Expensive Volvo 340 Day

[McGherkin]

Aaah, it's the loose tail of the jubilee, not the actual part doing the clamping. Fair enough then!

 

[Bluebeard]

Preferred it before

 

[leeds_182]

defo looks better after, looked s**t standard imo!

s***s such a strong word!

 

[imprezaworks]

https://goo.gl/images/6ulpuA

 

[leeds_182]

I don't really document the amount of break downs I have with this car but.....it's broken down again and pissing coolant everywhere. It also stinks of fuel to such an extent that my eyes sting when driving it.

It's a tough decision but I think I'm going to have to park her up for a bit until I get some more enthusiasm. I'm hopefully moving house and ploughing more money into the 940 isn't a priority at the moment.

 

[leeds_182]

Cars back today after another spell at @craigyt s house! Turns out the thermostat was dead so not the head gasket as first feared! Running without a stat for the moment.

Car is at the body shop tomorrow - I'm already excited about the results.

 

[leeds_182]

Back from the paint shop!

 

[RMDavis]

Back from the paint shop!
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A lovely shade of 'NHS hearing aid beige!' [emoji23]

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[leeds_182]

 

[imprezaworks]

Paint looks decent mate

 

[RMDavis]

Jokes aside it does look great bud.

Set of pressed registration plates on this one also!?

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[leeds_182]

Jokes aside it does look great bud.

Set of pressed registration plates on this one also!?

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These are still the original volvo plates but agree a set of pressed would look nice.

 

[RMDavis]

These are still the original volvo plates but agree a set of pressed would look nice.

Bloody hell that's impressive!

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[leeds_182]

340 life.

 

[Christopher]

Such a cool car. Absolutely love it.

 

[leeds_182]

Another couple from when it was in the paint shop;

 

[leeds_182]

Pic taken at fuelled society;

 

[leeds_182]

Had a viewer on the 340 last night and to my shock and bewilderment he didn't buy it! I think I'm losing my touch! It's now the first car I've not sold to the first viewer. He did come with his father and I could see from tn moment that he pulled up that pops wasn't impressed.

 

[cs_dave]

Had a viewer on the 340 last night and to my shock and bewilderment he didn't buy it! I think I'm losing my touch! It's now the first car I've not sold to the first viewer. He did come with his father and I could see from tn moment that he pulled up that pops wasn't impressed.

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Ah well car looks mint what you have it up for now the body work has been done?

 

[leeds_182]

Deposit taken.

 

[bashracing]

No regrets? I struggle emotionally letting go if it's something I've put effort into.

 

[leeds_182]

No regrets? I struggle emotionally letting go if it's something I've put effort into.

Life's too short for regrets!

 

[leeds_182]

Setting off in a 1980s style. It'll probably be written off in a week!

 

[bashracing]

Going by how the diff made the rear tyres skip on set off, I'd be surprised he made out of Selby's maze of roundabouts without a brown moment

 

[Mr R.]

Going by how the diff made the rear tyres skip on set off, I'd be surprised he made out of Selby's maze of roundabouts without a brown moment

My impreza does that with its plated diffs, but i have all 4 wheel's making that noise and its probable worse tbh. 😂

 

[leeds_182]

Little update on this - the lad who bought it had a drift ‘incident’.

Shame.

 

[imprezaworks]

Setting off in a 1980s style. It'll probably be written off in a week!

Longer than expected then lol

 

[leeds_182]

The drift community got of it.

 

[Iain C]

it still looks alive?

 

[leeds_182]

it still looks alive?

It’s still going, just not as nice as when I had it.

 

[leeds_182]

It’s still going, just not as nice as when I had it.

But strangely more expensive..

 

[McGherkin]

I much preferred the days when drifters all just ruined 3-series compacts. Now all of those are smashed up they’re moving onto the next victim. I know someone who’s gone into a partnership with another couple of owners and they’ve stockpiled like two shipping containers full of 340 and 360 spares to keep them away from the drifters 😂

There was someone selling a 136 mile GL the other day. £5750.

 

[R3k1355]

People were drifting 340's many years ago, one of the first go-to cars, even back when S13's were cheap.

 

[cat171]

It looks crap now

 

[R3k1355]

Get another 340, fit this little beastie. Volvo R-Sport 340 Turbo rallycross engine

This engine is, just like the production Volvo 340 engines, a Renault based one, being the same basic engine in things like the Renault 5 Gordini Turbo, R5 Alpine, mid-engine Renault 5 Turbo etc, so the 1.4ltr block etc like the more common Renault 5 GT Turbo engine (And countless other small capacity Renaults for decades- The Cleon, or C engine), but with the better flowing crossflow cylinder head only used on a few high performance versions.

I've very few details on the exact spec of this engine, but you can see from the pictures it's fuel injected, runs what looks like a KKK K26 turbo with external gate, dry sump oil setup, and more.

What is odd for a race engine, and maybe they’ve just used it as a plug to keep dirt out, but that’s a MAF sensor on the inlet manifold. Can’t imagine they ever ran one though.

This engine made 250bhp+ (Full on developments of these made 300bhp+) if I remember right from the 1.4ltr (stroked to 1.6 maybe? Some were, forget now).