Tuesday, February 14, 2006
More about Idle Air Valve
Well the vendor emailed and said they were out of stock on the air valve. I'm not surprised. I'm thinking about retrofitting the electrically heated version from an early 240: Bosch P/N: 0 280 140 104 (1975 only B20F).
Monday, February 13, 2006
Idle Air Valve
We got the car running, but suffering from a hunting idle. Turns out the D-Jet idle air valve is bad - never closes even when the car is hot. The p/n, taken off the part is 0 280 140 013. Word seems to be these things are unobtainable, but googling the p/n produced maximum auto parts who claim to have it available for $113.83. We ordered one - let's see if it shows up.Saturday, September 24, 2005
Driver's View
What the driver sees. We tried to lay out the gauges so that the rim of the steering wheel doesn't block the view of any of the gauges
The finished gauge panel (it's not wired up yet). Also note the MSD ignition box and the D-jet ECU, mounted on a heat-insulating mat in the passenger footwell.
Gauge panel, painted with crinkle paint, and with gauges installed. From left to right we have an Oil pressure gauge, tach, EGT, fuel mixture (broadband sensor), oil temperature and water temperature. We will also be adding a voltmeter and electric fuel pressure gauge on an auxiliary panel.
Test fitting the new aluminum dash panel. Note use of camloc fasteners for easy installation/removal at the track.
Throttle cable
The stock throttle linkage that came with the car was a horrible, sloppy contraption. We threw it away and had Pegasus fabricate a custom cable to our specification. The photos below show the new cable attached to a steel cam we fabricated and welted to the stock throttle body.
Fuel rail
The parts for the rail came from Marren Fuel Injection. We used a section of their aluminum fuel rail stock. The ends of the bore were tapped to receive a 3/8 NPT adapter, which connected it to the Aeroquip line at one end, and a Marren fuel pressure regulator. The extra ports on the regulator were used for the return line, a sender for an electric fuel pressure gauge, and a Paul Morrison SCCA Fuel Test Port
Progress report
Well it's been a while since the last update. Work has been progressing, much slower than we'd hoped, but we are making progress. Amongst the highlights, we've done a custom throttle cable assembly, a custom fuel rail, built the main gauge panel and started the wiring.
The new fuel injection harness is in, and the old main wiring harness has been cleaned up and reinstalled. I'd have loved to jettison it and just make our own harness, but improved touring rules require we use the original harness (or buy a new one from Volvo - yeah right!).
The new fuel injection harness is in, and the old main wiring harness has been cleaned up and reinstalled. I'd have loved to jettison it and just make our own harness, but improved touring rules require we use the original harness (or buy a new one from Volvo - yeah right!).
Friday, May 20, 2005
Exhaust header
Our header was sourced from BHP aka Bob Griffith. We wanted to send it out for a SwainTech coating, but we don't have the time.
Crank Scraper
Here's the crank scraper being installed before putting the pan on. We got it from www.crankscrapers.com (where else?).
Oil pans: VPD and Stock
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Getting ready to install cylinder head. Note the ARP head studs
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Rebuilt Distributor
We got a Beck-Arnley rebuilt distributor from rockauto for $85. It seems less sloppy than the worn out one that was in the car. The Bosch part number on the rebuild is the same as the original - 0 231 163 033. We won't be needing the points that came with it - we're replacing them with a pertronix pickup feeding into a MSD-6AL ignition and Blaster coil.
