1990 240 Turbo

[Finnish240]

So pretty! Nice work. That radio spot is unique. You can actually reach it without giving up gauge space?! That's not very 240. Nice job

Thank you Plan b was to fit gauges where radio is at, but I am more than happy that I was able to put radio there.

 

[Finnish240]

Next winter I will be doing lots of interior stuff and maybe fuel lines if I have enough garage time. Car itself works great, There maybe some power upgrades in future, for now this is "enough"

Added a LED bar to DD and took some photos

 

[Finnish240]

I started doing interior swap at October. First I removed old seats and put them into winter 940, its old front seats had seen the best days.
Mk1/850 seats needed two new holes per seat to make them fit to 940 rails. Heaters are not hooked yet.

I bought a set of 2004 S60 seats at summer, and set of 240 tan interior pieces from Finnish Volvo community member. Donor car was a SE version with electric windows and mirrors, so I got them to my car also. While interior was out, I clened up some electical mess that I had under dash etc. I started to put tan pieces in. That wiring stuff took a while and I lost my interest to do any car related stuff.

After two to three months of playing drums and moving stupid amount of snow I realized that I got to do something or car ain't driveable at spring. I painted dash lower section and assembled S60 seats to 240 rails

Seatframe is luckily quite same as p80 related cars. I made few adjustments to buschings and seats are now at better positions. Drivers seat is now dead center of the steering wheel.

Next job, and that what I am currently doing was rear seat. The place where you put your butt had to be shorten by 70mm or ~3inches and it was a bit too wide around wheel wells. Back rest fits when S60 mounting brackets are cut out. It's a tight fit but it is unnecessary to cut it.

Next job is to make proper attachments and upholster wheel wells.

 

[Finnish240]

Some update for interior, now it is close to done. Wheelwell covers are cut and right side is covered with s60 leather. Left side skin is missing, I put it on when I find it.

Yesterday I visited at MOT and car had zero issues. Reverse lights illuminates only when gear is at reverse fully. MOT guy mentioned that, but he didn't say is it OK or not.

 

[Finnish240]

Had some issues last spring with cluster lights. Potention meter/dimmer had burnt broke, so I opened it, removed the bad part and now it works! Rear seat is now "ready" too.

 

[oldschoolvolvo]

nice work with the interior swap!

 

[Finnish240]

While "everyone" wants single rounds or E-codes, I want guad's with right blinkers and wrong hood, Bross kit is a big plus

At first "proper" test fit, I like what I am seeing. All parts are someway broken, or in bad shape, so my inner "don't do it" sound is a little more quiet.

Ultimate goal os to get some nicer lights, maybe LED or xenon units. Car is driven at summer time only, so its only for looks. One option is to paint little area to black, so it darkens the look a bit.

 

[adomz]

That's a lovely motor!

Love the interior swap!

Looks Boss!

 

[Bolto]

Looking great! Happy to hear that the m47 gearbox and stock clutch can handle a lightly modified b230 engine . I am going to be switching the engine out in my 240 soon. Will get to the m90 further down the line when have the money .

 

[Finnish240]

Work, kids and drums are taking most of my time so attention for car has been quite small. It has been on my thoughts for sure. Had a short brake brake from work, kids in school or daycare and it was snowing like hell for this time of a year. Finally time to make something. Fender painting was a nightmare, I did them before but then was same snow and temperature issues and the time thing too... Both were wrecked and rusty so I had to compromise so that all of my time is not in the fenders. My goal was to make this be a complete car to see if my idea works and to get it driving, so that is now complete. There is a ton of small things to handle sometime.

 

[brendon_ak]

Amazing car, nice work!!

 

[JCol91]

Looks great! Did you modify the grill to fit the quad headlights? I saw someone did it and had to cut the waterfall grill a bit since the quad headlight housings are wider than the 86+ headlights. If done correctly one might not notice, in your case I think modifying an eggcrate grill can make it look even cleaner

 

[Finnish240]

Looks great! Did you modify the grill to fit the quad headlights? I saw someone did it and had to cut the waterfall grill a bit since the quad headlight housings are wider than the 86+ headlights. If done correctly one might not notice, in your case I think modifying an eggcrate grill can make it look even cleaner

Amazing car, nice work!!

