Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 310GX

Location: Salem, OR

Vehicle Info

1982 Volvo 200-Series

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile19.7 sec @ 70 mph
  • 0-6013.03sec
  • Top Speed110mph
  • HP105
  • Weight4092lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Custom Shift Knob 
  • Custom Seats 

Exterior Styling

  • Custom Wheels 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

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Rob’s Volvo 200-Series
“Banana Brick”

  • Currently 3.3111111111111 /5 Stars.
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Best $250 car ever. Plus I drove it home!

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

I took these pictures on the 1st if February after I washed it, and did the repairs.
310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

Car needed a new bearing carrier, and some spring spreaders for the back to lift it up. Also, had to repair the rear taillight lenses myself, because I didnt want to spend 260 bucks apiece on new ones, or 110 bucks for lenses that are in the same condition as mine.

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

Still working on replacing interior plastics that have fallen apart, or broke. I replaced the glove box, the top tray above the heater controls, the center cap for the steering wheel, roof liner rear speaker deck carpet, seat belt covers, and still have more to go. Since the Door pockets are missing, I am going to put interior lights and bigger speakers in the doors, and lights under the dash.
Previous owner put new carpet in, so thats one less thing I will have to replace. Alltogether though, Ive spent almost nothing on this car. I have also put the air filter box back in under the hood.

One peculiar thing about it though, are the spark plug wires. Oddly enough, the wires themselves had written on them, 2 different resistances. On the cap end, it says 1k ohm, and on the spark plug metal end, is says 5k ohm. I tested the ohms, and they all read between 5.2 and 5.9 ohm. I bought some standard wires for it just to experiment and see if they would work, and they guys at the parts store said they wouldnt because they would not fit into the stock style cap. Well, I bought them anyways, with new plugs, put them all on, and they fit into the original cap just fine. The new wires are about 8 ohm overall, and they work just fine, infact, it actually runs better now than it did when I bought it.

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

310GX's 1982 Volvo 200-Series

Been awhile since this was updated, but I sold this car sometime back after I bought the Grey Volvo wagon that is in my garage. I think that some of the pictures of the yellow one here are in the pics for the grey one as well.

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JcFernandez  

Posted by: JcFernandez

10/22/2009 05:28PM

Do you still have this car?

jsboisgam  

Posted by: jsboisgam

11/07/2008 09:17PM

Sweet Volvo Rob ! Gotta love the classic color. 5 stars ! J-S

funrover  

Posted by: funrover

03/07/2008 12:07PM

Hell of a price for that car!! Congrats!

Feros_net  

Posted by: Feros_net

10/27/2007 05:04PM

Great looking ride, with that color you get 5 stars (it's my fav.) I have a Dodge it has a few mods.

goose_w  

Posted by: goose_w

03/10/2007 06:44AM

Damn, I had to pay 600 for mine.... where'd ya get the good deal lol. Check out my wagon sometime.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 310GX

Location: Salem, OR