Hello again everyone! It's been a while since I've been active on here or even owned a Volvo. Doesn't mean I haven't been browsing the forum seeing whats still going on in the Volvo world. I'll give everyone a refresher on my original thread I posted.
*WARNING* This is a bit of a junkyard build at the moment!
This time around I recently purchased a 98 S70 GLT with around 146 on the odometer for $250 on Craigslist. The car was in pretty good condition and the interior was rip free (besides one of the door panels). The car just needed a head gasket.
I knew it just needed a head gasket but I decided it was a good idea to try and get a engine from the junkyard and keep the original as a project engine. The engine I found sounded like a good deal. Old couple owned with 98k on it so work on taking the engine out.
While swapping the engine I wanted to get a few upgrades while I was at it. Ordered some of the normal stuff like a timing belt, water pump, new plugs, ipd wires, distributor cap, rotor, and so on. Went to the junkyard and grabbed a set of NA cams, NA intake manifold, NA throttle body, 960 throttle plate, and Blue injectors. I even found a poly upper engine mount while I was there. I also had a few parts leftover from the last build like my EuroSport intake, IPD orange CBV spring, and a few other things.
The engine went in and started up. No check engine lights either which was a plus. I did have a horribly loud pulley when I started it so I sprayed it with some WD40 and let it sit for a couple days. Started the car a few days later and discovered the pulley noise was gone but another noise was still there. A slight rod knock was being hidden by the loud pulley. Guess getting a junkyard engine wasn't a good idea. Out goes this engine and the original is going but in along with all the parts I put in. This is where I'm at the moment with the car.
Decided to break the head on the original engine while I was removing the cams. Smart me, huh? So why not swap heads now. I LOOOOOOOOVE making more work for myself.... -__-
The head is going to the machine shop tomorrow to get machined and cleaned.