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700/900 Series General Forum for the Volvo 740, 760, 780, 940, 960 & S/V90 cars |
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Feb 16th, 2020, 17:37 | #371 | |
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Feb 16th, 2020, 19:26 | #372 |
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That poor 940 looks atrocious! These cars need leaving be or lowering not turning in to a pathetic attempt at a crossover SUV! Which by the way is a stupid idea in its own right.
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Then dropped back to normal height ASAP if not sooner! When i had my XJ Cherokee and used to lurk on http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/ there were quite a few on there that had been lifted. They looked just as daft, even though they are lifted above "normal" ride heights as standard. One or two people had lowered them which on something about 18" shorter than a 7/9xx sitting at a similar ride height looked even more weird as everything was out of proportion..
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https://lucacarmods.com/en/volvo-inf...-940-5-inches/ I can see the point of air suspension but lifting a 940, just no. I have seen a couple of lowered off roader vehicles and if done well they can look really nice. |
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Feb 16th, 2020, 23:02 | #375 |
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I fond that one as well Luke, the white one as in Toms link i'm fairly sure is a 740 but can't find it in the vids for LCM.
I know in one of their vids, they drop a 1UZ 4.0 V8 into a 740 (or was it 940) to make it move a bit quicker. The lowered 4x4s i've seen just looked weird, maybe it's my perception of them. There is another suspension option nobody has mentioned yet - juice it! https://youtu.be/ZlVyayjS8ek Optional equipment of a 7 year old operator not included!
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Feb 16th, 2020, 23:42 | #376 |
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There are a lot of things not thought of in that lift setup. If you want to lift with comfort you want to increase spring and damper length, this is how we do gravel rally suspension and they are smooth on the road. Using spacers just lifts the car. With the amount of lift they have the wishbones could do with being longer as do the rear axle arms want to be a bit longer
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Feb 25th, 2020, 14:14 | #377 |
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We have the hearse back, hurrah! It is much nicer to drive now due to:
-New downpipe exhuast section fitted (I missed this when I replaced the rest of the system a while back) -front propshaft UJ replaced -Centre prop bearing and housing replaced -Rear prop bearing and housing also replaced The guys ran into a difficulty finding the correct bearing for the rear section of the prop, as it's a hearse and has an extended body, there is a 3rd prop section which is skinnier than the main two. SKinnier prop means smaller bearing, likely not a volvo item as the mechanics coudn't find one to replace it with. So they used the same bearing and housing as the centre, but had a spacer/bush fabricated so that the smaller prop runs well in the larger standard bearing. Problem solved! Also I now know the correct part if it needs to be done in the future. Result? No more bloody bearing whine! It is quite odd driving it now without that noise. The bill wasn't small, but well worth it in my book. A small Lexus detour - now that the hearse is back, today I have been removing the Lexus' radiator to inspect for leaks, we've been loosing coolant gradually in increasing amounts which is always worrying! They are known to crack as the radiator is made from metal and plastic, and where the two meet - leaks happen, as has done in this case. What a fiddle! The normal radiator is clipped, bolted, screwed, hashed, bound and tagged to the a/c condensor and the hybrid system radiator, so many fixings and pieces of plastic! It's out now anyway, new one ordered and hopefully delivered tomorrow/thurs, £65 job done. The coolant (10L!) cost more than the radiator, daft. Back to Volvo's - we are off to Ware on Saturday to fetch the Penta engine, i'm quite looking forward to the drive now that the tracking/wheel balancing are sorted and the prop is silent. It will be a very interesting economy comparison too as it'll mostly be M3, M25 and a couple of A roads. 320 mile round trip, will it do it on one tank? Probably not!
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Feb 25th, 2020, 14:22 | #378 |
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Hope you fitted new Jubilee clips when you replaced the radiator on the Lexus Tom? If memory serves, the bottom one is prone to catching all the road dirt/salt/moisture and can rot spectacularly resulting in breakage and the bottom hose being blown off.
When i saw the first line of your post, i thought "Yay, he's got the Penta installed!" and was all excited to read about it! Then i read it and thought "Aaaah-ha, maybe next time!". Good luck for your road trip, be careful if you ask for directions when you get there, people are likely to ask "Ware is it you want to go?"
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Feb 25th, 2020, 16:30 | #379 |
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Sorry to disappoint Dave! We menat to collect it last Saturday, but didn't have the hearse back for chariot duties.
The original spring clips still had enough spring that I struggled to remove them without the special tool - so I hope they'll be good still. There are stories on the Lexus forum of people replacing them with hose/jubilee clips, and the hoses working loose over time until they come off! Some poor chap had this twice!
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Mar 1st, 2020, 08:58 | #380 |
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Engine acquired! Picked up yesterday, all went well bar a tyre issue. Engine looks precarious, but was well chocked and strapped down within an inch of it's wossnames Didn;t move an inch all the way home.
Filled up before we left, a not so gentle 70 mph all the way up there, filled up again after collection. Best mpg ever in this car! Well balanced tyres, tracking sorted, prop bearing lovely and quiet and downpipe not rotten and holy added up to better economy than we've yet had. MPG= 168 miles / 31.63L MPG= 168/7.029 MPG= 23.9 The way home however would have been very much less economical, 2 hours in we stopped for refreshemnts and I noticed the front passenger tyre looked a little low on pressure, odd as I checked them all before setting off. 6PSI! No wonder the steering wobble was back, we must have picked up something and gotten a slow puncture, will have to see how it is this morning but I think the tyre shoulders/sidewall suffered from driving on that low a pressure. The front tyres are 'stretched' onto the wide steel wheel, so I wouldn't mind replacing them with a) better quality tyres and b) correct width tyres for the rim. *Sigh* another spend on this car! I hope to get around to looking at the Penta engine later, but I may not have time.
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