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Originally Posted by xtreme
any updates on this?
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Gant,
Thanks for the bump. Unfortunately there has been no real progress. Other projects have taken up a lot of time. Both my brother and I have also been trying to focus on school, and being 3000 miles away from the car for most of the year doesn't help either. Alex has actually done quite a bit of cad work on the car, but we want to get in to manufacturing before posting any pics of that.
I've picked up a lot more electronics stuff. A few months ago I developed an add-on board that will convert almost any Volvo from the 1980s to distributorless ignition. It also adds launch control and shift cut (for full throttle shifting).
Here's a picture of it mounted and wired inside the ECU:
The first production run:
Alex and I have also dumped quite a bit of time in to this project. It's a 73 VW beetle rallycross car. It was purchased as a rolling chassis (stripped, cage, 911 suspension and brakes, slicks, etc).
We dropped in a 170hp 2.5l Volvo 20v 5 cylinder mated to a 4 speed vanagon transmission. Added a programmable EMS, coil on plug, individual throttle bodies, all new wiring, new fuel system, etc.
Here's a start-up video with the old intake manifold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjY_-ioMMsw
So yeah, work on the 242 has been slow, but we've got tons of **** keeping us busy. Sorry for the lack of updates.
Karl