Thanks!

Thank you!

The housing part is still on planning state, for now I just trimmed it to match with light trimming. I sanded eggcrate a bit so it fits between lights. This is EVO 1 or the mockup setup for now, I need to chew a little before I cut more chicken teeth

I have plans to make fiber glass/carbon parts, that have the right shape but are made to correct dimensions. Eggcrate maybe the easiest part, just cut and decent glue.

 

[Finnish240]

Took it to testdrive and had fun.

 

[Finnish240]

Two things from past, V90 is a 2017 D4 AWD

 

[Finnish240]

So the headlight setup is so China specs as it can be, I bought them for fun and as a test and knowing that I need to use H4/H1 set at MOT and road use. Here in Fintlant we have these tractors called Valmet, Valtra Valmet and Valtra. I had a research and it seems that one period of Valmet/Valtra Valmet has same size driving lights as 240/740 quads are. They are road legal, but are bit pricey, and there is a chance that light is not that great for car use. This car is driven 99,5% of it's time, so light output is not the priority one. My goal is to get good looking, working lights, but light output could be as modern car has. (V90 lights are from another planet). One possibilty is to use LED retro fit bulbs, I have LED H4s on my winter beater Ecode 940, they work good but I am eager to try projectors. Since I have two sets of H4/H1s, one plan is to make projector setup from those. Lets see what next winter brings. Summer will be busy with our house, etc.

I made a cable between cars wiring and parking/bilnker lights so I could get the driving light internal parking lights work also.

 

[ChrisD]

One possibilty is to use LED retro fit bulbs, I have LED H4s on my winter beater Ecode 940, they work good but I am eager to try projectors. Since I have two sets of H4/H1s, one plan is to make projector setup from those. Lets see what next winter brings. Summer will be busy with our house, etc.

I want to get square quads for my 244 as well. In the past I build something similar for another car I had, so if you are handy like it seems you are, I would suggest to use a good set of Bi-xenon projectors fitted.
That is what I will do for mine when time comes! All these china LED lights are just for the looks and the DRLs only. You will only get a nice light output from a proper projector with xenon bulbs

 

[Finnish240]

I want to get square quads for my 244 as well. In the past I build something similar for another car I had, so if you are handy like it seems you are, I would suggest to use a good set of Bi-xenon projectors fitted.
That is what I will do for mine when time comes! All these china LED lights are just for the looks and the DRLs only. You will only get a nice light output from a proper projector with xenon bulbs

Is there a certain projectors to look for? There are H4 conversion things to Bi-xenon projectors, but I know like nothing about this stuff I need to get those grooves out of the light glass by sanding, but is there some dimension that I need to know? The light units are so far gone that I am going to use, so I can chop and modify as much it's needed. I had projectors in my past 2009 v70 and lights were awesome.

 

[ChrisD]

Is there a certain projectors to look for? There are H4 conversion things to Bi-xenon projectors, but I know like nothing about this stuff I need to get those grooves out of the light glass by sanding, but is there some dimension that I need to know? The light units are so far gone that I am going to use, so I can chop and modify as much it's needed. I had projectors in my past 2009 v70 and lights were awesome.

You need to take the headlight apart (reflector from glass) and insert the projector from the front (glass side). That is the only way to install them. If you look at fleebay or china websites you can find projectros that have mounting adpators for the typw of bulb that would normally go in your headlight (in your case H4 or H1).
Grinding off the grooves of the glass is a paifull process. I have done it before and it took too much time and also I managed to crack the headlight glass I was grinding so I had to start over again. I used grinding stones and after that small diameter sanding disks on a drill...and after all that I had to use cerium oxide mixed with water to make a polishing paste in order to make the glass crystal clear again!
I would recoment to get the cheapest LEDs you can find, take them apart and use their acrylic cover in your DIY setup. It will save you time and money.

 

[Finnish240]

Okay, I would prefer the glass, because it can handle more strikes from rocks. Someone has taken my lights apart before, there is red engine silicone as an evidense. I think that I can handle the sanding, it will take some mental lubrication and time.