>I found a 83 Volvo GLT with 150k down in Los Angeles for a
>grand...I might go the distance just to check it out. Would
>it be worth it?
Fairly high miles on the motor, bores may be good or OK but I'd say the ring grooves in the pistons would be shot, so the pistons likely daid. Just happen to be building two Volvo 2300 turbo motors, they're getting CP forged short compression height pistons to go with the 6.125 c-c rods saving around 420g per cylinder.
Both the cars will be getting Ford Cosworth 2wd Garret T3 turbo units on to slighty modded late Volvo manifolds. and 3" exhaust.
The rally car of the two will be getting nice 41mm Bilstein front struts in locally made Chrome Moly strut tubes for the front and it'll get big 50mm Bilstein rears. it will also be getting big front discs from 740 or some boxy thing and really nice 4 piston aluminum calipers from some wierd japanese thing. All this stuff via JVAB Imports, oddly enough same initials as John V.
You can do all this stuff quite easily, and who is going to do the cage? Have they actually done rollcages before? Easy to go astray here, so slow down and talk about this.
John, remember a fancy schmantzy resturant called the
>Shadowbrook in Crapitola? Thats my income. Two months in
>tips could probably pay for the whole rally car by just
>wiping tables and pouring water.
Yeah of course I do even if it was in 1975. One of the women in the house worked there, always going to work in peasant blouses, low cut, wooo hoo! Said the customers, I'm sure.
>My only real experiance rallying was up on Buzzard Lagoon
>road in Corrolitos[up in the boonies by Aptos]. It would
>actually be pretty dang awesome for a rally up there if you
>ask me. But back to the story, my friend decided that since
>his Toyota Paseo was leaking too much, he'd just kill the
>poor thing. He invited me along, and he let me drive the
>twisty tarmac road into the gravel road that stretches a few
>miles. The car was still going, and I wanted more but I had
>to hand over the wheel. I started to gather all my
>knowledge of rally, which pretty much to me was video games.
> Since than I've researched and gotten into the "rally fan"
>state and now I can't wait to actually compete.
Well don't panic about competeing, build the car really good, then shake it down so it's as reliable as a street car, and work out who is going to help, who is going to co-drive, how you are going to get to events etc.
finding the car is just the first step.
you pretty good at mechanical stuff? Or failing that, can you read?
PS If you look thru archives you'll see which of the cars listed I think is the best compromise of price/competitivness/ versatility.
John Vanlandingham