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Old 06-19-2019, 07:42 AM
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Just caught up on this build, awesome!
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Old 06-20-2019, 03:37 PM
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Here is another version of a Volvo/LS swap for sale!

https://akroncanton.craigslist.org/c...915628232.html
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Old 06-23-2019, 10:43 AM
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Just caught up on this build, awesome!
Thanks man, much appreciated.

Well, got the car almost all the way to Pacific Friday night...its about 180 miles from Portland north. I made it 178 miles when I took the offramp a guy pulled up behind me and told me my trailer was smoking......I bail out and get to looking.

What I found is with the side door, the fender just sits in two little pockets to hold it in. The entire fender just fell over, would have been just fine but it wedged itself between the car and the tire and destroyed the inside of the tire, not to mention hot rubber all over both the car and the trailer. Good fun.

Moved the fender and limped it to the track. Later in the evening I swapped out the spare. ATC is going to take care of a new inner fender and replacing the spare tire for me already.





3 hours and 45 minutes to get there......ridiculous traffic. I pull in, they moved start times up 20 minutes. Literally unload the car, get safety gear, drive to tech, drive to grid, last car in the line and roll onto the track. Maybe 10 mins between arrival to on track.





I ran the first session, car feels ok, steering is awesome, no more moving steering wheel, the car feels suspension wise tight for the first time ever and I was able to focus on driving this time out instead of worrying about what the hell was going on with the car. Rear feels loose though, a little floaty. Ran 20 min session, had one stoppage for a blown tire.

Came back to pits, no leaks, check tires, hot was up to 42 lbs......woah, thats way to high. Drop pressures down to 35 front and 34 rear. Have a little coolant coming out from the overflow, so drain that, not much in it and throw a zip tie on the hose. Add in 5 gallons of fuel. Car still leaks fuel out the filler neck by the way so I cannot fill it full without it getting really bad losing fuel.

Back on track, car is ****ing dialed , little bit of push if I am off my line or come in too hot but I think thats a driver thing not a car thing. Things are running really well, I run my 20 minute session, we have a driver blow an engine on the back straight in a honda, didnt oil the track down, just blown up. So we get brought in while the wrecker gets him.

Finished the session car was working really well.

Came in, threw in 3 gallons of fuel, check tires, all good. Go out for 3rd session and its fast. I got in three or four good laps, but then get a black flag waved at me. I come in to hot pits to see whats up, they say nothing, we didnt flag you at all. Just as I am waiting to come out of hot pits an ls swapped e36 comes down the straightaway smoking like mad, pulls off just after the wall so we wait.

Track was Red flagged so thats a stop all on track for fire. I ended up being the pace car and brought all the cars back in to hot pits.



Get the next 10 mins on track, had some fun with a Focus RS that I got around, then an m2 that I got around and finished up the session.

Hands down the best the car has performed since its been done, Gaining a little confidence in it now.

I left the track about 9 pm and rolled into the driveway at home just before midnight. Long day, but got to hang out with some great friends and have a killer evening.







So now what, give the garage a wonderful overdue cleaning, worked on a buddies Buick Lucerne replacing a motor mount, detail up the jeep and figure out plans for next weekend =)

Garage is small, but keeping it super organized keeps me trucking away on projects. I do my best to keep as much stuff off the floor and put away as I can.



Oh, yeah, Cam, Pulley, 102mm CNC ported snout, 95 lb injectors, valve springs all should be here tomorrow. Should be good for at least another 100 wheel if not a little more.

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Old 06-23-2019, 01:03 PM
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Now that sounds like a fun filled day!! Glad the car worked as it should...

Lucky with the trailer, that could have been much worse.
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Old 06-24-2019, 10:05 PM
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Man this thing is so cool. I've always thought the boxy styling of this era Volvo was neat, and you really killed it on rim/tire size, width, ride height, and just overall stance. Thing looks amazing... I want one!
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Good to hear you're getting the bugs out, Sean. Regarding your last comment here, let's have some details: "Oh, yeah, Cam, Pulley, 102mm CNC ported snout, 95 lb injectors, valve springs all should be here tomorrow. Should be good for at least another 100 wheel if not a little more."

I might have another LS on the way for a different car (524TD), so I'm trying to broaden horizons a bit beyond the LS9 cam and Deka 80s . . .
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Old 06-25-2019, 04:14 PM
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Now that sounds like a fun filled day!! Glad the car worked as it should...

Lucky with the trailer, that could have been much worse.
Totally agree, it was an awesome day and I lucked out on the trailer. ATC has been awesome too, they are shipping out a brand new fender, wheel and tire all mounted and balanced to take care of it.

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Man this thing is so cool. I've always thought the boxy styling of this era Volvo was neat, and you really killed it on rim/tire size, width, ride height, and just overall stance. Thing looks amazing... I want one!

Thanks man, its a little different than the usual but people seem to love the thing. I wish it was a little bit lower but might get to that once I get the 315's and flare it.

