- Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:56 pm
#112742
or you could do a Volvo 242 with a twin turbo'd vette motor lol.....its safe and fast sorta as long as you hook up youd be fine lol....and volvo's are the ultimate sleeper.....
Or you could easily find a bmw e30 84-91 i think bmw 3 series they all have a lot of potential not so much a sleeper i guess unless you think older cars are slow.....or if you think about it look at a bmw e24 or 6 series before they made the new pos even though that engines full of potential lol....anywho bmws probaly not the best for the back seat room and sleeper status...but fun yes they are...
But in all honesty id choose either a honda or a volvo gotta say its kinda strange i went from a bmw to a honda to a volvo to honda.....and volvo's every one has the same motor as long as its i think pre93 and before ford took it over they are uber reliable (yea i used uber today) and easily turbo'd since they used the same motor just put different injectors, exhaust manifold and ecu and if you have doubts about a volvo check out turbobricks.com theres some serious rides there and with the money you save buying a volvo you can probaly buy a honda lol have two cars to tinker with....
And if you think a volvo dosent have aftermarket support its because youve never looked lol there are plenty of sites and IPD is a good site as well for suspension and stuff like that
And wow theres alot of ands here.....anywho if you took a Volvo lets say a 244 or 4dr 240dl turbo'd it or went and dropped in a 5.0 motor or something into it the stock seats can be modified to put in prelude seats which of coarse are nice and comfy....And lets see....upgraded the suspension a bit nothing fancy maybe lowering springs and strut bars. you could end up with something sweet or if you look at older volvos like the p1800 which beleive it or not is a volvo sports car or their i think it was pv something 344 maybe its this
Youd be looking nastalgic safe and reliable lol and youd have a hot rod volvo the ultimate sleeper....
just for hahas thats the volvo p1800
And thats a 242
Though the original volvos used all the same motor and parts are a little harder to find theres still aftermarket support and always a motor swap.....
But yea the volvo 200/700/and 900 series all had the same motor a B230 and finding parts easy as making a no bake phili cheese cake lol.....and modifying them is easy to do as well....and finding one in good shape is easy too though manuals are a 50/50 chance in them they are out there and the 5spd conversions are as well though a bit more involved than a civics its still a easy job to do in ones garage.....
Or you could easily find a bmw e30 84-91 i think bmw 3 series they all have a lot of potential not so much a sleeper i guess unless you think older cars are slow.....or if you think about it look at a bmw e24 or 6 series before they made the new pos even though that engines full of potential lol....anywho bmws probaly not the best for the back seat room and sleeper status...but fun yes they are...
But in all honesty id choose either a honda or a volvo gotta say its kinda strange i went from a bmw to a honda to a volvo to honda.....and volvo's every one has the same motor as long as its i think pre93 and before ford took it over they are uber reliable (yea i used uber today) and easily turbo'd since they used the same motor just put different injectors, exhaust manifold and ecu and if you have doubts about a volvo check out turbobricks.com theres some serious rides there and with the money you save buying a volvo you can probaly buy a honda lol have two cars to tinker with....
And if you think a volvo dosent have aftermarket support its because youve never looked lol there are plenty of sites and IPD is a good site as well for suspension and stuff like that
And wow theres alot of ands here.....anywho if you took a Volvo lets say a 244 or 4dr 240dl turbo'd it or went and dropped in a 5.0 motor or something into it the stock seats can be modified to put in prelude seats which of coarse are nice and comfy....And lets see....upgraded the suspension a bit nothing fancy maybe lowering springs and strut bars. you could end up with something sweet or if you look at older volvos like the p1800 which beleive it or not is a volvo sports car or their i think it was pv something 344 maybe its this
Youd be looking nastalgic safe and reliable lol and youd have a hot rod volvo the ultimate sleeper....
just for hahas thats the volvo p1800
And thats a 242
Though the original volvos used all the same motor and parts are a little harder to find theres still aftermarket support and always a motor swap.....
But yea the volvo 200/700/and 900 series all had the same motor a B230 and finding parts easy as making a no bake phili cheese cake lol.....and modifying them is easy to do as well....and finding one in good shape is easy too though manuals are a 50/50 chance in them they are out there and the 5spd conversions are as well though a bit more involved than a civics its still a easy job to do in ones garage.....
1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1
j/k they would make a pretty good sleeper. what about an older saab? those came turbo'd too didn't they. looks like i've got some reading to do on volvo's. thanks man, i appreciate it. what else ya got.
my question was to see if the people who owned and modded these cars were happy with them, or if given another chance, would buy something else. i see just how much everyone loves eg's and that if they had the money they would build them all over again. sorry if that was a bit "daft" of me. anyways, i think i'll stick with looking for an eg for now, there's just too many positive's going for them. thanks all