New member, with Volvo pics

[ivmotor]

I am very excited to find a website for my kind of car. Nobody in my area does this kind of stuff and I need some people to bounce ideas around.

On to the car:
78 volvo 262c
all steel body mods, fenders are +5 rear, +3 front
406 with brodix heads, all comp cams roller valvetrain
main carb is Q-jet, drag carb is demon
4L80 with manual valve body
9" rear with three link/ladder bar (four bolts to convert)
all coleman machine tubular front suspension with fab spindles
12.5" front, 11" rear brakes with Howe calipers
200 gain nitrous system
Morel/mb quart separates in custom fiberglass enclosures
RE subs in fiberglass box, all zapco amps
I remember the front seats being from an acura
kinesis 18x13 and 18x9 wheels
most of the time R1 rubber

stats:
636hp at the wheels
1/4 9.8 at 5000' elevation
weighs 3100 wet/no driver
f/r is 52/48
lots of PDX, autocross, test n tune at Reno-Fernley Raceway

[70rs]

Holy crap man! That is one serious Volvo!!! Nice!
That is the second killer Volvo project posted today. Cool!
Welcome and please post more pics. That is awesome!

[BlkBird]

That is just WRONG for SO many reasons.....I LOVE IT! lol, "dare to be different" at its finest! What on earth made you look at a Volvo and decide to do that?!

[ivmotor]

I tried to find the slowest car possible. I autocrossed it for a year and was 10 seconds slower than the next slowest car.

I spent the next 10 years with various engines, suspensions, tires/wheels etc getting it dialed in.

Nobody will ever pull up next to me and say: "I had one of those, but mine was faster"

[Josh69]

Originally Posted by ivmotor

I tried to find the slowest car possible. I autocrossed it for a year and was 10 seconds slower than the next slowest car.

I spent the next 10 years with various engines, suspensions, tires/wheels etc getting it dialed in.

Nobody will ever pull up next to me and say: "I had one of those, but mine was faster"

LOL, that's awesome. Welcome!

[67rstbkt]

Cool car man, I live in Reno too. I've seen you driving down pyramid before.

[ivmotor]

Have to update pics