ovlov 360 driftstroyer (spain)

[racing-street]

The whole 'Drift' phenomenon is killing a LOT of Volvo 300s, ..

yes i know i saw that and i don,t like.
i would like to see them properly modified, clean, been competitive and diferent to the other ones,...
here the people look me like a crazy but all the people at the end of the event speak about it, know more people can say when the saw one: "o thats a volvo 340/360", and that is great i think.

[trabitom99]

trabitom99, that bracket, and all the things i sent to the bin becouse i found the bracket for the steering pump to fit directly, and the other things where weight for me.
here nere my house there where 2 o 3 360 glt and a gle in the scrapyard, when i return if there are more things like AC i will open a post to say you what they have got and you to tell me what you need.

i arrived this forum time ago, and i found very good people and tons of imformation, thats what i,m so happy here, but i don,t post to much becouse my english, and my computer (very old and bad internet conexion)

Your english is excellent, don't worry about that

That's good of you to look at the scrapyards, if you find anything AC-related try and save it. There are people here who are ready to pay good money for that kind of stuff.

Even if you've binned the rest, it looks like you still have your heater box - maybe you'd consider swapping with someone here? The change-over is very easy - and I'm sure one of us vultures in LHD-land would be happy to part exchange you a non-AC replacement

Cheers

Tom

[Jos360]

Drift-scene is killing 300's: True, but the one who pays the money gets to decide what to do. I like it that 300's are popular in drifting because it gives the car a good image.

About the AC-parts: Anything you can find and advertise will sell, i am 100% sure on that. Even the dash-switch. I already have my AC so i don't necessarily need one, but a lot of other people will.

Too bad you don't have that drifting pic in high-res. What a great pic that is!!

[Fuse]

sorry fuse i didn,t want to say that they are scrap cars, when i was looking for one, i found a 3 door 81 360 with b19 engine, very cheap too, but i didn,t want becouse that was a classic and i didn,t want to modify it and destroy. I understand the people who restorate any car, from Audis to Volvos, i like the classics, more than knowadays cars.
here more people want to find them, to have like classic, and call me asking for pieces, where they can find one, or similar things and i help them.
i like this car, not only like a cheap drift car, i think it,s beatifull and diferent. with lot of posibilitys, and i,m not going to send it to the scrapyard so easy.
I love my 360 more than other cars and i had a lot and very diferents, ibiza sxi, golf gti, scort xr3i, 200sx s14, bluebird, saxo, express,...
is not a concidence i own this car.

i arrived this forum time ago, and i found very good people and tons of imformation, thats what i,m so happy here, but i don,t post to much becouse my english, and my computer (very old and bad internet conexion)

not all the "cheap drifters" are banger-drifters, and i,m not one of them

-asier.

Very nice to hear that! I'm also sorry if I came on bit aggressive, there just have been too much people who don't see any other value in these cars than the cheap drift-value. I don't want to sound like some old fart who only likes museum vehicles no no.. I have a 360 Turbo my self so I'm very much in to the modifying and building cars, Volvos especially.

It's just the attitude which some people have that "there's no point to do anything properly on these cars because these are just for cheap drifting" which makes me see red..

Good to hear that you like the forum! Your english is totally understandable btw.

[kds19]

i agree i have to admit i only got mine cos i wanted a cheap drift car but now i love my 340 so much i bought another 340 which turned out to be a rotter but now i have just bought a 360 glt and love it i have proudly had 3 300s and im only 18
i always wanted to get competitive with a 300 and you have inspired me to keep with my 340 for drifting so thank you
awesome skidding skillz by the way!!!!!!

[mat 91]

i did have just that attitude cheap drifter learn and more on but its got under my skin
i want to develop the car into a winner slowly but surelly make it a winner
then peopel will say did you see that blur yer i think it was a volvo

[garth]

I'm not even going to comment on my drift-volvo lark. I get annoyed everytime I see one. Not the real good ones who are in it for the Volvo, just the tramp ones who come on her, post 3 posts asking for one then buy one, never to be seen again.

Sorry to hijack your thread on that, you look like you have some propper car control and competing too. Well done!

