I finally found something, I ended up getting a 1994 Volvo 940 turbo sedan. It is an auto with 189 on the clock, it's got the redblock and I was told that it's the 8 valve head which I think is non-interference. Did the water pump last night it was surprisingly easy. Why did no one ever tell me that 4 cyl turbo volvos were a blast to drive
At $600 I couldn't refuse to buy. It is really rough cosmetically though. Both airbags blown, dents all around. Left fender damage, corner light gone and plexiglass and duct tape for a left headlight lense (but it does work)
aint seen you here in a while. nice to have you back!!!!
Been moving around a little, working, getting life back on track after parts of life went to hell. But alls getting better now
Glad you're back. Good to hear that things are pointed in the right direction. And I've really been itching for a Volvo Turbo for the the past six months. Keep us updated.
Enjoy, get her a solid tune up, add a wideband and manual boost controller and have even more fun...until you need even more haha. Its a slippery slope, im on my second turbo redblock.. neither stayed stock long.
Fyi, the headlight lenses and corner light are specific to the fact it has fog lights, they are different shapes than non foglight cars. I learned the hard way on my old 740
When you get good at it, you can do a water pump on a redblock Volvo in 20 minutes. I could, once.
Yeah I almost bought a headlight housing and lense before I thought about that, the seller was cool enough to bring up that fact
EvanR wrote: When you get good at it, you can do a water pump on a redblock Volvo in 20 minutes. I could, once.
The timing belt look like it would only take 10-20 minutes to do
Anything on a redblock takes about 20 min. Hell I swapped a trans in less than a hour
Where did Volvo go astray? Anything on my 2000 s70 takes 3 days.
Congrats on the pick up and welcome back. A turbo volvo wagon might make it's way to my driveway one of these days.
gubernaculum wrote: Where did Volvo go astray? Anything on my 2000 s70 takes 3 days.
FWD.
If anyone's interested there's a 91 940 wagon for $200 near me with a blown motor. Seems in fair shape
So amazed, it may seem trivial thst while my gas guage is stuck at half tank my analog clock right next to it keeps perfect time on a 21 yr old car. Driving it all week 32 miles each way to work after it hadn't been driven regularly for awhile has broken the trans pan gasket so that has been put on the docket to get done in quick order.
gubernaculum wrote: Where did Volvo go astray? Anything on my 2000 s70 takes 3 days.
The 850. I owned two of them for some reason. Not bad for what they are, but nowhere near as cool as the old ones. I will have a rwd turbo Volvo some day.
The 700 and 900 series Volvos are the best Volvos! Great, fun, inexpensive RWD cars.
In reply to jsquared:
The grandpa series are almost fun as a 240
Sweet Volvo. I didn't know about the foglight thing, that seems really weird.
This is what I have been looking for but for some reason I am wanting it for less than 2K. Still I don't think you coil build one for tho cheap.
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5178417799.html
In reply to ssswitch:
Different grills too between the fog and non fog cars. Makes more sense when you realize the fog lights are taking up precious front end space thus requiring everything to be different size.
The more you know rainbow shooting star haha
Furious_E wrote:gubernaculum wrote: Where did Volvo go astray? Anything on my 2000 s70 takes 3 days.The 850. I owned two of them for some reason. Not bad for what they are, but nowhere near as cool as the old ones. I will have a rwd turbo Volvo some day.
There's several older 940s around nc for less than 800, mine was running just needed a waterpump for 600
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