volvosneverdie wrote:

classicswede wrote:

The bumper is teh R sport with a extra lower lip added on.

Meganne lower lip innit?

(now im really pushing my luck.....)

Laguna

trabitom99 wrote:

volvosneverdie wrote:

classicswede wrote:

The bumper is teh R sport with a extra lower lip added on.

Meganne lower lip innit?

(now im really pushing my luck.....)

Laguna

FAIL

.........................Im back.

This thread just made my day

Krazvy, the 360 torque tube, box diff and half shafts have had people put 250ish bhp through them safely, after then they seem to start popping bits.

Way before then you need to worry about rear axle location though, as I've just found with what I reckon is less than 150.

Chris_C wrote: Way before then you need to worry about rear axle location though, as I've just found with what I reckon is less than 150.

Umm what?

I get rear axle steer when launching, enough that without loosing any traction I have to correct for it steering wise. The car then proceeds to "crab" up the road until it unwinds.

I reckon having the tramp bar fitted both sides will sort this though.

Chris_C wrote: The car then proceeds to "crab" up the road .
.

Johns car seems to do that too......
Always driving sideways.....

Chris_C wrote:I get rear axle steer when launching, enough that without loosing any traction I have to correct for it steering wise. The car then proceeds to "crab" up the road until it unwinds.

I reckon having the tramp bar fitted both sides will sort this though.

Yeah that's common especially if you have single tramp bar and don't have locker/LSD, same happens with 200-series panhard-style setup also. Best solution to solve the problem and keep axle centered would be a watt-link.

I've not bothered to do anything yet as this "feature" doesn't bother me that much in street use.

Bit off-topic, watt-link also improves the durability of the stock CV-joints when driven hard by limiting the axle movement sidweways and therefore reducing the stress at the CV-joints. I asked about this from a guy who drives national Group-F gravel rallies here in Finland with the 300-series. He told that the half shafts/CV-joints started to last much longer when he installed the watt-link setup.

-Marko

thanks for the information....
i want to make a turbo out of this thing .....
the engine i have now has some power but need more to humiliate some new generation cars that are in our town whit an "old granny" .
i will soon upload some pics whit my car, i have non right now.

can you make me a photo of your watt-link to see how it's made.....how it's mounted .....if possible

krazvy wrote:can you make me a photo of your watt-link to see how it's made.....how it's mounted .....if possible

Read through 340glts thread dude:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... 0&start=15

Chris_C wrote:I get rear axle steer when launching, enough that without loosing any traction I have to correct for it steering wise. The car then proceeds to "crab" up the road until it unwinds.

I reckon having the tramp bar fitted both sides will sort this though.

I don't get that on mine, it just axle tramps or looses traction but thats when giving it full beans not just your average quick pull away. My rear end is still sky high tho?

Either way it's all fun and i'm suprised i've not broken anything yet

Yes i am touching wood while i write this lol