New Toy

[81pumagtc]

Hey Everybody:

I just picked up a new toy.

It's a 1987 Volvo 760 Turbo.

It has a turbocharged and intercooled engine that makes 190 horsepower, and road tests say that can go from 0-60 in under 8 second, which makes it pretty quick.

It a very nice car. It was owned by a retired Volvo engineer. He moved to Okemos from North Carolina. The car has been garaged for the last 15 years, and has a whopping 40,000 actual miles on it.

I have not done anything to it yet, other than have the oil changed with Royal Purple synthetic oil. So far, the only flaws I have found is the radio does not work correctly, the spare tire is flat, the dome light has a mounting tab that is cracked, and the headliner is coming down in the back.

Here are a couple of photos at the shop waiting to get the oil changed.



It has not even been really washed or waxed yet.



Supposedly these things will run 300,000 miles.



Apparently, this is the most common view of the car on the road.

I have not been able to drive it much yet, but it does feel hellishly fast. The engine is a 2.3 liter 4-cylnder engine, with an intercooler the size of the radiator. I was looking at some sites devoted to fast Volvos, and from what I can gather, you can make 275 horsepower with little more that a chip and a thicker intercooler. I think I will remove the Volvo badges from the back and side of the car...why let everybody know you are driving a fast car...


Dave Riedle

P.S. I have looked for a curve somewhere on the car, and have not found one yet...

[gokart]

"Volvo - Boxy, but good."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJZEK4JP0k


Looks like new. Congrats!

[81pumagtc]

Thanks!

I found a cool, new button today.

It has a four-speed automatic in it, that works really well with the turbo.

I found a button that locks it out of fourth gear, which really allows it to make serious boost even earlier!

I found out that with the Turbo + Volvo kit on it, o to 60 comes in about 7.5 seconds...which is probably quick enough for me...for now!

I have got the radio working some...but it only plays out of the front two door speakers. I suspect the factory amplifier is bad. The equalizer, which is unpowered, works fine.

There is a vacuum leak in the climate control system, which is why the air does not work. When things slow down a little, I will start looking for the problem. The car has a vacuum tank, wo the leak does not affect how the car runs.


Dave Riedle