Hi all, new 340 owner :)

[alexroberts_12]

hey everyone! im alex, im a mechanic from north wales, coming from a line of turbo'ing 1.6 8v novas, redtop conversions on corsas, starlet turbos and a bit of vtec, i now own a volvo 340 and i love it, by far the most fun car i've ever owned, so i thoughts its about time i signed up to a forum to learn more about this little gem! its a 1.4 3 door H reg shell, with a 2.0 from a 360 with running gear too from what i believe, it has a welded diff, hydraulic handbrake and stripped out lol.

now wondering what cheap mods can i do to get a bit more poke out of the 2 litre engine? is there a carb upgrade from say a 2.3 engine? or would it even be worth the 2.3 conversion or turbocharging either? sorry if this had been asked before! thanks very very much for reading and i appreciate all replys and opinions! hope im made welcome, thanks alot

alex.

[theo2468]

Anyone who's into v300's are made welcome mate, best thing you can do to get power is just put a 2.3 turbo into it and if you won't ever more put some twin 40's on.
Ohh and get an uprated cam, I don't know to much on tuning them bit I'm sure a few others on here won't mind giving you some tips.
Welcome
P.s get some pics up and is it a Matt black one? Which was on piston heads

[alexroberts_12]

yeah thats the one! was up for 650, i gave 550 for it delivered to my house, has the guy had managed to snap both rear hubs! which in my opinion is epic, and he deserves manpoints lol. it came with 2 in a box, but i just couldnt pull the shaft off the get them off the old peices of axle, so i bought a puller and that still didnt do it! luckily, one of my local scrapyards had a 340 there on 55k miles, so i just had the whole axle, so did some thorough mechanicing before even driving the thing haha! had it on the road for a couple of weeks now, loving it! did someone on here own it at one point? could i turbocharge a carb'ed engine possibly? thanks again!

[volvosneverdie]

Welcome in dude.
If youre already on 360 running gear you might as well just put a 2.3 turbo from a 940 in.
Theyre cheap enough. And plenty around.

See this thread: http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 13&t=10269


Or massive bike/40/45 carbs.

[theo2468]

Sounds good, you can only get redblock turbos as an injection engine, if your going to turbo it you may aswell just buy a whole engine

[alexroberts_12]

cool! thanks vey much for the help already guys! cant wait to get to know everyone on here, will defo look more into the turbo engine swap in the future! want to get to the limits of the 2 litre first lol. cheers!

[Nimminz]

welcome mate!!

[L14MNP]

Welcome mate. Your 340 has had the worst parts removed, Renault engine and chocolate drivetrain Definitley turbo power FTW!

[MCHUDD]

Hi mate and welcome.
Good luck with the car.I know ride-on is doing a 2.3 conversion at the moment.
He knows all about that sort of thing.
Cheers Mark.

[Evoman]

Welcome, Sounds a sweet car, and im looking forward to the mods! pictures would be a bonus

Where in north wales are you from? Im from aberystwyth, we could have a wales mini meet

joined?

http://www.midwalesmodified.com plenty of rwders on there but this 100% the place for 300s, I've not been here long and everyones been really helpful

[alexroberts_12]

Hey sorry for the insanely long reply I'm not being ignorant. Internet declared war on me and admitted defeat yesterday! And I'm in wrexham but always up for a drive, especially to meet new people! Yep I'll have a look on that site now, and not sure how to post pictures as I'm on my phone? Which is a blackberry bold if anyone has one and knows how to on these! Aha! Cheers guys!!

[Evoman]

Cant help you on the picture front, theres a few on her from wales, a meet would be cool at some point

[Ride_on]

Welcome! The rear hubs can be tricky to repair but not impossible, basically any short axle repair involves a new rear wheel bearing or module replacement of the aluminium hub, axlehsaft and brake backplate (separation of the backplate also requires a new bearing) there are some treads about but I guess you are over that now unless you need spares. Getting CV drive flange off with a puller is the easy bit

I havn't gotten anywhere near the turbo mod yet, still welding a rust monster saloon, but doing pretty much the same as the thread link above with a 96 940 2.3 HPT (high pressure turbo).

If you have a low compression engine (88-on carb, 87-on injection) you could upgrade to high compression which will give you more low end torque. Cam and carb would be the main mods,then complete 2.3 Turbo (+ additional boost up to 11psi for free should max out the drivetrain).