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puff the magic wagon build 16v

turbomatic2010

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Welcome to my build log or pipe dream

1993 Volvo 945 turbo assembled in Halifax Nova Scotia

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A little background on the car;
320,000 km on the odometer
Purchased by my father in August 1992 from Sudbury Fine Cars,
It was 2nd Volvo of 4 Volvo that my parents owned, before parents switched to Toyotas after Ford purchased Volvo.
The first one was a 1988 blue 744 turbo, however my younger brother rolled that one at 140 km/h and walked away. Actually he pulled a lawn chair out of the trunk and watched the towing company pull it 20 feet out of the bush. The police, the towing company and insurance company was surprise that he was unhurt.
3rd one was a used 1991 965 POS with that PVR excuse of a engine that constantly burned its oil
4th one they bought a s70 much to my chagrin it wasn’t the t5. My aunt decide to go deer hunting with it one night. The insurance company decide that it was a write off.
The parents wanted to trade the 940 in when they purchased their new Toyota however, the dealership offered them 100 dollars for it. I thought that was ridiculous since the junkyards would give you at least 250 dollars for it. So I gave my dad five twenty dollar bills for it, since he was going to take the $100 deal from the stealership

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The body was a little rough, since both my brother and I moved away and my dad had to wash it himself.
It had the usual problems a gas gauge that didn’t work , an faulty coolant cap that would burp coolant, fuel filter that was clogged and needed replacing and back door that didn’t work from the outside. Yet when I did a compression test the deviation between each cylinder was nominal and well within specs. Cylinder two was 170 psi and the other three where 172 ish
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084187003/" title="945 3 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6070/6084187003_68b7b9503c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="945 3"></a>
dirty engine pic
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From what i understand the L means she a she is a squirter
I guess I won’t know for sure until I’m elbows deep.
Started on the cutting the cancer out of the doors because the junkyards wanted way too much for the doors and I'm cheap.
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However I found these in the junkyard
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The funny thing about these, is that the junkyard proprietor had no clue that there was two b234f in his yard. When I was inquiring about the price the sole b234f head that they had listed on their website, he said "I won’t separate the head from the engine to sell it because, it’s my only one and someone may want to buy the complete engine for $900"[sic]. (I would someday like to meet these people, maybe I can sell them my used 13c for $400)
Disappointed and perplexed, I decide to start popping hoods looking for big injectors and other small stuff could use. I found my way to the back corner where the 8 Volvo were put to rest. I wanted to see this 900 dollar, twenty year old engine for myself. I started popping the hoods and to my amazement there were two b234f in the yard one of them was a Cadillac Fleetwood according to their computer tracking system. Using the skills that I recently acquired from A Jedi online academy (and yes it a real website) I manage to talk him down to a reasonable price.
Pulling the head took longer than expected but I did right and got everything I need except the fuel rail which was fubar’d and yes it had its belt was intact
Body work finished just in time for the snow and the cold. I just have say I f**king don’t like doing bodywork
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084730128/" title="pirate 058 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6084730128_5c4b707267.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="pirate 058"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084184859/" title="pirate 057 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6084184859_e6a50e465a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="pirate 057"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/5990742874/" title="14 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5990742874_a1b907fb44.jpg" width="376" height="500" alt="14"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/5990742848/" title="13 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/5990742848_f40295edaa.jpg" width="460" height="500" alt="13"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/5990183653/" title="12 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5990183653_4e9658eb1d.jpg" width="500" height="424" alt="12"></a>
Cutting the springs
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While I was foolin’ with the suspension I decided to paint the callipers. Sources say that it makes you go faster. I settled on black, the red or yellow was too fast for me.
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$35 cone intake made from 2.5 to 3 inch exhaust coupler, 2.5 inch Kenworth reinforced cooling hose and a El cheapo Canadian tire cone filter and lots of swearing trying to stretched the hose over the coupler and the amm . Not the prettiest but it sounds cool.
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Aem wideband, boost and oil pressure gauges ala princess auto
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I would like to thank those who wrote the sticky on hacking the stereo harness, the cassettes that where gifted with the car where getting old also the speakers would cut in and out. Tried the contact cleaner tricks, it work for a while each time. I dug out an old deck and vola no more contempt for adult contemporary circa the 1990’s and I still have room for a turbo timer with a water temp, oil temp and volt gauges New speakrz JBL up front Sony in the rears
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About this time my other car was involved in an hit and run so I decide since I have all the tools needed to fix it myself for less than my deductible I would drive the wagon in snow daily until the DD was good to go. painting was fun at -25 Celsius but that for another forum. The mbc that was installed shortly after the wideband and boost gauge was put in was turned up to 10 psi. I forgot how much fun it was to drive a rwd car in the winter so i kept turn that screw on the mbc tighter and tighter until I blew the oil seals on the 13c turd thus oil consumption started and Puff started puffing oil out the tail pipe hence the name

