Vehicle Owner

Member ID: kneedsacar

Location: Tigard, OR

Vehicle Info

1991 Volvo 200-Series

Bought: Sep, 2005

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile16.68 sec @ 80 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed115mph
  • HP145
  • Weight2950lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • K&N Intake 
  • Custom Perf. Chip 
  • NGK Ignition 
  • Custom Brakes 
  • Bilstein Shocks 

Exterior Styling

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

Look HERE for MANY more pictures.

Here are a couple pictures of how it currently looks, and CLEAN!!!
kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series               kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

 

Best of last three dyno pulls was the A cam timed straight up, better torque/power than IPD Turbo Cam 2 degrees advanced up top and basically the same at lower rpm.  Do not waste your time with an IPD Turbo Cam in your normally aspirated Volvo!  And my latest timeslip... (Edit: Car has since done 112whp uncorrected and a 16.68 1/4mi.  Can't wait for more numbers in the '09 year!)

kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series  kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

Current details:
AW70 transmission
Power locks and windows
Keyless entry
Heated seats, that work
Airconditioning converted to R134 with Volvo conversion kit
Rear fog light 
Dash mat
Black rubber floor mats
Black and blue interior trim

Goodies
-17x7.5" Tethy wheels from a S60T5, wheel and hubcentric 35.5/38.5mm spacers, rear fender lips "rolled", 215/45-17 tires
-Stainless front brake lines installed, stainless rear lines in the trunk
-ATE Type 200 brake fluid
-Poly control arm bushings up front
-Poly torque rod bushings in back
-IPD adjustable panhard rod with poly bushings
-25/22mm swaybars
-Stripped of undercoating and painted front subframe, control arms, coil springs, strut assemblies, front calipers
-Tom's upper strut brace, stronger and lighter than IPD/Cherry Turbo version
-IPD Cherry lower chassis brace(well worth it! feels much better under braking)
-GT strut tower reinforcement plates
-Volvo's B cam advanced 2 degrees for daily driver mode, straight up for track use(IPD's Turbo cam is no better than an A or B cam in a normally aspirated car, at least not enough to be worth spending money on it, FWIW)
-Modified stock airbox with K&N filter
-2.5" custom R-Sport International full mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust with Magnaflow high flow cat and rear muffler, Dynomax race bullet resonator in the middle
-ported exhaust manifold,
-Custom LH2.4 ECU/EZK chips

-Ishihara-Johnson crank scraper

-Oil pan drilled in optimal position for turbo oil return(that I will never use)

-Bilstein HD struts and Koni Red/Special rear shocks

-200lb front springs, 2.75ish coils cut from wagon springs in the back

 

Older, but similar configuration:

kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

 

A while back:
kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

Here're some pics:
Before lowering, and last time it was washed, probably three months ago, sadly...
kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series
After lowering pics can be seen at the top of this page.
Under the hood, dirty too...

kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series


First take at being on the dyno, with just the airbox mod and cam installed, my torque peak is higher than this, but I couldn't floor it without it downshifting. Next time I go I'll disconnect the kickdown cable so I can get a more accurate reading.

kneedsacar's 1991 Volvo 200-Series

 

Check out my other two cars in my garage! And, for more pics/info, don't forget to check out the link at the top of this page to my Turbobricks thread...

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volvo240DLwagon  

Posted by: volvo240DLwagon

08/20/2009 05:39PM

Hey, Isint that car on LPD's site, nice 240 man, Clean

thejump  

Posted by: thejump

11/22/2008 01:39AM

Wow! Really neat, it looks, top and bottom. Nice job!

PsychoVolvo  

Posted by: PsychoVolvo

11/19/2008 03:40PM

Looks awesome! 5 stars -Volvo for Life-

b4_ford  

Posted by: b4_ford

11/16/2008 08:08PM

Any plans for swapping the transmission?

barnyen  

Posted by: barnyen

10/23/2008 09:15AM

looking good car!!!!

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Member ID: kneedsacar

Location: Tigard, OR