunately ...
Cheers
Tom
There's some more DLS/GLS related info in the thread on my car:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=2&t=9056&
Regarding the R-Sports:
the German '81 Mk1 brochure shows the R-Sport being a DLS, but the cars the press got (and many surviving R-Sports) were GLS models.
the '82 Mk2 stuff I have shows the cars as being both DLS (Belgium) and GLS (Austria).
I guess the DLS may have been a better base as it had less chrome, but TBH the differences are so small they may not have been that strict in which trim versions were sold as R-Sports?
I'm in contact with the guy who bought, and is restoring this car:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... =2&t=10352
He put in a lot of work trying to find out whether the car really left the factory like that, or whether the R-Sport kit was fitted later. Both is possible, but Volvo Germany hasn't been any help at all unfortunately ...
Cheers
Tom
343 GL Touring B14.1E CVT (155) 98000kms 1980 (sold)
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
343 L Junior B14.3E MT4 (155) 229000kms 1981 (scrapped)
343 DLS B19A MT4 (155) 167900kms 1982
360 GL Injection B200F MT5 (231) 348598kms 1988 (scrapped)
360 GLT B200F MT5 (302) 230000kms 1988
Re: Genuine R-sport kit
Less heavies in the DLS. If Volvo were aiming at a clubman style rally car (it's about the right time for it) it'd have been along the lines of the 205/106 Rallye editions, which are about as stripped of fun toys as you can get.Duvel78 wrote:Most of the genuine R-Sport are 345/345 GLS models, the "all white" version in Belgium (1982) is definitely a DLS, I don't know why they did that... I'm very curious to learn more about those DLS / GLS versions.
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast
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Re: Genuine R-sport kit
this kind of stuff is impossible to do on a conveyor belt assembly structure inbetween normaal production. it takes much more time setting up a B19A on twin solex then on a single stromberg and it is simply impossible to cope with that.. factory R-sports were newly bought cars that were converted at a dealer using the R-sport kit including numbered badges.
as an allround assembly mechanic/engineer for a manufacturer of special vehicles i do know what i'm talking about, i can't see any way a single factory would do such a thing for 100 vehicles as the clock simply keeps ticking yet alone for it happening in the early eighties.. R-sports take much more time than regular vehicles to build and it just doesn't fit in a regular assembly line.
and offcourse, you can produce a limitied supply of factory "quick" 300's, you still need to sell them! selling them on order and dealing with it through the dealer (while buying a std white painted car to convert) seems much easier; we do it the same way these days, on a different scale.
as an allround assembly mechanic/engineer for a manufacturer of special vehicles i do know what i'm talking about, i can't see any way a single factory would do such a thing for 100 vehicles as the clock simply keeps ticking yet alone for it happening in the early eighties.. R-sports take much more time than regular vehicles to build and it just doesn't fit in a regular assembly line.
and offcourse, you can produce a limitied supply of factory "quick" 300's, you still need to sell them! selling them on order and dealing with it through the dealer (while buying a std white painted car to convert) seems much easier; we do it the same way these days, on a different scale.