Bought the vag cable and eprom writer off of chinabay and followed the instructions to wire it up. let the shenanigans begin, then I bought a set of brown tops of ebay for next to nothing, was thankful that they weren't leeky for the price i bought them for
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started saving for a bigger turbo and waiting for spring to arrive to pull the engine
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I found this for cheap when i mean cheap the he almost paid me to take it
soon after Roger-Dee was selling his adapters for the not vg version so i bought it.
made a strut tower brace from some liberated steel plate and a old bar from a maxima that my brother wasn't using
this turbo is huge
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6027357682/" title="sub build 017 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6202/6027357682_45694de6fe.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="sub build 017"></a> and heavy.

One day I was driving down the 416 (freeway)in the center lane and the idiot in front of me looses a empty a cardboard box from his pickup, nowhere to turn because of cars to left and right and can't brake hard to avoid it because of cars behind I have no choice but to run it over with the right wheel. thinking that since the spiltter is held on by zip ties in that corner and the wheel will compress the box allowing to pass under the car without causing it to get caught was sound judgement in that split second i had. Boy i was wrong.

Like planned the zip ties did there job to break instead of the plastic box is crushed by front wheel, all is good, box has tape which manages to find my hot exhaust pipe on my lowered wagon, tape melts to pipe, box is dragging under car, box punch hole in rusty silencer. I know this because of sound of car exhaust. box manages to wedge itself between tire and rear spring which snaps the over the axle bend in the exhaust pipe pull over to the side of the freeway curse the pickup truck owner, the cars surrounding me, my luck wait until exhaust pipe is cool enough to remove. start car turn up stereo to drown out the unmuffled exhaust, inhale burning plastic, turn around at next exit head home, scare kids and small animals with loud exhaust, make everyone around upset with the noise, and the smell, feel a little better. ponder cheapest solution to problem. Eat a can of beans cut can with tin snips weld in can to muffler use muffle cement on weld ,sand off plastic off pipe, buy a piece of pipe at crappy tire and a exhaust clamp.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084445093/" title="sub build 021 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6084445093_0cf1be61e7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="sub build 021"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084445995/" title="sub build 024 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6084445995_00ac35fb21.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="sub build 024"></a> A true turbobrick bodge
 
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treasure map of wires and hoses prepping for engine removal
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Bribed 1983volvo245, bonerjams240dl and amerbritcan with beer, bbq and bacon to help pull my engine
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finger or grease on lens for extra effect
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Why owning a wagon is cool
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First rear engine Volvo
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Garage door clearance
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Disassembly of engine
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dirty engine
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Ye Olde 8 valver
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cylinder wall and pistons<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084021319/" title="P8260018 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6084021319_e99a24d23a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="P8260018"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/65872230@N08/6084567744/" title="P8260019 by Puff the magic wagon, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6084567744_e8a73103a8.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="P8260019"></a>
cleaner pistons
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update
painted block and valve cover
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As you can see I haven't painted the oil pan yet but good guess on the color it's pretty close
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wrinkle black valve cover
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It's been a while since I updated my log so here a little teaser of what I been up to
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Using the jig was way easier than i thought it would be. The longest part of the whole thing was the reassembly of the feeler gauges to add up .130 on one side of the stack and .165 on the other. The last two pistons where cut in the dark with my daily driver's headlight serving as illumination.
 
