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Update time. I’ve discovered I have less and less patience for progress photos as I get older, but an update video is pretty easy.

Update time. I’ve discovered I have less and less patience for progress photos as I get older, but an update video is pretty easy.

Cheers mate. Yeah it is one of the Holley’s with the AI tech integrated surge tank. Very nice bit of gear!

http://www.zollenkopf.com.au/images/Statesman/Engine/390ci/failed10.jpg

Perhaps… although with my other car I don’t have the same cheap attitude, and it hasn’t helped me. The last 2nd last engine rebuild in my Statesman cost me more than this entire Lolvo project (including the Lolvo itself), and it failed, which really hurt.

Perhaps not, but when one of the main motivators was to be no emotional attachment to the car, so I wouldn’t be upset when it failed in some way or another, it might be counter-productive :P

Current progress video!

I feel as though I’ve recently spent too much money on things for this car that might actually not be cheap shit. This is concerning, perhaps I’m starting to appreciate this car too much…

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Long time between updates… I actually recorded a progress video in April but I think I forgot to link it up.

More progress has been made since then, I’ll do another video shortly!

Slowly. I haven’t touched it for months, been getting power and stuff sorted in the shed which is finally done as of today. I have a delivery of parts from Summit which need to go in the Lolvo, so hopefully I’ll get back into it next week :D

Update!

Last test-fit of the diff before modifying torque arms.

And assembled with new LSD.

This bearing caused a lot of trouble and needed to be removed by force.

Adjusters done.

Installed.

Will need to elongate the holes in the swaybar so it clears the diff cover. The panhard rod also hits the ring gear, so will need to do some…[Read more]

Well, made some progress. Got all the bushes out after a lot of swearing, cutting and burning. Got the wire wheel out and cleaned up all the old paint, rust and sound deadening which Volvo spray all over absolutely everything. Gave the parts a fresh coat of rustproof paint, put some new bushes in and started putting some stuff back…[Read more]

Ok maybe it matters, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter to me. Plenty of guys in the states pushing north of 1500hp with the stock 78mm throttle, will be plenty for me.

Exactly. Really doesn’t matter with turbo, which is kinda the reason I put 241 (LS1) heads on this 6L block. Fits, cheap, works.

Got an LS6 intake for nothing and would have had to buy a 4 bolt throttle and fuel rails to suit the Edelbrock one. Decided against it to keep costs down.

Thanks everyone

The car passed a RWC when I bought it so I’ve transferred it into my name and have been paying rego since, so it will keep its street rego and I’ll drive it on the street until I get caught. The idea is to keep it looking stock, not loud and behaving myself.

The goal I suppose has always been to prove that you can have fun…[Read more]