Drift Car / Daily Driver

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>>16063728
You need to make coilovers fur the front, fur the backs most people use revalved billsteins, the stock suspension is literally 80lb springs with shit dampers.
After that maybe some wider wheels and fresh tires and you'll be good handling wise.
Some people run the 260 sway bars as they are stiffer and some people double up the rear sway bars.
Wheel pattern is 5x108 which kinda sucks not many options but you can use adapters to go 114.3 and then you have hella options.

>>16063728
Mine wasn't too economical and probably only got 18-20mpgs but it was fun in the rain or snow. It is comfortable to drive as long as the seats aren't blown out, the handling isnt the tightest but you can still easily muscle it around. They are also relatively cheap to maintain if you do most of the work yourself. I loved mine though, want to v8 swap one eventually

>>16063792
Is there something else in this price bracket you'd recommend over the 240 in terms of economy/reliability versus mpgs

>>16063834
Old BMW and old Mercedes would be my rec senpai, 190e or e30, maybe sc300/400 or LS400

You can go plenty fast with no traffic at night. With the automatic, turn overdrive off and attack the hills.

The problem is it has no LSD and they are expensive to fit. I span out once on the Royal Nasho. In a straight line of course. They are incredibly hard to control when they lose traction

>>16063838
these would be more expensive to fix though

>>16063728
>turning a dd into your project
shiggy diggy

>>16063847
>They are incredibly hard to control when they lose traction
Lol gonna wait for somebody to post the webm
Honestly once the suspension is done up it'll be a totally different car, the stock shit is trash.

>>16063854
Doable with an old Volvo

>>16063853
If you're doing your own repairs it shouldn't make much difference, rock auto and junkyard parts are cheap.

>>16063834
it was mostly reliable and maybe the 700 series Volvos have a bit better economy, also manual and the newest model year you can find (94 for the 240 and 89 or 90 for the 740 I think) I dont have a good recommendation other than that, I drive a fwd shitbox now, waiting for the snow to hoon in 4x4

>>16063859
Not if you don't have a spare car. But if you're a neet that doesn't need to be anywhere the next day, go for it.

Get a Ford Sierra with at least the twin cam engine and git gud

>>16063873
I did it and got everywhere I needed to.
For 3+ years. Just fixed the important things before driving it hard... timing belt etc.
Was an interference engine with high compression. They are reliable as fuck

>>16063877
The only twincam engine in the Sierra was the YB series.

>>16063728
Head to turbobricks. You'll soon find out.

>>16063881
>Volvo redblock
>interference engine
What.

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why not just get a miata?

>>16064243
The high compression versions are interference.
Way better to drive than the other NA redblocks.
Torquier

>>16063847
>Royal Nasho
I high sided my cbr900 there a long time ago. Ah, memories

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>>16063854
>>16063859
>>16063881
My '90 245 has been a rolling work in progress and DD for the past 4+ years.

Just get all your ducks in a row and do the bigger fixes over a weekend. Nothing with redblocks take more than a weekend if you know what you're doing and have all the parts ready.

>>16063792
18-20mpg is typical with an auto (AW70) around town; I get as much as 25 highway with mine. You can get better mileage with a manual, but they don't hold up to power and aggressive driving.

>>16063862
700/900s are just as reliable, the only other thing to look out for is the Noise Suppression Relay which is basically an additional fuel injection relay.

240 ran until '93 and the 700 until '92 (was supposed to replace the 240). The 900 series, introduced in '90 is the same as the '90-92 740, but the sedans had updated rears. '95 was the end of the 940 and the redblock, 960 with the inline 6 went from '91 to '95, but was renamed the S90 and V90 '96-'98.

>>16064969
So a volvo for tuning up / DD is better as automatic? Haven't heard that one before.

>>16065660
Well initially, but there are several shops that make an adapter plate to swap in a Tremec T-5 from Mustangs and Camaro/Firebirds, a much better trans than Volvo's M46 or M47.

I wouldn't shy away from a clean 240 because of the transmission; manuals are harder to come by anyway.

>>16064969
>700/900s are just as reliable
I know that, I was saying that maybe the 700 was more economical on fuel because of its slightly smaller aerodynamic profile

>>16065842
Gotcha. Yeah, the 7/900s have less drag, despite also being a brick.

http://www.mech.kth.se/courses/5C1211/Externals_2012/Ljundberg_2012_1.pdf

How expensive is it to turbo a 240?

>>16067658
im assuming you have a KA?

better to just drop an SR in it if we're being completely realistic desu

>>16063728
really comfortable seats. weak engine. rwd fun in snow tho

>>16069696
think he means a volvo
>>16067658
the redblocks are pretty much interchangeable you just need to swap the wiring in too. not hard at all

>>16067658
A few hundred bucks.

Cheapest way would be pulling the parts yourself at the junkyard.

>Pull turbo, exhaust manifold, DP, IC+piping, EZK + ECU computer boxes from a turbo 940
>Injectors from an 850 turbo
>tap stock B230F for oil return (already has embossment)
>extend air mass meter wiring
>????
>Profit

There's butloads of info regarding it on Turbobricks.

>>16070766
Wouldn't you also need the pistons?
I imagine a turbo motor would have different pistons

>>16070839
The B230FT has lower compression and sodium filled valves, but turboing a B230F N/A motor is fine, the only modification needed is tapping the block, or oil pan.

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Bricks are for road trips and camping not trying to drift like some retard