Woo hoo! Turbo love.........
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Got my new turbo today!
Been waiting for ages for this, since I decided my T3/4 wasn't going to cut it.
Got it from the bus station- I knew diesels had a use!
Ok, so it's not shiny, but it's in excellent condition and cost me £30.
It's an HX35- the Turboford guys over in the states are topping 500hp on these.
And don't tell Holset, but it's going on a petrol engine.
They don't like it when you do that
Been waiting for ages for this, since I decided my T3/4 wasn't going to cut it.
Got it from the bus station- I knew diesels had a use!
Ok, so it's not shiny, but it's in excellent condition and cost me £30.
It's an HX35- the Turboford guys over in the states are topping 500hp on these.
And don't tell Holset, but it's going on a petrol engine.
They don't like it when you do that
AlpineAndy said:
What's a volvo redblock?
Any of the OHC RWD engines, i.e. 240,740 or 940 engines. They have a red painted block, hence Volvo call them redblocks, or rödmotors (the FWD stuff is white and so called a whiteblock, or vitmotor. Notice a theme here? 
). They are very similar in design to a Cosworth YB block, despite originating in the 1970s, and are very tuneable. They come in 2.0, 2.1 and 2.3l variants over the years. I'm referring to the later 2.3 in my earlier post. With the 16v head that was available (normally aspirated) for a couple of years, a big turbo and good EMS 500hp is very easy to do.The Uk seems to be the only country where these cars are not modified.
Further expansion for the non-Volvo-nerds 
They go a bit further back than the 70s. The original design was derived from the MG XPAG unit and was a pushrod four with a three-bearing crank of 1.4, later 1.6 litres. Next development was a five-bearing crank and 1.8 litres, then 2.0 litres and a one-and-a-half-fours 3.0 litre pushrod I6. Then they put an OHC head on the four block and increased the capacity to 2.1 and 2.3 litres. The five-bearing pushrod fours are just as strong as the OHC engines - basically, same engine, different head - and can be taken out to 2.3 litres and made to give some remarkable power outputs even without forced induction (200bhp). The I6 is what's in my car and was also used by Marcos as a replacement for the Ford V6. Unfortunately the longer crank is a bit wobbly and to go over 200bhp you need a steel crank for megabucks, also the lubrication and cooling systems are a bit underdeveloped for the 6.
They go a bit further back than the 70s. The original design was derived from the MG XPAG unit and was a pushrod four with a three-bearing crank of 1.4, later 1.6 litres. Next development was a five-bearing crank and 1.8 litres, then 2.0 litres and a one-and-a-half-fours 3.0 litre pushrod I6. Then they put an OHC head on the four block and increased the capacity to 2.1 and 2.3 litres. The five-bearing pushrod fours are just as strong as the OHC engines - basically, same engine, different head - and can be taken out to 2.3 litres and made to give some remarkable power outputs even without forced induction (200bhp). The I6 is what's in my car and was also used by Marcos as a replacement for the Ford V6. Unfortunately the longer crank is a bit wobbly and to go over 200bhp you need a steel crank for megabucks, also the lubrication and cooling systems are a bit underdeveloped for the 6.
Pigeon said:
Further expansion for the non-Volvo-nerds
They go a bit further back than the 70s. The original design was derived from the MG XPAG unit and was a pushrod four with a three-bearing crank of 1.4, later 1.6 litres. Next development was a five-bearing crank and 1.8 litres, then 2.0 litres and a one-and-a-half-fours 3.0 litre pushrod I6. Then they put an OHC head on the four block and increased the capacity to 2.1 and 2.3 litres. The five-bearing pushrod fours are just as strong as the OHC engines - basically, same engine, different head - and can be taken out to 2.3 litres and made to give some remarkable power outputs even without forced induction (200bhp). The I6 is what's in my car and was also used by Marcos as a replacement for the Ford V6. Unfortunately the longer crank is a bit wobbly and to go over 200bhp you need a steel crank for megabucks, also the lubrication and cooling systems are a bit underdeveloped for the 6.
Agreed. I didn't bother to mention the pushord engines as the history didn't seem as relevant, but they're very good engines.They go a bit further back than the 70s. The original design was derived from the MG XPAG unit and was a pushrod four with a three-bearing crank of 1.4, later 1.6 litres. Next development was a five-bearing crank and 1.8 litres, then 2.0 litres and a one-and-a-half-fours 3.0 litre pushrod I6. Then they put an OHC head on the four block and increased the capacity to 2.1 and 2.3 litres. The five-bearing pushrod fours are just as strong as the OHC engines - basically, same engine, different head - and can be taken out to 2.3 litres and made to give some remarkable power outputs even without forced induction (200bhp). The I6 is what's in my car and was also used by Marcos as a replacement for the Ford V6. Unfortunately the longer crank is a bit wobbly and to go over 200bhp you need a steel crank for megabucks, also the lubrication and cooling systems are a bit underdeveloped for the 6.
Jens Gustaffson (another Volvo 142 owner) has had 505hp at the wheels from his B20 (pushrod) engine still running stock rods! He used forged VW Beetle pistons rather than pay for custom ones, apparently. Those Swedes are all nutters I tell ya...............
I had plans for this beastie, its a Garret T1108, next to a T3 in pic 1 and on a rover V8 lump in pic 2 for scale!! sadly it got pinched from my lock up.
my evil scheme involved a 6 litre v12 jag lump, a range rover chassis and a capri body shell, fortunately sanity prevailed (OK SWMBO pulled the plug!!)
my evil scheme involved a 6 litre v12 jag lump, a range rover chassis and a capri body shell, fortunately sanity prevailed (OK SWMBO pulled the plug!!)
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