warning light and hi

Post by **fatgingerlegend** » 28 Aug 2008 07:34 pm

hi,

my mate has bought a volvo to drive while he fixes his ever reliable 2.1 zvh rs turbo

and also to use in the scumball rally next year.

we are going to drop in a clio lump, hopefully! i have heard that the engine drops straight in to the 1.7's, is this true?

anyway we also have a problem, whilst driving a dashlight comes on an we have no idea what it is its the (!) one, 6 in from the left on the above dash read out. what the hell is it and is the vulvu going to die

cheers

Post by **jtbo** » 28 Aug 2008 07:37 pm

Have you checked level of brake fluid recently? That usually lits when there is too little amount of brake fluid in system.

Post by **filthyjohn** » 28 Aug 2008 08:02 pm

Or leaky rear brake cylinders too. Welcome to the forum, getting a clio lump in there is easier than most engine swaps and can be done for the Scumball budget (still a grand?).

Post by **fatgingerlegend** » 28 Aug 2008 11:19 pm

well fingers crossed its as easy as my b18c6 swap in to my crx

old one out new one in do a bit of pipe swapping..... wallop 187bhp crx.

were also going to use the car for drift events, maybe some grass track stuff and maybe even some hill climb.

i mainly want to do it so i can get more practice with a rear drive car as i dont fancy killing/harming an ae86 which is the next step to an rx-7/supra dont fancy having any doubt in my mind when toying with a 300hp jap whore that will kill me into a tree.

ill do some searching into brakes and such too, also need to find out how to stiffen the back end, leaf springs are a bit foreign to me i get the lowering blocks but how do you stiffen it? just new dampers?

think we are also getting some steels made up from a mate too, any size any pcd any width, should be good, any recommendations on size or width for a 16v lump?

cheers guys

Post by **fatgingerlegend** » 28 Aug 2008 11:22 pm

oh ps, whats the deal with fitting an exhaust manifold for the 16v swap? do you just get the flange turned and re-welded?

Post by **Bazboy** » 28 Aug 2008 11:51 pm

I learnt about that light the scary way, drove all the way from salisbury area to southampton with the lid off my brake fluid pot after i had just replaced my brake hoses, was driving all the way thinking what the hell is this light??? it kept flashing every time i hit a bump, when i found out what it was i wasn't half rattled could of been bad, but lesson learnt all ways check before you drive.

Dan