Appreciate the props for sure.

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Good to hear you're getting the bugs out, Sean. Regarding your last comment here, let's have some details: "Oh, yeah, Cam, Pulley, 102mm CNC ported snout, 95 lb injectors, valve springs all should be here tomorrow. Should be good for at least another 100 wheel if not a little more."

I might have another LS on the way for a different car (524TD), so I'm trying to broaden horizons a bit beyond the LS9 cam and Deka 80s . . .
Dude, i need more details on the ls swap car now.

Nothing Crazy on the setup. It will be:

GM 95 lb injectors (still on Pump Gas so no need for anything crazy)
BTR Stage 2 Blower cam
BTR Valve Springs
BTR Keepers and Valve Seals
GripTech 2.45 hub and replaceable pulley
102mm CNC Ported factory snout.

Still debating on doing a 102mm Throttle body or not.

Car will get a full fresh tune on it with the new setup, probably be about 12 lbs of boost with the new setup and shooting for 600 wheel with the new setup. I feel that the transmission and rearend might need some stuff done to it to hold up with this kind of power see how it fares the rest of the summer but I have been driving the piss out of it the last few months.

I built it to drive it and I am totally doing that!!!!

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Old 06-26-2019, 09:51 AM
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Goodies showed up yesterday at the house, now if I can just figure out some time to get them installed. Lance Draeger has been awesome to work with on the LSA Stuff, always available for questions, wonderful shipping and just good to deal with. At this point it might be August.






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Old 07-02-2019, 11:08 AM
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Fun weekend of car ****.

Headed up to the Olympic Peninsula on Friday after work to a little Casino in Shelton Wa. Its a fun place off the beaten path, easy to stay at, always has trailer parking available.

Took a few mins to clean up the setup after arriving. Always like keeping things clean and tidy.



Ran autocross practice all day Saturday with the BCA guys. Killer group of people, always low key. The grounds were awesome. Its an old abandoned air strip so speeds were much higher than usual. Courses were about 1 minute each. We ran 1 course before lunch and 1 course after lunch.



Kristi taking her first ride ever in the car on a course.



She had a blast, but had no idea how violent it would be in the car Very good times.

Took my dad for a spin. He lives up there and came down to hang out for the day, has not ridden in anything this fast in a long, long time. :-P





No idea if this will work or not, short clip coming into the stop.



Took me a couple laps to get to know the course but once I did I got pretty quick, still a couple of seconds off pace from the super fast cars like the GT3 and a boosted miata but very happy with what I am learning, both about the car and the driver. Looking ahead, smooth, less braking, more throttle early on all helped me out a ton.

Car was very happy with 34 psi front and 32 psi rear tires. I was pushing a bit in the sweepers, adjusted the rear coilovers stiffer and it got worse, softened them up 4 clicks and I picked up a second.

I didnt turn a wrench on it all day except checking lug nuts and driving it. More seat time and I think Ill be ready to do a little more competitive stuff. Been having fun driving the car.

I was beat though. I had 18,000 steps on Saturday alone.

Headed to an event in Seattle on Sunday then home.

All in all a great weekend of car stuff, even made it out to Red Door Meet in Portland. Always interesting to say the least.

Track day on Friday at PIR, going to take a break after that for a bit, getting a little burned out.
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Old 07-05-2019, 10:27 AM
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Not much of an update. Had some time yesterday so I got the front pads swapped back out for the Wilwood Track pads. Swapping out to the stock pads was the right thing to do on the autocross course, I had no issues locking up the fronts once I did that. So that is my new routine.

You know you have done this a lot when you know exactly what tools you need.



Gave the frontend a once over, drained the catch can....hardly anything in it, checked all the fluids and filled it up with gas. Thats when things went a little sideways.

I have only filled the tank once before as I have had sloshing issues out the filler neck.

Drove back home and got a huge amount of fuel leaking out onto the garage floor.....out the vent this time.

It was time for a redo of my venting system, I needed a high point in the system, some way to keep the liquid fuel from getting into my charcoal canister.

So what I did was came out of the stock fuel assembly with 1/4" hose, to piece of NICOP line. Came out the drivers side and then have a 12" vertical riser up by the hinge assembly and back down. This should keep the liquid from being able to get into my vent line. Previously it was almost all horizontal allowing liquid to get in there and plug it up. When I took the canister out, I drained a fair bit of raw fuel out of it.

I spaced on taking any pics though.

Took it out for a spin to check out my new mods and it seemed to be ok. Less smelly now than ever before. Curious how it does on track and if I get fuel coming out.

While out and about I snapped some pics though just enjoying the car a little bit. Its a little stiff around town but awesome on backroads. Its a little weird though, after really knowing what the car can do on track, I take it pretty easy on the backroads just a nice cruise with some good corners.





This is one of my favorite shots of the car. Just love this frontend.



On the waiting list for TNIA in Portland tonight.
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