I?ve been hard at work the past week with this car. I have a tendency to all out when I do a repair/upgrade on my cars so I?ve gotten a little carried away?
So far it needed new front engine seals (which I had one hell of a time removing) so I took everything apart and broke/bent 3 trim picks trying to remove the seals without scoring the metal.
Because I was replacing oil seals I decided to do a full water pump/timing belt job. Got a Gates racing square tooth timing belt and new Hepu water pump, which needed new studs as well since the old ones were frozen to the old Hepu. I also replaced the timing belt tensioner and spring with genuine Volvo parts, and bench ground all the corrosion off the intermediate shaft gear and cam gear front and rear covers. Also going to be installing an STS adjustable timing gear which will soon be paired with an IPD turbo cam.
In part by my sponsorship from Do88, and me already invading the cooling system with the water pump, it will be getting silicone radiator and heater hoses, as well as an upgraded Do88 aluminum manual transmission radiator. Because I?m installing their nice big radiator, I figured I would also install their upgraded aluminum intercooler in the place of the original on my car, but save the original, and of course put their silicone intercooler hoses on as well.
Looking for a nice condition one piece plastic B21 4 bolt timing cover!
Also just replacing all the evap hoses and vacuum lines I come across with reinforced hose length I have in various side hose ids.
I was going to do the 100amp Denso alternator conversion but after taking some measurements on the mounting ears and hardware I found small differences in measurements compared to the stock Bosch amp and realized there is a piece I?m missing for the mounting adaptation, so I ordered a reman?d 55amp alternator to install instead since getting the car on the road ASAP is my priority. Grabbed some polyurethane bushings for the alternator brackets as well.
Got some NGK 6?s to replace the ancient spark plugs that were in it, a new Bosch dizzy cap and rotor, and some IPD performance wires because why not I?ve gone this far. The ignition coil is old as **** and I?d like to install a new one. I understand from some reading online that there is a resister of some sort in original 240 turbo coils that you need to bypass or do something with if you put a modern coil in.
Does anyone know a good ignition coil that is plug and play for a non modified 1984 242GLT electrical system? I?m talking a pull the original out and put the new one in and have no problems kind of coil. Anything of higher performance or quality is more ideal.