since i haven't been updating this on a regular basis, why start now. So here is the latest blitz of photos

Cleaning the 16v head in the basement... I know this wrong, all the oil going down the drain, i'll plant some trees or save a whale or two to offset the damage;-)






ghetto exhaust adapter plate fabbing






thought it would cheaper than buying the yoshifab one. I didn't factor in the time it takes to port and tweak it to fit, in hindsight I should have bought one. I'm sure my neighbors would agree





aw71l accumulator mod

this isn't going to move anymore



FCP strikes again!!!
Dear: dyslectic parts picker, thank you for sending the wrong parts.
FCP = bargain parts, prices and attention to details.




since the perks of driving a zamboni on weekends is the access to cheap ice time and unlimited hockey pucks here is my new engine mounts

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i call this organize chaos

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this where i built my engine not allot of space and not the warmest spot but it got done.
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minus water pump I cleaned all the rust and painted it before the water pump install

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some people travel to warm tropical climates, relax on beaches and drink fruit cocktails and have fun during spring break. not me, I decide to put my engine back in my car (with help, thanks Troy and Jay) which takes way longer than planned. Here is engine finally sitting correctly at 830 pm in the dark. Day one of a week from hell

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After a week of 16-18hr days. dealing with a wide range of problems. Like brittle old trans cooler lines touching exhaust pipes and having run new ones, breather boxes that don't fit and trying to find one that won't take a week to arrive or cost $100 (thanks Matteo Hardwood) to a pesky tailshaft bushing that took more time install than the transmission cross-member, custom throttle cables made out bicycle brake cables and mother nature wasn't without a sense of humor with rain and snow

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by this photo i was running on cigarettes, redbull, tim horton donuts and coffee and 5hrs sleep nightly. I managed to push the 945 back into the garage before we got hit with a major snow storm. The driveway has just enough of a grade to make pushing the volvo in a real chore and then there is lip on the garage that almost killed me. The fact the trunk was loaded with all my tools, the old head and other miscellaneous junk that was made even more fun.

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the lack of sleep and the long days cause the putting on the accessory belts to take three hours due to mixing up the water pump belt and the alternator belt

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Oh by the way to add to pressure i was moving in the following Wednesday

It took 6 days but it started on second attempt and i drove it to my parents house between flurries of snow on summer tires here it is in new home in all its glory.

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this past weekend i upgraded the my 13c to a 15g here is some pics

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some vids from the weekend

i call this one i hear the smoke
sometimes a freudian slip like this makes me wonder about my dad and what my dad was up to in the late 60's early 70's :-P
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I've been amassing a trunk full of goodies to install. Most of my time has been spent trying to get the lh 2.4 maps perfected
Also I've been spending some time in the junkyard pulling go fast bits.
If you want pictars here you go

Yota cops off a 1zz-fe, DSM CAS, DSM optical CAS ( might try the quickswede mod on this one)
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junkyard front suspenders to be converted to coilovers. All i need now is some HDs or Konis;-)
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some Hydras, a aux shaft from a rex/regina for my DSM CAS and a Porsche wastegate from a 930 for my giant turbo jpipe mess
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t5 wc from a v6 camaro that was so cheap that even if all i get out of it is the rear housing for proper shifter location I'm ok with it, but its a wc box so I'm still trying to figure out what clutch and other manual specific doo-dads I need. bosch bov/cbv off a Porsche and wastegate solenoid off a Saab
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there was a sale a the local junkyard this weekend on doors and this showed up this week so, with these doors it bring the total of door owned to 10 including the ones presently on Puffy. I also pulled the computers to hack up do my megasquirt breakout adapters and the the window trim because mine look like sh!t
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Also missing is the 012 maf setup that I'm presently running with by ebay browntops that i got when i only had one cam.
 
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Their loss is my gain, but it was a non turbo autotragic with engine problems from the looks of it and enough dog hair on the carpets and seats to make a fur coat. but I have to say the body was minty
 
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