I find the best, most interesting pages, are the
Grassroots ones. These pages are
usually about about 10 times more informative and more
real.
Grassroots Post-Modernism of Volvos:
John Laughlin's
240/5 page where I stole the specs above from (thanks
John) Balu Vandor's
Page Kirk's
Homepage Lee Holman's Volvogirl
Page
Noseoil's
Turbo Conversion Page (sorry, I couldn't find your name
anywhere) Bill McArthur's
Turbo Page Stu's 245
Turbo Website with lots of good resources Mathias
Dion's 1978 Volvo Volvo
Supersport 745T Performance Page The V8
Volvo Webring Johan's Tractor
Pulling Performance Site Lee
Levitt, the Swedishbricks Non-Volvo driving list moderator invented
the Intranet.
The
240 Garage (a website dedicated to the 240) Geocities
Motor City (a grassroots automotive web central!)
Technical Links: Diagrams for a Trailer Arm
Bushing Press About
Camshafts for a B21FT (but info should apply to at least a
B23FT, possibly a B23F) Air Mass Meter/ Python
Injection Air Conditioning and Radiator
Systems (and how they work) See some of
the technical help and
pictures at the RPR page. This includes a very good
diagram of the flame trap and throttle
bodies.. Swedish Bricks
FAQ Turbobricks Mods
(click on "Mods")
About Volvo Itself: Volvospy
(to see what's coming out)
Discussion Listserves: Swedishbricks
Turbobricks
(strictly performance)
Good V8 Volvo conversion pages:
Converse
Engineering The V8 Volvo page that I find most
inspirational: The V8
Volvo Webring Jags-That-Run,
who printed V8 into the 240 series Manual
Post/Message board sights:
Brickboard Turbobricks (for
turbo powered Volvos and/or strictly performance)
Online Magazines: Volvo Classics
Magazine (more focused on pre-240, however) Classic
Volvo (see the anti-Ford Campaign)
Non-Grassroots
Links:
Volvocars of
North America (Now, unfortunately, owned by Ford)
Peugeot Cars
(breakthrough designs in diesel engine technology)
Turbo/Repair: Australian Turbo
company Turbocity (lots of info on the
turbo)
Paint: POR-15 Rust Stopping Paint
Paint a
vinyl interior
Online Parts: RPR Discount Volvo
Parts. Catolog is $5, but very detail. The
best place to check for prices (and the best deals) are at the RPR webpage. This
is where I bought my clutch and I'm very happy with them.
IPD: a cheezy,
but dependable, reliable, fair, and decent priced mail order and
catalog company. OJ Rally
Automotive. Makers of high performance Volvo additions
like headers and cams. Volvo Fred Decent priced
parts out of Atlanta Vovoparts More online
parts. Swedishclassics.com
Classic Volvo Parts Volvoworld, where I
also learned a whole lot about my Volvo.
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