*!Build of the year candidate!* Strange PNW Build: E30+Volvo

[TobyB]

...why the 122 got the wiring loom through the headliner is... baffling.

Mine had a short in the taillights, and there are burn marks along there, over the driver's head.

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[alistairolsen]

Outstanding work. Do you have any more detail on the copper pipes into the cam cover before the rebuild started?

[adam.nonis]

Outstanding work. Do you have any more detail on the copper pipes into the cam cover before the rebuild started?

I ran the spark plug wires through them.

[adam.nonis]

Still doing boring stuff. Got the fuel filler completely modded, painted and in place. Been working on filler panels still. You can make some decent filler panels with just a few tools from Harbor Freight.





Also powder coated the ITBs chrome with a copper candy topcoat (it just looks orange LOL).

[adam.nonis]

This week/weekend's accomplishments include getting the fuel filler modified/installed (no decent pictures), smoothing the driver's side sill/transition and spraying satin black, getting the back half of the car (including both wheel wells) stuck together and Raptor lined. I use the Raptor in the back and in the wheel wells like undercoat. Only more durable and "encapsulating".

[e30austin]

Great work!

[adam.nonis]

I need to make a decision on interior color. Originally I really wanted to do like a blood red-burgundy type color, but I realized that maybe why I like that combo so much is that it would basically wind up like the Voxx Amazon



Not that it's a bad thing, but I don't want to completely rip him off. So now I'm leaning towards a Volvo OEM color like Atacama or something



Of course the dash and other parts will be black/charcoal, but I'm not a fan of tan and full black/charcoal

Oh, made myself some front coilovers this weekend too.



Still need to make some upper spring perches and top plates. That's it for now besides incremental progress on stitching together and metal prep

[nando]

To do that I'd need a harness, ECU, CPS/bracket and toothed pulley, right?

nope.. just swap the DME. it's a 'vert, it already has the later Motronic harness (we never had early motronic on the M20B25 here), but has the early 2-layer DME. Actually, if it runs fine and you aren't going to chip it you could just leave it be and swap the DME later.

[adam.nonis]

nope.. just swap the DME. it's a 'vert, it already has the later Motronic harness (we never had early motronic on the M20B25 here), but has the early 2-layer DME. Actually, if it runs fine and you aren't going to chip it you could just leave it be and swap the DME later.

I was under the assumption this was 1.0?

[nando]

was it a grey market import? you're right that's a 1.0 harness.

[adam.nonis]

was it a grey market import? you're right that's a 1.0 harness.

[nando]

yeah that's why - early euro M20B25's have Motronic 1.0.

you'd need the harness, sensors, injectors, FPR, and timing wheel to conver to Motronic 1.3. Maybe not a huge priority unless something is actually wrong with 1.0. there's also probably not much you can do as far as tuning on the earlier computer (just lack of availability).

[adam.nonis]

Picking out interior colors.

[adam.nonis]

Since the taillight is on a hinged panel now I started making my own LED taillights. Middle and top red lens will be 50% rows for parking light and all rows for brake light. Bottom clear lens will be two rows white LEDs for reverse and three rows red LEDs for turn signal.

[TobyB]

Nice! 122 taillights were lucky to glow dimly, at best...

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