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Member ID: Mccrae

Location: Adelaide, AU

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Vehicle Info

1974 Volvo 140-Series

Bought: Jan, 2005

Sold: Oct, 2009

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Custom Exhaust 

Ratings

    • Currently 2.6/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
    • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 19, 2009

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Robin’s Volvo 140-Series
“Seether”

  • Currently 2.65 /5 Stars.
15 guestbook comments

Web page directory
1 Seether
2 Restoration
3 Seether's Blog
4 Emmalyne
5 Dorethy

Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series


The car
I got this car for $500 Australian. She came with 3 engines, 5 gearboxes, 3 tail shatfs, 2 sets of brake calipers and discs, a few brake boosters, and many other spares.

Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series
Body
Existing paint was rubbed back
Rust was nocked in, removed, and treated

Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series


Engine
The engine came with a 'd' racing cam. This was not suited to the carburettored engine; a normal cam was installed
She was given some head work

Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series


Brakes
Brakes were siezed up so had to bleed them
Changed the boots etc

Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series Mccrae's 1974 Volvo 140-Series
Suspension
New shocks all round
The springs were reset one inch lower
New front anti-roll bar

Guestbook Ratings

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revoticfan  

Posted by: revoticfan

09/07/2006 02:11PM

Nice car!Like all mods!Check out mine;-)PEACE!

Mccrae  

Posted by: Mccrae

02/23/2006 02:58PM

24/02/06 Picking up Seether's head today from the head grinding people. Once the head goes back on compression should be fixed, fingers crossed that the lumpy cam isn't the problem.

Mccrae  

Posted by: Mccrae

11/28/2005 04:15PM

29/11/05 Seather is currently having one lung removed. There seems to be some problem with the tunning as a result of low compression. Its suspected that the exhaust valvues aren't seating properly. The first step before pulling my engines to pieces to hunt for better cylander heads will be to change the car from a twin carby setup to a single carby setup. Luckily i had a single carb manyfold to spare. Apparently this is the thing to do with this engine anyway. Later models also ran with only one carb. Other then this Seather has been out for a few runs, shes a little down on power but has plenty of torque able to light up the wheels even when moving at slow speeds and not just by dropping the clutch.

Mccrae  

Posted by: Mccrae

11/08/2005 05:24PM

09/11/05 *Satellite pics added of 'Eagle on the hill road'*

Mccrae  

Posted by: Mccrae

11/02/2005 06:01PM

03/11/05 Managed to find a few hours last friday to work on the engine tunning. Shes running better then ever, although still rich. Almost finished ripping out the fan, air con, heater, and vacuum bottle. That should shed a little weight, and make it easier to install a new dash speaker...and maybe i can find the radio wires then? Once thats all done its off to the autoshop for a couple of carby bits and some fine tunning.

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Member ID: Mccrae

Location: Adelaide, AU