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Post by Jason B » 16 Nov 2008 09:56 pm

out of interest, did you weld the plates to the chassis and then the rails to the plates? (how it looks in the pics) - as it's much easier to weld the rails to the plates and then the plates to the chassis... for anyone elses future reference, though i doubt anyone will do this much work on a 300 themselves for a long while yet....

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Post by garth » 18 Nov 2008 10:36 pm

OMG! I'm glad to see someone who's keeping the volvo devolopment going in the drifting field instead of binning them. Love it well done. By the way I have moved house with no internet so I rarely get chance to come on here.
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Update:)

Post by Nikdev » 12 Dec 2008 09:56 pm

Cage painted:
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I also got home one of these devices:

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Post by Aussie 360GLT » 13 Dec 2008 06:23 am

i love this car man its awsome aye :D

the work you've done is insane well done man!!!

the work youve done is pretty similar to what im aiming for so its good to able to see how someone else has done it, so i can get an idea of what im getting myself inot lol.
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Re: Update:)

Post by Tuke » 14 Dec 2008 01:44 pm

Nikdev wrote:Cage painted:
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I would recommend to weld some plates between roll cage and a- and b-posts to strengthen the structure. Like HERE or HERE or HERE.

Keep up the good work. :)

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Re: Update:)

Post by Nikdev » 17 Dec 2008 01:29 pm

Tuke wrote:
I would recommend to weld some plates between roll cage and a- and b-posts to strengthen the structure.
Keep up the good work. :)

With limited budget and time that was one of the things we left out...:)

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I got a refund because they didn't make the front leg adjustable, i don't know why, probably doing it myself..

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Rear setup is just.........utter porn:
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Cant wait to try it on the car :D

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Post by Fuse » 17 Dec 2008 05:22 pm

Nice!

Are those rear coilovers going to replace the rear leafs? If so what kind of suspension setup you are going to put? 4-link? Or is that an extra spring like yellow Konis for 300-series had.
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Post by Chris_C » 17 Dec 2008 06:00 pm

Yellow konis actually existed for the 300 then Fuse? I've never seen any and was trying to find this out a while back.
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Post by volvodspec » 17 Dec 2008 07:01 pm

the dutch 360 racing scene used them allmost standard, specific 300 yellow koni shocks aren't available anymore.

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Post by xtrmjks » 17 Dec 2008 07:46 pm

What happened with fronts?? on website they got "full on coilovers"!..
What sort of refund did You get??[/quote]
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Post by Nikdev » 22 Dec 2008 12:31 am

xtrmjks wrote:What happened with fronts?? on website they got "full on coilovers"!..
What sort of refund did You get??
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I dont know, I was i bit disapionted myself. I had spoke to the guy who made the eralier he sad he didt make them adjustebale, but i thought he ment the damper... Not ride hight
Fuse wrote:Nice!

Are those rear coilovers going to replace the rear leafs? If so what kind of suspension setup you are going to put? 4-link? Or is that an extra spring like yellow Konis for 300-series had.
Thancks, the plan is to have them as a additional spring this season, but I want to maybe explore 4 link setup later on, maybe next season?

Back to the progress, still needs one more layer of paint:
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I am in the progress of modifying dai top mount to fit the new damper, but hope i cat get the suspension on soon

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Post by Frits » 25 Dec 2008 06:23 pm

Good progress Nikdev! When do we get some movies?

When is the next drift day?

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Post by Nikdev » 11 Jan 2009 09:03 pm

Frits wrote:Good progress Nikdev! When do we get some movies?

When is the next drift day?

You`l get movies this some i promise..The new season starts with a license day in april

Apart from just some small jobs done on the old volvo, I bought a new engine yesterday!
The new engine is a freshly rebuild rally engine.. b23 2,5l, heavily modified head, special cam, light flywheel etc
Will get some pics of the metal lump, just needs to find the camera first...

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Post by Nikdev » 12 Jan 2009 10:11 pm

The height with the intrax front legs trial fitted, its super stiff :D :
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And the "new" engine:
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Post by germ » 13 Jan 2009 12:52 am

Coooool!!!! :D the stance is super mean :twisted: exelente progress. i bet you can't wait to try it out! 340pw
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