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[Johann]

A friend was cleaning/clearing his workshop and wanted to get rid of a damaged B5234T3 engine out of his V70T5.
Engine was on the lorry already heading for the scrapyard so I asked him if he wanted to drop the engine at my house, street number 55 btw.., which he did.

The engine was complete with intake manifold and TB, Exhaust manifold, 16T turbo and white injectors in the fuel rail. The Alternator, steering pump and AC compressor were missing from the engine.

Last Saturday I decided to take the engine apart and inspect the damage so after a couple of hours the workshop was one big mess but all was apart..










The crank was damaged and this engine really hit the jackpot, 4 bend rods!!! I collected the rods and gave them back to the original owner so he could use them as a trophy on the wall.. <img src="http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Crank went in the old metal dumpster and a newer 2001 type crank was installed temporarily together with a china rod to check the clearance. After that the block was machined to make room for the rods to rotate freely.



The type of rod to be used,



Rod is a bit heavy and 2 mm wider than the other known China rods but all other they should be adequate.

[rwb]

What are you going to do with this motor once it is built??

[Johann]

What are you going to do with this motor once it is built??

I think it will go in the new project car..

[mbaker]

nice it looks like it should be a cool build, good luck.

mike

[7 VII 7]

another awesome thread coming soon

[matt b]

Johann, where did you buy the rods ?

Should be another good project. Does that bring the Volvo fleet up to 4 cars ?

[Wagon Mafia]

red... that's a great color of choice!

[Johann]

matt b, on 28 January 2008 - 02:13 PM, said:

Johann, where did you buy the rods ?

Should be another good project. Does that bring the Volvo fleet up to 4 cars ?

I guess you can read??

[matt b]

Yeah, for some reason, having an ECU sitting on my desk is all it took for me to miss it...

[NGB]

rica.nl

[dmelviØØ7]

Lots of fun, I did that last weekend with my old engine. Your tear-down looks a lot cleaner than mine though.

[NGB]

So Johann...what exactly do you do for a living?

So many great projects, I'm jealous!

[HtownTurboBrick]

i'm going to have to and give you a visit, johann, you might be short a few projects when i leave...

[NGB]

i'm going to have to and give you a visit, johann, you might be short a few projects when i leave...

The netherlands is looking like a pretty good vacation spot right now!

['93 Dave]

The netherlands is looking like a pretty good vacation spot right now!

+1, i wanna ride in the tank

[Johann]

About "Area 55",

Roughly 9 years ago I bought a property on an industrial area. At the time there still was a company situated in the building next/behind the house. The company was selling kitchen's and the building was used as a showroom with a small workshop in the back. The rent contract ran out 6 months after the sale. After that some minor rebuild was done because of the mess left in the now kitchen less showroom. The workshop was left the way it was until mid 2001 when the inner roof/isolation came crashing down due to a leak..

Months before I aquired a broken autolift from a garage for 600 Guilder = 273 Euro's = 402 Dollar and soon after had the thing working again for about the same amount spend in parts.

After fixing the roof and removing a wall and ceiling in the building the autolift was installed.

Here's a picture just before the autolift was placed, August 2001,



Behind the workshop there is a porch,



(The 280ZX was brought to a wreck yard two weeks ago..)

This is where I work on my cars.

The cars are known I Assume.

First there was the white 850T5. I traded this car for a white S70T5. Both cars were former Police cars and both had roughly 164K miles on them when they were sold through public auction. I bought both cars from car dealers btw but the price was according the state they were in, in other words cheap.

3rd quarter 2006 I bought another Volvo, a 1992 850 GLT NA, for 300 Euro's. Car came with half an engine and all computers missing. This car was rebuild in about 6 months time to what it is today which I call SDM, project Mjölnir. Sadly I had some bad luck with the engine.

Then there's the next project.. Not a planned project..

Late last year during a Dutch "Volvo 850 forum" chat session we were discussing some rebuild issues. A members wanted to rebuild his very early 850 NA to original spec but with all the options available during that model year installed. For some parts he acquired a second 850 and wanted to swap those parts to his 850. Downside was the leftover.. An almost complete 850 GLT NA. Not knowing what to do with the car we were joking a bit and I said I had plenty of room on my property and from one thing came another...

A few week after I was the happy new owner of a '94 Volvo 850 GLT NA with a 5 speed manual transmission...



And all this for free...

The downside was that the car was running on LPG,



a thing I don't like so I removed the gas system from the car.
Another minor setback is the fact that the car has done 318K miles..
The mileage shows.. Also the engine although running great shows it's age.



I have some fun plans with this car which I will report when all is set and done but it will be a slow moving project.

At first I will be using the original engine which probably won't live to long..
After that an engine swap is planned.

[Carbon_R]

Wow, LPG. That will be awesome in CA, no more smog checks but with a big turbo

[Emiel]

+1, i wanna ride in the tank

lol!

[PharmD]

I love your S70

[gdizzle]

Always love you projects Johann, can't wait to see what's in store.