Gotta love new parts!!! That thing is gonna be fun I bet!
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Gotta love new parts!!! That thing is gonna be fun I bet!
What will you be doing with the 15T turbo?
I might be in the market for a 15T, if it is the angled exhaust housing.
Also, one more thing.
If you need anything from Volvo parts, get ahold of Britt. She took my place at the parts counter. She will take care of you. Just let her know Stacks sent you.
I hope so, I'm going to start It today for the first time with E85.
Oh kewl, where did you run off to? Its a 15g btw. I sold the conical flange housing it had. I'm going to keep it for now. I actually have enough parts to build most of another +T.
http://youtu.be/9ZzlZl62Uuc
It's alive!
I ended up accepting a new job at GE.
I have a new chip sitting at my house for fuel. The first tune is running a bit lean. I'm hoping this time corrects the fuel enrichment at cold starts. The E85 tune was taking forever to cold start.
Well after 3 chips and still running lean I decided to get larger injectors and the tuner sent me this nifty device called a ostrich 2.0. I downloaded the software and place his bin file into it. After looking it looks like this device will work with multiple obd 1 cars and there is a bit of info on jetronic tuning on the internet. I think it's time for me to read into it.
Plenty of fuel to new 7000 rpm redline, old was 6000. I have the software now and can program myself. Still working with the tuner to get my E85 starting issues resolved. I've asked for a burner for Christmas so I can change chips myself. I can't believe the stock computer has so much adjustability. So far found you can raise the limiter up to 14432 rpm, can adjust cranking fuel per temperture, this is injector pulsewidth and duration. You can adjust fuel cut and modify MAF and fuel tables. Different year computers also have different circuits which new ones tend to have more adjustability.
During my learning curve with tuning I found out that the my replacement 951 ECU does not have the circuit for the cold start injector. Though the 563 Computer that I took from the junkyard does. The only issue is that the 953 computer does allow for cold start cranking adjustments and the 563 does not other than with the cold start injector that my car was equipped with. Well after reading there was a ECU 937 that both has the cold start circuit and the cranking fuel adjustment. I located one and will become my main fuel ecu. I know these numbers don't mean much to anyone but Volvo made so many different versions of the same LH2.4 ECU and they all have some sort of weird difference in the program. Luckily there have been people who found or figured out most the differences and stuck it online. This should help me get this car to start under 30F on E85.
Sounds like your learning a lot along the way. Why did they have to make things so difficult I wonder?
I just want to see it make some passes!
I'm not sure why but I bet it had something to do with emissions. Newer Volvo's got EGRs and eliminated the cold start injector. That's my guess.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to taking it to the track. Last track day I couldn't figure out why I was limited with fuel but I know why now and fuel cut has been eliminated. It should be quicker by just allowing me to up the boost more.
It's interesting how you change some parameters tuning and how the car response. E85 isn't too friendly under 50-60F start ups. You have to dump exponentially more fuel the colder it gets compared to gasoline. Kinda frustrating since once I have time it gets warm outside again,lol.
Mine does the same on E85. Below 50 it runs like crap until it gets some heat in it.
I drove it to work this morning and it was running rich at part throttle cruise when it was warming up. It sputtered at part throttle until it was about at full temp. I guess I have to keep adjusting the warm up enrich until it smoothes out. Wish I had a load dyno,haha.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJOYPK8DDs
Figured out my misfire issue, bad plug wires. Starting to get somewhere now with the cold start and driveablity. Can't wait to remove this turbo.
Seems like its making a good bit of boost! That's crazy!
I want it to hold 25psi. The 15g won't do it. I do like how fast it gets into boost with the smaller turbo. I'm just happy the motor is holding together because the rotating parts are still naturally aspirated Volvo stuff with a ton of miles on it.
That's crazy! Hard to believe it will take it really. Its good to hear though.
Should make for a real fun car. Nobody will ever expect it that's for sure!
I wonder if I should stick with the B230 motor or someday swap it. I've seen people make good power out of these. The car started fine this morning but for brief few seconds it went lean after cranking and then went to warm-up enrichment which allowed it to idle fine. There has to be a way to adjust this.
I got it all figured out fuel wise. The car started this morning at 18F. Now if I can only get the ignition system working perfectly.
Before I drive to work tomorrow I'm going to try to start the Volvo in 6 degree weather. If it starts I'm done with the cold start issue. I got the car running well and the misfire was caused by a poor connection on the first injector and a bad spark plug wire. Rock Auto has a great replacement plan. I just put in my order number answered 4 simple questions and they sent me a new set of spark plug wires. Now I just have to remove my Autolite 64 for my BPR6ES NGK's and I'll be good to go engine wise.
That should be the deciding factor! I know its cold enough already!
Started right up! Time to get a chip burned and call it a day.
That's good to hear! Sounds like progress is being made! Can't wait to see it in person!
I changed to my NGK plugs tonight and no misfire at highboost. The stock coil is pretty strong and the stockish pumps are supporting 250-300hp at probably 60-70lb rail pressure on 7.8 AF. Kinda surprized since they only needed to support 114 NA hp on gasoline.
Well onto transmission number 5. I'm replacing the cooling lines and putting two coolers in. I found a place that rebuilds torque converters and my new stall will be set at 3000. The transmission I pulled is geared lower than the ones I've previously used. Hoping for a better 1/4 this year.
Hope this one works out better for ya. I cant wait to see this car in person making passes. Sure its gonna turn some heads!
Good story, can't wait to see what this thing is capable of.
I'm hoping 12s but I'm pretty happy with 13s. It's a far cry from how it use to be. It would be nice if I would just put my money into the Mustang but definitely a learing experience.
Looks like you're making good progress Joe. Keep up the good work. There might be a 2.3 whipple available this year. I know a guy that's thinking of switching to TVS or a 2.9. He having trouble making up his mind. Lol
Is this guy you??? I'm all for 2.3 TVS, I just like a car that gets into the power band quicker.
I dropped the transmission core off at You Pull and Pay with my truck (Volvo)yesterday and beat the heck out of my broken transmission for fun. Now it's in the garage getting new brakes. I had a vibrating front right caliper that I needed to fix and found out the guide pins for the pads had a deep grove on the outter most side. It was hanging up a bit. Just strange. I found a place for both transmission coolers and I'll get to work mounting them and replacing the front brakes this week. I should have the new torque converter this week also.
Maybe. He has to do something. Don't want to get beat by a Volvo.
Yeah I am still debating if it's worth switching to a tvs on e85 or going e85 with the whipple. I was thinking about a 2.9 but it's a little out of my price range. I'm probably going to upgrade the fuel system. Lethal's budget system. Either way I still can't keep up with the Volvo sedan.
Id try the E85 with the Whipple. Its already on.
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3250 Stall torque converter and filter kit
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fittings and hoses for the transmission. AN5 fitting seem not to be the norm since there isn't many choices. I just bumped it up from AN5 to AN6 for more of selection of fittings to get.
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The two transmission coolers fit even with the added fan. I bought a light bar relay kit to run the fan which was cheep. I'm just going to have fan run when the car is on the on position and not worry about adding a thermoswitch. I think it will help it run cooler anyway. I still have to mount it correctly but luckily I can mount it to the intercooler fairly easily.
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I'm in the process of replacing the warped front rotors and brake pads. I got one side on tonight.
I've installed the transmission with the new coolers. I just need to add transmission fluid and the intake back on and it should be ready to drive.
Finally on the road. I ended up finding a water pump leak when I was done with the transmission. It's sealed up and I'm enjoying the higher stall. It's no V8 but It comes off the line much quicker.