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#Crush It
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2005
- Location
- Kansas City
So I purchased this Mustard Yellow 77 244 after looking for an early 240 for nearly a year. This one fit all my criteria of being a sedan stripped out model with no a/c or power steering, as well as manual. So in the Fall of 2016 I flew out to Colorado and bought it sight unseen at the airport and drove it home. Overdrive didn't work but drove home great. Starting when cold was a big problem so I hotwired the cold start injector.
I drove it for a short while before the winter and salt came. Next summer I tried to start it and it was puking coolant, barely would start, and was running pretty poorly even when it did start. So that's when I decided to start all over and build it with all the parts I had just lying around or available to me in the local junkyards. And everyone that knows me knows how I live in the junkyards. So began Phase 1: The pure junkyard build.
PHASE I
So Phase 1 consists of as purely* junkyard parts as I could get.
Junkyard sourced 93 b230ft squirter block from a 940. Completely untouched bottom end
Junkyard m46 from a 240 because I couldn't use the old m46 that came with the car
Junkyard clutch and flywheel unknown miles
Hand ported 530 head with stock valves and springs. Porting kit bought at harbor freight
RSI Stage 2 cam although new was bought from RSI instead was traded for a set of junkyard C70 speakers and amp
Running LH 2.4 and ezk with TLAO chips that was from the 92 volvo 940 project car that I bought just to part out
90+ mani from junkyard or the 940
K24 turbo from a wrecked V70R in the junkyard. Reclocked and modified slightly to work with the red block.
*IPD k24 vband adapter
Home made down pipe made with parts of various junkyard pipes.
*3 inch exhaust with the cheapest thrush muffler from amazon.
Stock 240 intercooler and 7/9 pipes modified
S70 T5 injectors
*AEM wideband bought new from amazon
Boost gauge from the 940 I parted
*Sitting on 16" BBS RS 16" wheels with Bridgestone Potenzas
*New gaskets and seals for engine
*Ipd 8mm plug wires
Nardi vintage wood wheel found in a 70's Jaguar XJ12
Results were a Dyno pull of 184 whp and 263 ft lbs of torque on a broken wastegate actuator and only making around 5 psi.
Phase II
Phase II is moving into the new parts section beyond the limitations of the stock junkyard parts. But a lot of this is "old school" TB style.
First step is to fix that wastegate with an aftermarket T3 style and bracket that TLAO made.
Rx-7 front calipers with 940 vented rotors
Getrag 5 speed swap to hold more power than the m46.
Upgraded clutch for the getrag swap
STS Machining flat flywheel
Larger and modified 2" driveshaft
Redo the exhaust with a better muffler, proper exhaust dump, and better supports to stop breaking studs on the turbo
Microsquirt
Eaton trutrac diff locker and a better ratio
Maybe some suspension upgrades still figuring that out
Phase III
Now it's in the more serious phase.
Gone is the cast manifold and K24. Gone is the stock harness. Gone is the stock intercooler. Gone the old ignition setup.
Sweden Exhaust stainless tubular manifold
Garrett clone GTX3071R .82 A/R stainless turbine housing
GFB 44 external wastegate
Brand new engine harness with better layout built by me
LS coils with the yoshifab bracket.
Yoshifab catch can setup. (no more overflowing)
STS solid 3rd mount
Deka 80 injectors
AEM 340 E85 compatible in-tank pump
50mm BOV
Heat protection added to harnesses, hoses, and strut tower
Late Model Isuzu NPR intercooler. Under pulls IATs are nice and cool
Snow Performance Meth Injection
I drove it for a short while before the winter and salt came. Next summer I tried to start it and it was puking coolant, barely would start, and was running pretty poorly even when it did start. So that's when I decided to start all over and build it with all the parts I had just lying around or available to me in the local junkyards. And everyone that knows me knows how I live in the junkyards. So began Phase 1: The pure junkyard build.
PHASE I
So Phase 1 consists of as purely* junkyard parts as I could get.
Junkyard sourced 93 b230ft squirter block from a 940. Completely untouched bottom end
Junkyard m46 from a 240 because I couldn't use the old m46 that came with the car
Junkyard clutch and flywheel unknown miles
Hand ported 530 head with stock valves and springs. Porting kit bought at harbor freight
RSI Stage 2 cam although new was bought from RSI instead was traded for a set of junkyard C70 speakers and amp
Running LH 2.4 and ezk with TLAO chips that was from the 92 volvo 940 project car that I bought just to part out
90+ mani from junkyard or the 940
K24 turbo from a wrecked V70R in the junkyard. Reclocked and modified slightly to work with the red block.
*IPD k24 vband adapter
Home made down pipe made with parts of various junkyard pipes.
*3 inch exhaust with the cheapest thrush muffler from amazon.
Stock 240 intercooler and 7/9 pipes modified
S70 T5 injectors
*AEM wideband bought new from amazon
Boost gauge from the 940 I parted
*Sitting on 16" BBS RS 16" wheels with Bridgestone Potenzas
*New gaskets and seals for engine
*Ipd 8mm plug wires
Nardi vintage wood wheel found in a 70's Jaguar XJ12
Results were a Dyno pull of 184 whp and 263 ft lbs of torque on a broken wastegate actuator and only making around 5 psi.
Phase II
Phase II is moving into the new parts section beyond the limitations of the stock junkyard parts. But a lot of this is "old school" TB style.
First step is to fix that wastegate with an aftermarket T3 style and bracket that TLAO made.
Rx-7 front calipers with 940 vented rotors
Getrag 5 speed swap to hold more power than the m46.
Upgraded clutch for the getrag swap
STS Machining flat flywheel
Larger and modified 2" driveshaft
Redo the exhaust with a better muffler, proper exhaust dump, and better supports to stop breaking studs on the turbo
Microsquirt
Eaton trutrac diff locker and a better ratio
Maybe some suspension upgrades still figuring that out
Phase III
Now it's in the more serious phase.
Gone is the cast manifold and K24. Gone is the stock harness. Gone is the stock intercooler. Gone the old ignition setup.
Sweden Exhaust stainless tubular manifold
Garrett clone GTX3071R .82 A/R stainless turbine housing
GFB 44 external wastegate
Brand new engine harness with better layout built by me
LS coils with the yoshifab bracket.
Yoshifab catch can setup. (no more overflowing)
STS solid 3rd mount
Deka 80 injectors
AEM 340 E85 compatible in-tank pump
50mm BOV
Heat protection added to harnesses, hoses, and strut tower
Late Model Isuzu NPR intercooler. Under pulls IATs are nice and cool
Snow Performance Meth Injection
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