Our expedition car is ready—time for a last check on the roof rack. Our Volvo 240 seems to be from another world among the urban cars in Brussels. The car is heavy, and we have some doubts about the rear suspension. Let’s go! It’s too late to change our plans. Direction: Tehra...
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The Swedish-born rally champion raced Volvos in the '50s and '60s and undoubtedly helped popularize the so-called Scandinavian flick—a multistep trick to slide a car around a corner. Because Volvo isn't the stodgy brand like once perceived, the automaker flew us to its homeland for some ...
How Heikki Kovalainen went from open heart surgery to a rally car in just three months Koenigsegg, Rimac and Hennessey flat out on track... in each others' cars The Project MA-01 is a 507bhp Maserati Shamal with *all* the retrofuturistic cues As such, the fully adjustable suspension has ...
The steering- and suspension system of the Volvo Amazon is very reliable. But of course they have some weak spots. Take a close look on the tie rods, steering rods, bushes of the wishbones, sway bars and the torque rods/support arms (and their silent blocs) of the rear axle. Since MY...
Carl-Magnus Skogh, a former Volvo Rally-driver had the idea to break the world land speed record of a diesel-equipped car. Skogh had the idea to use a Volvo 343 for this, which should be made much lighter. The engine should be a diesel just below 2 litre. The Volkswagen D20 (which...
1981 Volvo 240 Coupe V10 Numbers 500hp Engine BMW E60 M5 V10 engine swap, BMW wiring loom, AFM-less, custom straight exhaust system, Tornado ECU from Kōhler Racing Driveline BMW E39 6-speed Getrag transmission, Volvo 1988 axle Suspension/Brakes Modified suspension pick ups, four-link custom...
The front suspension of the Volvo PV and Duett The Duett has leaf springs at the back and are in most cases trouble-free. But when a leaf spring is broken or completely worn it’s very hard to get replacement parts. The leaf spring set is out of production but the U-bolts, brackets...
was changed to “850 T-5R” (not T5R or T5-R, the badge really says “T-5R”) a few months later. Some say the R refers to the 850 Racing (which was used in the BTCC) but others think the R refers to R-Sport (which was used in the Group A touring cars and rallysport)....