I very much doubt it, certainly not colour-wise ... See this link for more V3M history
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=2&t=5363

Cheers

Tom

Probably not much difference, 1990-1991 cars got good spec though. GLE's basically turned into GL's in the UK.

There were some J plate 340's about though, so H's aren't all that uncommon

cool thread there, good info. mucho appreciated

Hello and welcome mate, good to see you found your way over here from Retro-Rides

It's a nice tidy looking car you've got there, look after it and she'll serve you well.

As has been already mentioned for easy to get hold of 300 bits and bob's including lowering stuff speak to Dai, aka Classicswede, see here.

http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... f=8&t=1804

Welcome to the Forum dude.
3 Doors are made of win and really suit the low down stance, so get it down 2 all round and let the exhaust scraping begin!

1.4s are pretty fun, and usually no bother at all.
Enjoy man.

volvosneverdie wrote:Welcome to the Forum dude.
3 Doors are made of win and really suit the low down stance, so get it down 2 all round and let the exhaust scraping begin!

1.4s are pretty fun, and usually no bother at all.
Enjoy man.

cheers dude out of interest, should the carb only run on 1 barrel untill i really put my foot down when the second one kicks in? or is that a fault?

yes that is how it's ment to be

It's 80's vtak

Actually, no, can't be, this system actually does something useful!

well the cleon engine is a sixties design actually

Chris_C wrote:It's 80's vtak

Actually, no, can't be, this system actually does something useful!

haha well thats the image i got !Volvotek just kicked in yo! but what are the advantages?

Twofold, firstly it helps make the throttle response linear, as the butterfly opens the amount of air that can enter is sinewave shaped so the first half a butterfly opening would be most of the power. The second butterfly counters this abit.

Also, the car normally runs on half the air it does on full throttle so you get much better economy when you don't want the power.

Chris_C wrote:Twofold, firstly it helps make the throttle response linear, as the butterfly opens the amount of air that can enter is sinewave shaped so the first half a butterfly opening would be most of the power. The second butterfly counters this abit.

Also, the car normally runs on half the air it does on full throttle so you get much better economy when you don't want the power.

oo handy, that is essential then as these aren't fantastic on fuel
thanks

Then you need to give it a service... both my 1.4 and 1.7 saw very high 40's on run's, mid 30's on town. They are hugely surprising for their size *if* looked after.

I still can't believe a 1.4 or 1.7 carbed engine can get mid 30's MPG in town, which by definition involves lots of stop start traffic and on/off choke from cold. Are you sure Especially when everyone else moans about the 1.4 being rubbish on short journeys for economy

Personally I got 28mpg around town and 36-38ish mpg on long runs in my old fully-serviced 1.4 4 speed 343. Admittedly the long run economy would be better with another gear, but can't imagine the in town economy to change dramatically because of this.

I'm getting around 40MPG out of my 1.4 now since i've done the little jobs here and there on it which i'm happy with, thats probably A road work more than anything but do alot of stop start work driving down the M6 pretty much everyday too, i'm pleased with it anyway and it's a nice change to the 28MPG I get out of my BMW lol, although that things worthit just for the sound lol!