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08-25-2013, 11:30 PM
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79 Volvo....
Well I have decided to start a new project. My Suburban isn't all the way done yet but it close enough. I have a 79 Volvo that was my wife's first car in high school. It has been sitting for the last 10 years. So....I decided to start building a nice 4 door sleeper car. I have a 5.3L LSX with a 4L60E...and a nice big turbo. I'm shooting for around 700 horsepower. It should be fun!
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08-27-2013, 08:25 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
I'm in!
 I love insanity like this!!
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09-03-2013, 03:02 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
I wasn't happy with how the motor was sitting so I decided to make a new/modify the crossmember. It should work out well.
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09-04-2013, 04:19 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Volvo? There goes the neighborhood!
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09-06-2013, 11:53 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Seen this? http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=250257
Friend of mine put a nice write up on a 5.0 install. Some of which might be of use for you? Can't wait to see more! Wish I went with an LS instead of Ford 5.0. Ah well.
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09-08-2013, 05:27 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
I want to do this to a wagon as a driver...
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09-09-2013, 10:07 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
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09-16-2013, 09:37 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Welded in my motor mounts yesterday. I'll make the transmission crossmember this week. It's coming along pretty nicely. The next "fun" will be figuring out steering...
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12-25-2013, 12:20 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Haven't posted on here in a little bit. Too many projects going on at once. I recently go ahold of a LS7 intake manifold and got a fuel cell, new B&M shifter, and a battery relocation kit. It should start coming along a little quicker now that I've knocked out a few of my other projects.
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12-25-2013, 01:14 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
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Looking forward to more!
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01-04-2014, 02:27 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Mounting the fuel cell and battery box.
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03-11-2014, 08:41 PM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Finally got around to getting the right water pump for my new intake manifold. I'll probably start fabbing up the hot-side header soon.
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10-04-2014, 12:08 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Ever finish this? I built a 245 a few years ago.
built 5.3 Single t76 GTO T56 Ford 8.8  
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10-15-2014, 11:34 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
Funny to see multiple Volvo people here. I once built an 85 240 4 door with a Toyota SC14 supercharger. Thats where my screen name came from...
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10-27-2014, 12:35 AM
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Re: 79 Volvo....
I've had three Volvo's, they are great cars, you can make an awesome sleeper out of them. I wanted to do that with the 88 740 turbo 5 speed I had unfortunately I had to sell it. I have seen what the guy's on turbobricks can do it is very cool. good luck with the build.
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