vwtechnician
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- Feb 21, 2010
My LS1 drift wagon
Figured I'm way late on putting a build thread up for this car as its already seen 7k miles and 9 drift events since finished back in June but hey, better late than never. Some videos of me drifitng it, mostly poorly but hey, gotta start somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcQxXq76qyij400IzUaBsg
A little background on this particular car. It's an 83 wagon that I purchased for $700 in 08 or 09. Towed a jet ski to FL and back with it, been to western NC, NYC, NJ, basically all over the east coast with it. Great for hauling the dogs and whatever else around. A few years back, after poo pooing it for years as figure skating for cars a buddy talked me into coming to a drift event and I brought my e30 and had the time of my life. I knew instantly I needed to build a car. I figured the Volvo was a worthy candidate.
Much of this work was done over the winter of 14, the prep work anyways, with the installation portions having happened in the spring.
About as it was when I got it
Some junkyard replacement of rusty panels, a drop and some DRS's later. This is about where it was when taken apart.
Stripped down and getting some engine bay love. Hours and hours of sanding and wire wheels, lots of primer, followed by lots of olive drab, finished with matte wheel clearcoat. Rattlecan special, as you'll see pretty is not part of this car's theme.
And some of the goodies for the car.
Figured I'm way late on putting a build thread up for this car as its already seen 7k miles and 9 drift events since finished back in June but hey, better late than never. Some videos of me drifitng it, mostly poorly but hey, gotta start somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcQxXq76qyij400IzUaBsg
A little background on this particular car. It's an 83 wagon that I purchased for $700 in 08 or 09. Towed a jet ski to FL and back with it, been to western NC, NYC, NJ, basically all over the east coast with it. Great for hauling the dogs and whatever else around. A few years back, after poo pooing it for years as figure skating for cars a buddy talked me into coming to a drift event and I brought my e30 and had the time of my life. I knew instantly I needed to build a car. I figured the Volvo was a worthy candidate.
Much of this work was done over the winter of 14, the prep work anyways, with the installation portions having happened in the spring. About as it was when I got it
Some junkyard replacement of rusty panels, a drop and some DRS's later. This is about where it was when taken apart.
Stripped down and getting some engine bay love. Hours and hours of sanding and wire wheels, lots of primer, followed by lots of olive drab, finished with matte wheel clearcoat. Rattlecan special, as you'll see pretty is not part of this car's theme.
And some of the goodies for the car.
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. Later we added 3 inch glass packs and down turned tips in front of the rear axle. 10 months down time (5 or 6 spent waiting for the engine crossmember with no real progress) and waaaay too much money spent but it was worth it. 
