1990 Volwoah 745 Tic

[Dagazenterprise]

Parts should be on the doorstep today, tear down will begin either tonight or tomorow morning, i'm stoked! So long as i figured out the correct thicknesses for the valve shims i'm golden. Cut twice measure once right?

[Dagazenterprise]

[Dagazenterprise]

lightly ported and polished manifold

[Dagazenterprise]

Stage II RSI cam install and head swap complete



Replaced the seals between the block and remote mount and the mount and sandwhich plate, no more going through oil like i was.

[Dagazenterprise]

So i read tonight, 15g turbo (mine is slightly bigger), tlao chips (i have installed), 20psi, RSI stage II cam (i have, not installed) and bigger intercooler (installed) and tranny accumulator mod, minus interior bits and sticky tires is good for low 12 second passes in the Volvo, Gives me more incentive to get the wagon to the track this summer. Maybe i will opt for the manual valve body 700r4 with stall converter just to be safe. prolly better gearing.

Holy #!#!#!#!, 2 years ive sat on that cam and almost to the day, that's crazy.

[Boosted Euro]

haha, time flies doesn't it ?

[Dagazenterprise]

Indeed it does, held her wide open on the on ramp tonight, once I pass the 4k mark it starts to really move, 17psi was the max and I was watching the AFR tick away towards too lean as the revs climbed, time to up the fuel pressure in the morning, really want to get the wagon back on the dyno or to the drags. It would be so sick to rip off a low 13 or high 12 with the slush box. It may be 23 years old but there is something to be said for these engines and cars, they don't rot and you can double the power easily for cheap money. Stock is 160hp @ the crank, mine was 205 at the wheels with the amm in a bad location and the stock cam. Witht the amm moved and the stage two cam it should he in excess of 300 who if the auto tragic doesn't hold me back.

[MaliBoost]

once I pass the 4k mark it starts to really move,

Shifts hard too lol

[polarisman14]

You're gonna have to put some more power to the 850 after that, can't have the wagon being the fast one lol.

[Dagazenterprise]

850 Need Lsd First, More Power Is Useless Otherwise

[Boosted Euro]

Dag, try pressing this button before posting . See if that fixes you first letter capital issue.

[Dagazenterprise]

Dag, try pressing this button before posting . See if that fixes you first letter capital issue.

Didn't fix it, only stops doing it when I turn swype off on my phone

Small update, oil issue mostly cured, no more 7inch puddles under the car and the computer has learned the new can so its not totally sackless down low its just mostly sackless. I did however tow my snowmobile trailer with motorcycle and tyrannical ninja with no problems just feels a bit doggy next test is the a liner.

[Dagazenterprise]

an update from the shop.

After being down for the past few months due to the perfect storm of snapped wire from the oil pressure sensor and starving the engine and turbo for oil, resulting in the compressor sounding like a saw blade through aluminum all is now rebuilt and put back together.

Thanks to Scottie from Ballistic for hooking me up with Grant from Turbokits.com who helped get the turbo rebuilt after much discussion, everything but the compressor housing, turbine housing and the chra is new, fully rebuilt and balanced with a year warranty, unfortunately the only difference is it has a stock H trim wheel, 6 vane, vs. the old super H which had 7 vanes.

Next project is rebuilding the master cylinder so my brakes work more effectively.