Ok big development. My dad has managed to pay for the parts and has now fixed it over 2 days. What shall I do now. My dad says I could enter it in track days. Any ideas. I don't want to sell it. I wanna keep it for the BANTER.
Well, £50. That will buy you a jerry can and jump cables (must have in all car boots in my opinion). Left over. Fuel. First things first. Learn to drive.
Put at least some pics of it up...we don't know in what shape it is...if it's in good shape don't dare put any cheap bodykits/lower it or destroy it on the dirttrack of yours...poor Volvo..If it's in moderate shape just fix it and make it look nice and shiny again....or sell it to me for 250€ and double your spent moey..
I don't know WHY you are so determined to destroy this car. It's in great shape. (or so you say) Don't. For the love of god please don't. It's stupid, both from a car lover standpoint and a financial standpoint, even moreso now that it's fixed. Poor volvo.
Paved track days would be fun and wouldn't ruin the car all at once. It might actually help you understand how cars work as you inevitably break things, but only if you devote yourself to fixing it after it breaks. Have fun. I've found that destroying a car just for the fuck of it really isn't that fun anyway.
If you don't know how to drive yet get some spare clutches from the scrappy as well They will go fast, especially the first one.
I already know how to drive. DW guys I won't destroy it. I might try and get it to a track day. Sound good?
Racing it is fine. Long as you don't do anything too stupid you should come home with the car in one piece.
What kind of modifications should I install if any. I know my way around a car, so don't be worried about using technical terms.
Uhhhhhh I don't really know. I'd see how it performs in its stock form first so you can decide what modifications it needs yourself. I guess the first step would be lowering it a little? I don't ever concern myself with corners. I'm more of a straight line acceleration, pray in the corners kinda guy.
hahah it has surprisingly good acceleration. It is turbo and 0-60mph is around 7.9-8.0 so it is pretty quick. What is the actual advantage of lowering it.
Making it handle better by lowering the center of gravity, and if you get stiffer parts they let the car roll less and grip more.
Lowering reduces centre of gravity for less body roll in corners. This is usually combined with stiffer springs, these lead to less body roll in corners. Lowering also alters camber angles and also possibly steering too, these can negatively impact the handling of the car, a full alignment post lowering is often worth a shot (which means spending about £200-300, although ATS and the like will do it for £40, they are glorified tyre swappers, not mechanics who understand the intricacies of suspension geometry, plus they do laser alignment which is highly inaccurate). Some cars have adjustable camber which can help return a lowered car to stock angles, although some cars can also benefit from a *small* camber addition (most of the ball scrapers have way way way too much) and some can't. Lowering only an inch or so, should leave it fine. The stiffened springs of course stiffen ride, makes for a less comfortable car if its a daily driver. The lowered springs mean scraping the underside on speed bumps and ramps if not careful.
Thanks so much. I now have a pic of the car. (imported from here)Sorry it is so small I had to get it from the dealership website. Because I never go outside.
how do you expect to do stuff with the car if you never go outside? (if you're joking, it really isn't that hard to go outside and take a few pictures of the car)
That's a pretty bad picture. Can't even click on it to make it full size :| We could just call bs on this because you seem to keep dodging taking actual pictures of the car, but I don't really have any reason to start making accusations.
(imported from here) okay here is a pic of the car i promise it is real. it's a bit small, but i can deal with the reduced legroom.
Since you do not know what do do with your new car, can you drive it up to 1,600 MPH and see if the tires grow really huge and rip off? Then you would not have to deal with that car with the boot problem anymore I guess. Or you could sell it and get a better car.