[racing-street]

thanks a lot for the coments.
today i meet swedish man from södertalje (and i was there in june visiting my girlfriend who was studing/working there!!!!!) who can help me finding pieces for my little project in sweden, becouse here in spain whe haven,t got anything jajajajaj i,m crazy doing a drift car, when there isn,t anything even for the originals, and more in spain.

training touge in the mountains

[Jos360]

I'm loving the wheels on your car! Exactly my style.

[Ronnie]

Nice car - nice drifting

Frits has already shown that the V300 can be a seriously competitive drift machine:
http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/v ... ilit=drift

He's got sponsorship and everything and has been in with a few modifying firsts.

I respect anyone who can build up their own car and make it in motorsport - regardless of what kind of motorsport that is. And you sound like a nice guy too. So please ignore the negative comments on this thread and keep up the good work.

But seriously, about the AC - you could probably finance a whole season racing if you troll the Spanish scrap yards for AC components and sell them on here

[trabitom99]

So please ignore the negative comments on this thread and keep up the good work.

Don't forget: this is a discussion forum - a pretty "liberal" one at that - and it'd be a pretty dull place if everyone agreed on everything. Just thing how riveting Jani's global warming thread would be, if he'd written "I think Al Gore sucks" and everyone just replied "me too", "me too", "me too". As long as people are civil to each other, I'm glad if people speak their mind.

It took me nearly three years to find a complete AC system, and was lucky to have a lot of help along the way. Andy even removed a compressor bracket on his hols in Australia and invested a lot of his free time to help get it fitted. Considering all that, I think my comments were pretty positive

My personal opinion is that drifting ISN'T the No. 1 enemy of the Volvo 300 - low prices are. Cheap cars get trampdrifted sure, but they also attract the kind of low-budget motorist who just wants a cheap car with some tax and test, doesn't invest a penny and moves on once the windscreen wipers need replacing. Once the prices start rising (and they are for good examples, even in the UK) people will start taking more care of their cars and they'll survive for longer.

Drifting improving the image of V300s? Maybe withing the drift scene, outside of that I don't think it makes a jot of difference. The comments I get about my car from friends, neighbours, colleagues, motorists at the fuel pumps etc. are getting more positive, but that has absolutely nothing to do with the drift scene.

Tom

[volvosneverdie]

Im with Tom. (sorry to agree Tom )

This is an open and usually civil forum for discussion. Mainly about volvo 300s.
Everyones opinion has merit, even if its solely on the grounds of it being someones opinion.
We all have differing views on many different issues, and we all get along well enough.

Diversity is food of progression after all.

[racing-street]

all the comentaries are good, not all the people have got the same point of view for volvos, drift, rallys, motorsports... it is normal
and i accept all of them. here we say: "speaking the people understands"
the vw wheels look good but they would look better if the ET be lower. i can fit spacers but i don,t like them.
if you say with the air conditioning i can pay a drift season, i don,t believe that!!! and i send all the pieces to the bin
but i think i can find more jajajajajjajajaj
here in spain the volvos 360 aren,t soo cheap and they are dificult to find.
i have to say my inspiration comes from nikdev`s car was the first i saw and i loved it, before that i come to this forum and see more good projects, and i started loving more and more my car, to the point of prefer this car than an e30 (here cheaper and with more options) and even my s13, wich i want to sold, but i,m not very convinced.
i saw frits drifting and he have got more merit becouse he started with a 1.4 and now is going to make a bullet.
thanks for all
asier

[Frits]

Absolutely lovely vids!

Nice

[racing-street]

it was a fantastic car i loved it more than the s13 but it,s dead.
it was in the track, a rainy day, it was working perfect like always drifting in 2 and 3rd, not too much grip in a first moment, but we fit better tyre pressures and it was .... the best drift day for me with it but, in a mistake in a 3rd right corner, going down it across, .......























a big omega hit me and my codriver, over 90km/h.
we havent got anything, but the car... my lovely car

displaced distance:

where it stop





interior

the people was able to get inside without opening the door.


5 minutes later y bought another one (the other one in the baske country for track days), it was stripped, dif welded, but no ITV (your MOT, but here the car need to be completly standar) the las friday y past it and today the car is with insurance.
i have got anotherone, and i hope for a long long time.